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Below is a full transcript of episode 78 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled 'Confronting systemic racism in housing' with Gordon Llewellyn‑MacRae and Dr Nadia Ayed’. Listen to the episode here.

Surveyors reported a busy start to the year for the Scottish housing market as both demand and supply levels were on the up. Looking at demand, the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey reveals a net balance of 21% of respondents in Scotland report that new

Housing secretary Màiri McAllan MSP has unveiled two new panel members of Scotland's fuel poverty watchdog. The Scottish Fuel Advisory Panel scrutinises the Scottish Government’s progress towards meeting Scotland’s fuel poverty targets, including the goal that no more than five pe

New affordable homes are on the way for the Loch Lomondside village of Balmaha, after Rural Stirling Housing Association started work on building 20 homes and two plots for self-builders. The development costing around £5.8 million is due for completion around next spring.

The Community Wealth Building Bill has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. It will support investment in communities with councils, health boards and other public bodies focusing on the generation, circulation and retention of wealth in local and regional economies.

A housing development in Cumnock is the first project to benefit from the innovative CoRE project (Community Renewable Energy) as part of the Ayrshire Growth Deal. Works have started at Meagher Court in Cumnock to retrofit three entire blocks of flats into a modern, low-carbon, energy efficient hous

Community groups, cultural organisations and education initiatives are amongst the Scottish organisations that will be able to bid for support from a fund aimed at engaging people in tackling the climate emergency.

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has refused a tenant permission to seek recall of an eviction order after ruling that the tenant not having legal representation at the hearing before the First-tier Tribunal was not sufficient to demonstrate that she did not have a meaningful opportunity to present

The City of Edinburgh Council has hailed the strong progress made over the past year in bringing empty homes back into use, as councillors approved a new five-year Empty Homes Strategy.

Plans are to be developed for a pipeline to be constructed taking low carbon heat from the energy from waste facility in Tullos and connecting to existing Aberdeen Heat and Power district heating networks in Seaton, Tillydrone, and the city centre.

Connected Response has appointed Nick Huston as head of business development. Working closely with local authorities and housing associations, Nick’s role is to identify opportunities for Connected Response’s HeatSage technology. HeatSage has been proven to reduce heating and hot water b

Scotland’s only consumer exhibition for self-builders, home renovators and improvers, the Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, sponsored by self-build specialists Fleming Homes, is set to return to the SEC, Glasgow on 9-10 May 2026.

The Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme has launched its fifteenth funding round, opening for applications yesterday. A total of £20 million is available for charities and community energy groups, including community interest companies, co-operative societies and community benefit s

The Share Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of individuals, teams, and organisations across Scotland’s housing sector.

Community-led housing is an effective way to tackle the rural housing crisis and the Scottish Government needs to do much more to support the vitally important sector, campaigners have said today. The Community Led Housing Alliance has called for further public investment to accelerate the delivery