Dundee City Council has welcomed a report that shows there are fewer empty homes in the city than in the previous 12 months.
Scottish Empty Homes Partnership
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
West Lothian Council is supporting a national initiative to bring empty homes in private ownership 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
More than two in five adults in Scotland (43%) think their local authority is currently doing too little to tackle empty homes in their area, a new survey has found.
The nominations deadline for the 2025 Scottish Empty Homes Awards has been extended to midday on Friday 31st January.
Calls have been made for long-term funding for social home-building, as statistics showed the number of homes delivered continues to slow.
Organisations that have taken an empty property and brought it back into use are being encouraged to enter next year's Scottish Empty Homes Awards.
Almost 11,000 long-term empty homes have been brought back into use in Scotland since the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) was established in 2010, a new report published today has revealed. In its latest impact report, the SEHP reported that empty homes officers helped owners to bring 1,875
The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership has welcomed Tahmina Nizam as its new national manager. The partnership is funded by the Scottish Government and hosted by Shelter Scotland with the aim of bringing empty homes back into use as affordable housing where possible.
The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership will receive £423,000 of funding to continue its work of increasing the supply of homes by bringing empty properties back into use in 2024-25. The Partnership works with local authorities and private homeowners to provide advice and support to help bring em
Grampian Housing Association’s visionary Old School regeneration project at Abergeldie Road, in the Ballater conservation area of Aberdeenshire has won the Best Use of Empty Homes to Meet Social/Affordable Housing Need award at the 13th Scottish Empty Homes Conference.
An innovative new project aimed at bringing empty homes back to use in Dundee was announced at the 13th Scottish Empty Homes Conference in Glasgow.
Scotland’s housing minister Paul McLennan MSP will deliver the keynote speech at the 13th Scottish Empty Homes Conference at The Studio in Glasgow on 29 February. In line with the theme of conference, Learning from the Past – Visions for the Future, the minister will share his insight in