Insight

As rent increases ripple across Scotland, Rettie's Rob Trotter argues that landlords are acting now to avoid being locked into long-term losses later. Rent increases are appearing across Scotland—but this isn’t just a short-term reaction to the lifting of rent controls on April 1st.

Jimmy Black wonders about the current Housing Bill.

Following on from its recent release, Jacqueline Norwood, executive director at TPAS Scotland, takes a closer look at the findings of a new report into how social landlords are supporting their tenants to engage and participate in their work. Last year, TPAS Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Gover

Karen Gatherum, solicitor and licencing specialist at Gilson Gray, and Neil Gray, director at Gray Planning and Development, reveal what short-term lets operators in Edinburgh can do to try and maximise the chances of their licences being renewed. Four months before the start of the Edinburgh Fringe

Mark Bickford, CEO of Social and Sustainable Capital, explores how social investment is transforming supported housing in Scotland, enabling charities to move from renting to owning properties and providing far greater stability for vulnerable individuals. Scotland's housing crisis has reached emerg

Following the Scottish Government’s response to the Grenfell Inquiry report, construction law specialist Caroline Maciver highlights the implications so far for the sector and calls for more clarity to help it progress under the new regulatory regime.  Last month, Holyrood’s housing

Jimmy Black reflects on the Heat in Buildings Bill, and laments the loss of Patrick Harvie’s radical edge.

Lloyds Banking Group’s Scottish Executive Committee chair Jackie Leiper explores how financial institutions can help bridge Scotland’s affordable housing gap and why unlocking private capital and accelerating cross-sector partnerships is critical to solving the crisis and driving long-te

Kerry Brown, director at Alator Data Services Ltd, wants to bring tenant behaviour back into the damp and mould discourse. There’s a difficult conversation in housing that too often gets avoided: tenant behaviour and its role in damp and mould. 

Maggie Brunjes, chief executive of Homeless Network Scotland, on why the housing emergency can’t become a cover for deepening exclusion. Picture two paths: one leads to an ordinary flat, a space to call your own, no different from anyone else’s. The other to a sleeping pod, a hostel room

Professor Mark Stephens speaks to SHN editor Kieran Findlay about compiling the 2025 UK Housing Review, policy process, and his suggested new role for the Bank of England. As lead editor of the UK Housing Review 2025, Professor Mark Stephens of the University of Glasgow's Urban & Social Policy d

Last week, the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) moved office from the Olympia Building in Bridgeton to the University campus in the West End of Glasgow. Director Ken Gibb reflects on the organisation's time there. The week just past, CaCHE moved office, leaving Bridgeton in

Following on from its release last week, Jacqueline Norwood, executive director, TPAS Scotland, takes a closer look at the findings of a new report into the accessibility of information provided to tenants by social landlords. Last year, TPAS Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Government, carried o

Since its arrival north of the border, success for Keepmoat Scotland has been to establish the company as a recognised and trusted housebuilder, but as regional managing director Tim Metcalfe tells SHN, this is only the beginning. Having been in Scotland for a decade, Keepmoat is now implementing a

In an exclusive for Scottish Housing News, Hans Mitchell, client relations director at fire safety engineering consultancy Harmony Fire, summarises the Scottish Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations. The recent Scottish Government Response to the Grenfell Tower In