Kieran Findlay

The Scottish Government’s plan to introduce a new tax on housebuilding to help fund the removal of dangerous cladding has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle, despite fears it could deepen Scotland’s housing emergency.

Scottish Housing News readers spent 2025 gripped by a year of seismic policy shifts, mounting pressures on local authorities, and powerful human‑centred stories.

A landmark £67 million health, social care, and community facility has officially opened in the heart of Glasgow’s East End, complete with a fitting tribute to Parkhead Housing Association founding member John Ferguson MBE. Developed by Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership, the Par

Compulsory owners’ associations, regular building inspections, and reserve funds are at the heart of sweeping reforms proposed to tackle Scotland’s deteriorating tenement housing stock.

The Scottish Government has pledged to intensify efforts to tackle homelessness as it unveiled its latest Ending Homelessness Together annual report to Parliament.

The City of Edinburgh Council is to consider extending the suspension of its housing lettings policy until March 2027.

Blochairn Housing Association is in discussions with Sanctuary Scotland to explore the potential for a transfer partnership. Operating in and around Blochairn Place in the Royston area of Glasgow, Blochairn invited expressions of interest for a strategic partner in August after making the decision t

Housing and energy campaigners have warned that Scotland risks falling behind on climate and fuel poverty targets after the Scottish Government confirmed it will not introduce its long-awaited Heat in Buildings Bill during the current parliamentary session.

The Scottish Government reached a £10 million funding agreement with Aberdeen City Council to help meet costs associated with RAAC-affected properties in Torry.

The Scottish Parliament has passed the Housing (Scotland) Bill in a landmark vote that will reshape the nation’s rented housing sector and embed new duties around homelessness prevention.

As the Scottish Parliament prepares to begin its Stage 3 debate of the Housing (Scotland) Bill today, the rent control elements of the proposed legislation have been attracting the most attention.

Cabinet secretary for housing Màiri McAllan has set out the Scottish Government's Housing Emergency Action Plan, which includes measures to end children living in unsuitable accommodation, support vulnerable groups, and a multi-year investment of £4.9 billion in new affordable homes. An

All but one local authority in Scotland is set to receive less cash for social homes this year than they did in 2021-2022, despite the Scottish Government declaring a national housing emergency, new figures have shown.

As the Scottish Parliament moves to expand rent control legislation to include Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA), an industry voice has raised serious concerns about the potential impact on investment and development in cities like Edinburgh. Earlier this month, the Parliament’s Local

A national action plan must be developed to tackle the housing emergency to avoid the risk that the crisis “drifts on indefinitely”, according to a new report published today by a Scottish Parliament committee. A year on from the official declaration of the national housing emergency by