Kieran Findlay

West Lothian Council has criticised the Scottish Government for failing to provide funding to alleviate its temporary accommodation pressures, warning that local authorities across Scotland are experiencing significant pressures in meeting demand for social housing. The Scottish Government set up an

Glasgow City Council has become the third local authority in Scotland to formally declare a housing emergency after it highlighted "unprecedented" pressures in relation to homelessness.

Social landlords will have a "critical" role in driving demand for heat networks and can provide a "leading voice" in how we transform communities, Patrick Harvie has told Scottish Housing News after the zero carbon buildings minister published a consultation on updated energy efficiency s

Housing benefit is to be uprated for the first time in three years following yesterday's Autumn Statement but concerns have been raised that the move is not enough to address homelessness in Scotland.

Shelter Scotland and Homes for Scotland have expressed their disappointment after MSPs failed to declare a housing emergency during a debate at the Scottish Parliament yesterday.

Detailed plans have been submitted for student accommodation on Glasgow's Renfield Street. Designed by Cooper Cromar on behalf of McAleer & Rushe Property, the project will deliver 432 flats in an L-shaped block, joining the recently completed office block and hotel to complete the Bro

Angus Council is being sued for £500,000 after a tenant claimed his mouldy home left him with “serious health issues”. Hamish Isard said the local authority is in breach of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 which “requires that the house is wind and water tight and in

Bridgewater Housing Association has improved its policies and procedures relating to tenant safety after it identified issues with its gas servicing programme. The Association self-referred to the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) when a change of contractor led to 36 of its properties not being

The lightweight form of concrete linked to the collapse of the roof at a primary school in 2018 could be widespread in social homes built during the 1950s-70s, consultants have warned. Yesterday our sister publication Scottish Construction Now reported that reinforced autoclaved aerated co

CIH Scotland has published its response to the Scottish Housing Regulator's (SHR) call for views on the regulatory framework with a concern that prioritising regulatory focus could hamper the ability of social landlords to have a flexible approach to meeting the needs of tenants.

An MSP has called for the Scottish Parliament to instruct an independent KC-led inquiry into some of the Scottish Housing Regulator’s interventions and approach to regulation in general. In a recent speech to the Scottish Parliament, Stirling constituency representative Evelyn Tweed said she f

Scottish Housing News editor Kieran Findlay shares his thoughts on the second day of CIH Scotland's Housing Festival in Glasgow. If delegates ended day one of Scotland’s Housing Festival with a chuckle at some high-profile corporate marketing failures, they were jolted back towards the task at

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has asked social landlords to confirm by the end of February what their planned rent increase will be after 1 April 2023. The Scottish Government has now confirmed that regulations will be submitted to the Scottish Parliament to expire the provisions in the Cost

Tenants' rights minister Patrick Harvie has announced that he intends to cap private sector rents at 3% and that evictions will continue to be prevented for all tenants except in a number of specified circumstances from April.

The enhanced eviction protections currently in place across both the social rented sector and private rented sector (PRS) are to remain in place after the end of March when the rent cap will also continue but only for the PRS, the Scottish Government has announced.