Existing Homes Alliance

Scottish Housing Day takes place next week, and this year’s theme, Healthy Homes, Healthy Futures, encourages the sector to consider the importance of where we live when it comes to our health and wellbeing. As this article sets out, cold, damp homes drive up rates of respiratory illness, hear

Scotland has recorded a significant drop in fuel poverty levels as falling energy prices helped ease pressure on households, according to new figures released by Scotland's Chief Statistician.

More than £4 billion of public investment will support the delivery of 36,000 additional affordable homes over the next four years, finance secretary Shona Robison confirmed as she delivered the Scottish Government’s final budget before May’s election. Unveiling the 2026/27 spendin

Housing and energy campaigners have warned that Scotland risks falling behind on climate and fuel poverty targets after the Scottish Government confirmed it will not introduce its long-awaited Heat in Buildings Bill during the current parliamentary session.

Proposed new minimum energy efficiency standards for private rented homes will deliver direct health and living cost benefits for Scotland’s most vulnerable households, according to housing, fuel poverty and consumer organisations. 

The Scottish Housing News Podcast returns with Gillian Campbell, director of the Existing Homes Alliance, and CIH Scotland's policy and practice manager, Ashley Campbell, joining Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black to discuss the Scottish Government's newly revised Heat in Buildings Bill. They explore th

The Scottish Government has pledged to bring forward its Heat in Buildings Bill during this parliament after revealing revisions that will set a new target for decarbonising heating systems alongside continuing work to reduce fuel poverty.

The Scottish Government's efforts and progress in addressing fuel poverty over the past three years have been outlined in a new report.

The Existing Homes Alliance has gathered signatures from 25 organisations calling on the First Minister to fulfil his promise to introduce a Heat in Buildings Bill before the window for legislation closes imminently due to the election.

A coalition of housing, environmental, fuel poverty, consumer and industry organisations has warned First Minister John Swinney against the use of hydrogen for domestic heating which it claims is “neither cost-effective nor efficient”. Just last month, Mr Swinney hailed the opening of Sc

A coalition of housing, environmental, fuel poverty, consumer, and industry organisations is calling for immediate action to stimulate investment in Scotland’s future workforce by introducing the Heat in Buildings Bill. Highlighting the delays already faced by the Bill, the Existing Homes Alli

Housing and energy campaigners are calling for a network of ‘one-stop shops’ to help the nation electrify its homes and move away from harmful fossil fuels. As part of Glasgow’s Retrofit Summit (11-13 February) Gillian Campbell, co-director of Existing Homes Alliance, called for Sc

More than a third of all households in Scotland are estimated to have spent at least 10% of their incomes after housing costs on keeping their homes warm, according to the latest Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) for 2023.

The Existing Homes Alliance (EHA) has warned that thousands of fuel-poor households are losing out as millions of pounds allocated by the Scottish Government for energy efficiency upgrades are going unspent.

Housing bodies have welcomed the 2024-25 Programme for Government (PfG) for acknowledging the reality of the country’s housing emergency but the Scottish Government has been criticised for failing to make up for delays to funding for new homes. Outlining his first PfG as first minister, John S