Kieran Findlay

A coalition of Scotland's major business organisations has renewed pressure on the Scottish Government to overhaul the country's planning system, publishing a joint report which recommends that housing should be treated as economic infrastructure, with a national target of at least 25,000 new homes

New official statistics paint a bleak picture of Scotland's housing sector, with overall housebuilding continuing to slide and record demand for social housing, despite a modest uptick in social rent starts.

Scottish Housing News editor Kieran Findlay has appeared on The Hard Hat Talks podcast to showcase the benefits of attending next month's Scottish Construction Summit. The free-to-attend event, which encompasses the Scottish Housing Summit - a stage of speakers and exhibitors dedicated to housing, w

ng homes has hit out at false claims circulating online about the allocation of its Stonyhurst Street homes after a fire at one of the tenement buildings. Emergency services were called to the blaze in Glasgow's Possilpark area at around 5pm on Sunday 6 September.

First minister John Swinney has placed affordable housing and homelessness prevention at the centre of his government's plans for the new five-year parliamentary session, unveiling a Programme for Government he says will deliver "lasting improvements to people's lives". Presenting the programme to P

As the UK's new Prime Minister talks up the biggest council house building programme since the postwar era, a newly published book is offering timely context on an alternative model that has quietly reshaped Scottish housing over the past half-century: the housing association. Homes by Association:

Scotland’s affordable housing ambitions face significant delivery challenges unless underlying pressures across the housing and construction sectors are addressed, new research by the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) has indicated.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations' new chief executive has made a forceful call for social housing to be treated as a cornerstone of government policy, warning that Scotland's new Parliament will fail on health, child poverty and economic growth unless it prioritises investment in affo

Scotland faces another sharp increase in energy bills this summer after Ofgem confirmed the energy price cap will rise by 13% from 1 July, pushing a typical annual dual‑fuel bill from £1,641 to £1,862.

The intensifying pressure facing Scotland’s housing system has again been highlighted by a series of new Scottish Government statistics showing falling new supply, record demand for social housing, and more than half of homes failing basic quality standards.

The latest episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast lifts the lid on the quietly contentious issue of pets in social housing and the growing movement to make policies more compassionate, consistent and evidence‑based. For many tenants, a dog or cat is a lifeline. For many landlords, they&rsquo

The decision to merge the previously standalone housing brief with the social justice portfolio risks diluting political focus at a time when Scotland remains in a declared housing emergency, housing bodies have warned.

Five years after Scotland’s first large‑scale water‑source heat pump went live at Queens Quay, the district heat network designed and delivered by Vital Energi is now supplying hundreds of homes across Clydebank.

Shelter Scotland has urged the incoming Scottish Government to retain the cabinet secretary for housing post, warning that momentum on tackling the national housing emergency will stall if the role is downgraded.

Homelessness in Scotland is increasingly driven by poverty, poor health and systemic pressures across public services, according to a major new briefing from Public Health Scotland (PHS).