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

Dr Andrew Robert Watson proposes the development of a Housing Stewardship Framework for understanding and improving how housing quality is produced and sustained across the system. Housing quality matters. There are well-established links between the condition of homes and levels of educational atta

Joe Warren, building consultancy partner at Knight Frank, looks ahead to the EPC changes coming into effect later in the year. There are lots of legislative and regulatory difference between Scotland and the rest of the UK. But perhaps one of the most misunderstood differences in property has been t

Jimmy Black relives a few housing decades with Laurie Naumann, a campaigner on single homelessness, and a founder of Kingdom Housing Association. This is a story about Laurie Naumann, who recently retired after 44 years as a board member at Kingdom Housing Association. But it’s also a step bac

Jimmy Black cycled to Stornoway to meet Calum (Barney) MacKay, chair of TPAS Scotland and long-standing tenant activist. Barney is a trade unionist, and that explains a lot. Trades unions teach their active members how to do many useful things, including basic skills, like how to run a meeting or th

Jimmy Black meets the energetic Evie Copland, multi-award-winner and housing evangelist. “The biggest problem is … how do I change the world with this?” Evie Copland is finishing her Master's in Housing Studies, and she has been a distinguished student. In 2021 she won the Malcolm

Below is a full transcript of episode 79 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled 'Compulsory tenement owners’ associations with Gillian Campbell and Mike Heffron’. Listen to or watch the episode here.

Scotland’s social landlords are facing renewed pressure to adopt meaningful anti‑racism policies after new research laid bare the extent to which Black people and people of colour are being failed by the housing system. Speaking on the Scottish Housing News Podcast, Shelter Scotland’s

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.

The Scottish Housing News Podcast has taken an exciting step forward with the launch of its new YouTube channel, opening new doors for its audience to connect with the conversations shaping Scotland’s housing sector.

It’s Scottish Housing Day; Jimmy Black conjures up soundscapes, and meditates on what makes a good neighbourhood.

Jimmy Black blogs on Riverside Scotland’s Housing First for Families, and Albyn’s Tenancy Sustainment Team.

Jimmy Black says the current funding system for adaptations makes no sense.

Jimmy Black says knowing what causes condensation is the key to fixing it.

For the next edition of Our Housing Heritage, journalist and digital history specialist Chris Holme shares the story of how First World War servicemen came to reside in the rural village of Longniddry. Unlikely as it sounds, the Longniddry Piggery provided Britain’s first purpose-built homes f

In the latest article in the ongoing Our Housing Heritage series, Scottish Housing News discusses the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915. In the absence of social housing, families across the UK in 1915 were at the mercy of private landlords who could hike rents and evict tenants at will with little restr

The Springburn office of ng homes is named after Ned Donaldson. But who was Ned Donaldson? Kieran Findlay recalls the contribution of the activist and the post-war battle to stop the privatisation of council housing at Merrylee. It was a cold sleety December day in 1951. Slum landlordism and sublett

Duncan Smith, who works in the social housing sector, has contributed this piece as part of his quest for more information about housing architect George Gibson. Several years ago, just after starting my current job, I undertook some research on the properties we were refurbishing at the time. I fou

Social enterprise Changeworks has published an open letter calling on all political parties to commit to urgent action on fuel poverty and delivering a just transition for a sustainable future ahead of the upcoming Scottish parliamentary election.

Energy regulator Ofgem has announced a 7% reduction in the energy price cap, lowering the annual bill for a typical dual‑fuel household to £1,641 from 1 April to 30 June 2026.

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.

A project to provide energy bill vouchers and further energy cost advice to eligible parents in Argyll and Bute is one of 21 projects that pilot approaches to help to eradicate child poverty and boost incomes that will be backed by almost £1.9 million across Scotland.

Despite having some of Europe’s strongest legal protections, the lack of homes in Scotland's social sector is pushing its homelessness system towards breaking point, an editorial in The Guardian has argued.

Fife Council is asking people to report anyone they see sleeping rough by using a simple online form.

Màiri McAllan has said Fife Council is "leading the way" in tackling the housing emergency. The housing secretary met with John Mills, Fife Council head of housing; Councillor David Ross, Fife Council leader; Councillor Judy Hamilton, Fife Council housing spokesperson; and Gavin Smith, servic

North Ayrshire Homelessness Prevention Partnership has launched a joint project that will develop new ways to help prevent homelessness in the private sector.

The proportion of rental homes sold in Scotland that remain in the private rented sector (PRS) has nearly doubled over the past year, according to new research from SafeDeposits Scotland Charitable Trust.

A well-respected figure who has spent more than 20 years working within the property factoring industry is to lead the next chapter of The Property Institute Scotland (TPI Scotland) following its formation with the merger between TPI and Property Managers Association Scotland (PMAS). David Doran&rsq

A new online letting platform is being launched this month that will combine cutting-edge technology with on-the-ground agents to deliver what its founders claim is the UK's first truly end-to-end remote letting service, at a fraction of traditional agent costs. Prop247 is the brainchild of Scottish

Fife Council is calling on private landlords and domestic property owners to become part of a new partnership, providing temporary accommodation for vulnerable families and professional support to help meet local housing needs. The new Fife Landlord Partnership is led by Fife Council, supported by t

The Scottish Child Payment has supported more than 241,000 parents and carers since its launch five years ago, helping put over £1.3 billion into the pockets of low-income families. An increase to the payment for children under one will be introduced during 2027/28, estimated to benefit around

Housing secretary Màiri McAllan has called on the UK Government to reverse its decision to extend the freeze on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates, warning that the policy is driving homelessness, worsening child poverty and placing unsustainable pressure on councils. In a letter to UK Housi

Over 1.5 million winter heating payments, including more than a million payments to older people, have been made so far this winter.

Plans to limit the Scottish Child Payment to the first two children in a family have been unveiled in a new social security policy paper published by the Scottish Conservatives today.