Search: State must lead on major affordable housing development, argues new paper

Kirsty Morrison, group chief executive of Albyn Housing Society, discusses the challenges facing social housing providers in Scotland, including funding cuts, rising costs, and increased demand, while highlighting innovative solutions and the need for further societal discussion. Providing everyone

The kids may be counting down the days until school’s out for summer, but many parents are worried about making their money stretch in the coming months.

Ravenscraig Ltd director Russell Wilkie outlines his vision for the former steelworks in North Lanarkshire and the need to develop industrial communities. All across the UK, there are monuments to our industrial heritage. They remind us of the heavy industries that once helped power our country. Imp

A specialist service that helps people claim Universal Credit has unlocked almost £125 million for people in Scotland in the past five years. Universal Credit is a government benefit payment designed to help with living costs. It's paid monthly (or twice a month for some people in Scotland), a

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is warning that proposals to charge advice agencies who provide immigration advice fees could have a ‘disastrous’ impact. The Home Office is currently consulting on introducing charges for bodies providing immigration advice.

More landlords predict Scotland will attract the most residential property investment outside of London and the South East in the next three years, according to RSM UK’s Real Estate 360 survey. Research commissioned by the audit, tax and consulting firm shows that 14% of landlords believe Scot

Kate Lackie, Malcolm MacLeod and Allan Gunn have been appointed as assistant chief executives with The Highland Council. Under a new council structure consisting of three service clusters, they will each manage a service reporting directly to chief executive Derek Brown.

A young woman presented to Govan Law Centre’s Women’s Rights Project as an emergency referral as she was struggling in B&B interim accommodation provided by Glasgow City Council has been provided with a furnished tenancy. The woman and her partner had been placed in B&B accommoda

Highlands & Islands MSP Edward Mountain has visited the site of a new care home in Inverness as the countdown to its opening begins. Parklands Care Homes is investing £11 million on a new flagship care home at Milton of Leys on the outskirts of the Highland capital.

Glasgow City Council has brought back 1,710 homes into productive use in the city since its Empty Homes Strategy (EHS) came into force in April 2019.

Detailed plans have been lodged to create 55 new homes on a former football ground site in Glasgow. Advance Construction (Scotland) Ltd and Ambassador Partnership Homes Ltd wish to develop land on the west side of Southloch Street in Springburn — which was the home of Petershill Juniors F

Urban regeneration specialist Vita Group has submitted a planning application for the 20 India Street regeneration site in central Glasgow following a series of public consultations.

Professor Ken Gibb discusses the complexities of student accommodation research in Scotland, referencing the work carried out by the University of Glasgow’s Road to Home initiative and key recommendations. Until 2021, my housing research path had never led me to work on student accommodation.

Emulating the co-operative housing sectors in Canada and Scandinavia could help ease the UK’s housing crisis, according to a new paper out today. Canada’s co-op sector is three times bigger than the UK’s, and co-ops account for almost a quarter of Swedish homes.

Elderpark Housing is to deliver 43 new homes in a multi-million-pound housing boost for the Govan community.