Opinion

Following her appearance on the More Homes Scotland panel at the Scottish Construction Summit, Liz Hamilton, senior land and planning manager at AS Homes (Scotland) and Briar Homes, considers the barriers continuing to hold back housing delivery in Scotland, including planning delays, site viability

Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) president David Jarvie argues that the Scottish Government can't afford to wait until the establishment of More Homes Scotland (MHS) before taking action to end the national housing emergency. I have reused this headline from the Scottish Government’s c

Crisis Scotland’s senior partnerships and practice officer, James Mullaney, argues that Scotland’s Ask and Act pilots show that preventing homelessness depends on a culture shift across public services, and that December’s funding cliff must become a catalyst for national rollout r

Scottish Housing Summit exhibitor Sanondaf explains why a science-led approach matters in social housing.

In an exclusive for Scottish Housing News, Esther Wilson, director of customer services at Hanover, argues that loneliness among older people should be treated as a health condition rather than a mood, and that the right housing, not the GP surgery or hospital ward, is where it can actually be

Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) director of external affairs Paul Bradley revisits the housing chapter he wrote for Poverty in Scotland 2016 and asks what a decade has meant for people living in poverty. This week is Challenge Poverty Week, when organisations across Scotland come

Fraser Eadie, a co-founder of SAMTAP and a Fellow of the International Compliance Association, reveals what housing associations in England can learn from Scotland when it comes to freedom of information laws.

Directors Mhairi Grant & Martin McCrae from the architecture studio Paper Igloo share their thoughts on the Stage 2 consultation of the Scottish Government’s Passivhaus Equivalent policy and encourage the Scottish construction industry to engage with the consultation before 16 October 2026

With price inflation beginning to hit social housing procurement, Andrew McAllister at PfH Scotland provides advice on how to develop a consistent and considered approach. Contract management in social housing is often seen as the dull end of procurement, the bit no one really talks about. Instead,

With devolution firmly back on the political agenda, Dr Jocelyne Fleming, Scottish policy and public affairs lead at the Chartered Institute of Building, thinks it raises some important questions for Scotland’s construction and built environment sectors about where the policies affecting our h

Alison Condie, regional managing director for Barratt Redrow in Scotland, argues that projects like Durieshill underline the requirement for collaboration to bring something of this scale to life. Scotland needs more homes - that much is well rehearsed and accepted. What is discussed less often is h

Dr Andrew Robert Watson, an independent research associate with the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) and the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), presents a summary of a published academic article in the International Journal of Housing Policy. Scotland has pursued two very differe

Hillcrest's chief executive John Alexander and deputy chief executive Fiona Morrison follow their Scottish Housing Day video discussion with a look at why offering four walls and a roof is no longer enough. When we talk about housing, it’s tempting to focus solely on the bricks and mortar. A s

As Scottish Housing Day 2026 highlights the links between housing and health, Carbon Futures considers how better building performance can support healthier, more comfortable and more affordable homes. The quality of the homes people live in has a direct influence on their health, wellbeing and qual

Mhairi Donaghy, associate director within the place, housing and economic investment team at the Scottish Futures Trust, delves into her work on town centre living to share how it could assist with wellbeing. It’s easy to think about this in terms of the home itself – whether it’s