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After a decade of challenging misperceptions around the quality, safety, and potential of Scottish timber, BE-ST has launched the Mass Timber Centre of Excellence - a milestone in the journey to making UK-grown mass timber a mainstream, high-value construction solution. Sam Hart, associate dire

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Marking today’s anniversary of the declaration of a housing emergency in Scotland, the Everyone Home collective has criticised failures over the last year and is calling on all political parties to commit to concrete action with one year to go until the Holyrood election. Today, we stand at a

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Housing associations require leadership that blends commercial skill, social purpose, and bold vision for the future, writes Cairn Housing board member Nigel Fortnum. As housing associations take on increasingly complex roles — from placemaking and delivering mixed-tenure communities, to partn

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UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) director Professor Ken Gibb introduces a new report that explores how to rethink Council Tax & LBTT to build a fairer, more functional system. When Housing to 2040 was launched in 2021, the ambitious vision at the centre of it was, in one resp

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Communications specialist Rachael Martin emphasises the double-edged opportunity and responsibility of being a vital community anchor. In recent years the narrative surrounding housing associations (HAs) has been defined by their role as landlords and service providers, amid a severe and growing hou

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