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As part of the programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) looks at how Scotland's housing landscape has changed over the last 20 years. This article was originally published on the SPICe website.

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has called on the UK Government to scrap the “fundamentally unfair” benefit cap after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the policy.

Protestors will tomorrow demonstrate outside the premises of an Edinburgh letting agent accused of exploiting tenants by offering “sham holiday lets”.

The requirement for prospective foster carers to have a spare room should be changed to help meet the growing need for more foster families across the country, according to campaigners.

The site of former offices for West Dunbartonshire Council in Clydebank is set to be sold to a housing developer for almost £2.5 million. The building, on Roseberry Place, Kilbowie Road, was declared surplus in 2016, and was subsequently demolished.

Affordable housing builder McTaggart Group has been announced as finalists across seven categories of the Scottish Homes Awards 2019 including ‘Housebuilder of the Year (more than 100 units)’ for the second year running.

Westbridgend Community Hall Development Association has submitted an application to West Dunbartonshire Council detailing how they would sustain a new centre at the site if they were the owners.

Castlehill Housing Trust is celebrating its new name with three new people joining its board. The Trust has been a subsidiary of Castlehill Housing Association since 2011 and is committed to growing its portfolio of properties to meet the growing demand within the North East of Scotland.

Dementia, homelessness, fuel poverty are among the key areas of focus identified in Eildon’s new five-year strategy which outlines its ambitious plans for the future.

The chief executive of Bradford-based Incommunities Group Geraldine Howley has been confirmed as the chair of the governing board at the Chartered Institute of Housing. Geraldine has been interim chair since April 2018 and her permanent appointment has now been ratified by CIH members, with more tha

Work has started to transform a derelict site in the south side of Glasgow into much-needed affordable homes.

Representatives from Link and JR Construction (Scotland) Limited welcomed Councillor Gordon Hughes, Falkirk Council’s spokesperson for housing, to a sod cutting event at Link’s Williamson Street development in Falkirk last week. The event marked the start of construction of 36 affordable

A proposal for a Bill to protect private sector tenants by introducing measures to limit rent increases and to increase the availability of information about rent levels has been introduced by Scottish Labour. Proposed by Pauline McNeill MSP, the party said its Mary Barbour Bill will see the introdu

Plans to introduce compulsory sales orders (CSOs) for empty homes in Scotland have been backed by a number of councils.

The future of Gowrie Care’s resource hub in Edinburgh has been secured for the next three years after being awarded funding from the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (IJB). The £213,216 from Edinburgh IJB will mean that people who have experience of, or are at risk of homelessness will