Empty Homes

A new online portal has been launched to bring empty homeowners together with prospective buyers or developers, with the aim of facilitating more properties to be used as homes again.

Glasgow City Council's Empty Homes project has brought more than 3,000 unoccupied homes back to life as accommodation for people and families. Almost all (94%) of the properties have been brought back to productive use since April 2019, when Glasgow City Council launched its Empty Homes Strategy.

South Ayrshire Council has outlined its commitment to address the number of long-term empty private homes in the area through a new five-year strategy. There are approximately 45,000 long-term empty private properties throughout Scotland. In South Ayrshire, more than 800 private properties are curre

A council-led scheme to help owners of empty properties throughout Aberdeenshire bring them back into use and reach potential buyers is seeking to make matches. Aberdeenshire Council’s Matchmaker project allows owners of empty properties to list them for free with the council then able to shar

With over 46,000 vacant homes unused during Scotland’s housing crisis, an upcoming event is set to bring together leading figures to discuss how to combat the issue. Hosted at the Scottish Procurement Alliance’s (SPA) headquarters in Livingston, its Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be c

Dundee City Council has welcomed a report that shows there are fewer empty homes in the city than in the previous 12 months.

A record-breaking 2,066 empty homes were brought back into use in 2024-25, a new report published today by the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) has revealed.

Scottish Empty Homes Partnership national manager Tahmina Nizam celebrates the success that many councils are having in bringing empty homes back into use, but makes the case that continued investment and strategic focus are needed to keep building on that good work. A record-breaking 2,066 empty ho

New research revealing vacant council properties are on the rise around the UK has led to calls for them to be converted to provide 25,000 new homes.

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is calling for extra resources to help environmental health teams deal with the blight of empty homes as communities report rises in unoccupied housing, and landlords threaten to leave the market.

West Lothian Council is supporting a national initiative to bring empty homes in private ownership back into use.

Orkney Islands Council is working with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN-T) to help bring local empty homes back into use.

Housing Secretary Màiri McAllan has announced a new initiative to address the "unacceptable" number of empty homes across Scotland, while reaffirming the government's commitment to its housebuilding targets. Additional empty homes officers are being recruited to bring more privately owned hou

Communities across West Dunbartonshire have been able to see the benefits after 58 empty homes were brought back into use in the last two years.

Argyll and Bute Council’s housing services team has been crowned the winner of the 2025 Innovation Award at this year’s Empty Homes Network Awards (EHN) and has been highly commended in four other categories. The team won the Innovation Award for its project aimed at bringing properties