Opinion

Market sentiment towards Scotland for residential investment, specifically for build to rent, has strengthened after recent rent control exemptions, which Ryden's residential investment & development head of agency, David Fraser, sees as a huge opportunity for Glasgow and Edinburgh.   After

Professor Kenneth Gibb explains how the announcement of a new national housing agency came within the context of the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) calling for a new housing agency in its manifesto and the commissioning of a research project by Shelter Scotland. Emergencies Req

Owen Coyle, director at Union Technical, discusses the growing energy security risks facing rural communities that rely on heating oil. As energy prices surge amid ongoing Middle East conflict, the real cost of inaction on rural decarbonisation is becoming impossible to ignore.There is deep and grow

CIH Scotland director Gillian McLees reflects on the significance of this election for housing and why the next government must recognise both the sector - and the workforce within it - as central to building thriving communities across Scotland. Gillian also draws on discussions from CIH

The Scottish Housing Regulator meets regularly with tenants through its Tenants Together (Scotland) Scottish Housing Regulator Liaison Group, made up of members of Tenants Together (Scotland) (TTS). Board member and TTS liaison group chair, Helen Trouten Torres, shares an update from the latest grou

Hanover Scotland CEO Angela Currie shares her thoughts on the housing links to International Women's Day. As we mark International Women's Day, we rightly celebrate the women who built our communities, in our workplaces, our public services, our families and our neighbourhoods.

Craig Stirrat, group CEO at Grampian Housing Association, argues that the humble LEGO brick may hold the key to building more affordable, sustainable, and higher‑quality homes. Walk into any toy shop today and you’ll hear a familiar reaction from parents and grandparents: “LEGO never u

Continuing a series of blogs for Scottish Housing News ahead of the analogue to digital switch-off, Sharon Hannah, project manager at the ​Digital Office for Scottish Local Government, focuses on demonstrating digital transitioning for housing. Since my last blog, where I introduced our Housi

Geoff O’Brien, relationship director for Scotland at Assetz Capital, discusses what’s really needed to stimulate housebuilding across Scotland, from a focus on bringing in new planning talent to simplifying the process for smaller, SME housebuilder-led schemes. The Scottish housing crisi

With fewer cars, but with bus, tram or train options nearby, residents of a new 950-home development on the western outskirts of Edinburgh will benefit from an embarrassment of riches in terms of transport, writes Stuart Harrow, director of transportation at Dougall Baillie Associates. Edinburg

Responding to the Scottish Government's new More Homes Scotland agency, Hanover Scotland's CEO Angela Currie stresses that the 150,000 people on waiting lists and 40,000 in temporary accommodation need urgent action and new homes, not further bureaucracy. Two years ago, the Scottish Government decla

Gordon Hunt, divisional director (Glasgow) at Clancy Consulting, examines why Scotland’s cladding remediation programme risks falling behind unless delivery accelerates. Nearly a decade on from the Grenfell Tower tragedy, which claimed 72 lives and reshaped how we think about building safety,

Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) director David Bookbinder shares the problems faced by his members with the Affordable Housing Supply Programme. Whatever else is said in this article, the strong desire among our member associations to help boost new housing supply i

Recent headlines have forced Bruce Forbes, a former director of Angus Housing Association and SFHA board member, to channel his inner Howard Beale and stand up for those most impacted by Scotland's housing emergency. Since I retired from working in Housing in 2019, after 42 years in the "business",

Having studied planning application trends as a litmus test for whether land supply for housing is running out in Scotland, development & investment manager Jake Poole suggests that while the picture is not bleak across the board just yet, cracks are emerging, and it is a slow ship to turn. In r