2025 proved that you can regulate a market into submission, but you cannot regulate it into growth. Steven Easton, director at Easton Group - a family-owned Scottish private housing provider and landlord - explains how last year’s legislative changes affected private landlords and what’s

As he steps up to the role of chief executive officer at Cruden, Fraser Lynes outlines the potential impact the business can deliver in 2026 following its recent investment from BGF. Scotland stands at a pivotal moment in its housing journey. The need for high-quality, energy-efficient homes has nev

Grampian Housing Association chief executive and social housing talking head Craig Stirrat ponders what 2026 and beyond hold in store for Scotland's Housing to 2040 vision. The Housing Crisis – it didn’t just happen! Years of lack of sufficient investment in the housing stock; matched by

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 76 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Minority landlords and mixed tenure repairs with Audrey Murphy and Professor Douglas Robertson’. Listen to the episode here.

Below is a full transcript of episode 75 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Scottish Housing Day celebrates good neighbours with Callum Chomczuk and Jamie Ballentine’. Listen to the episode here.

In this episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast, Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black discuss the theme of 'Everybody Needs Good Neighbours' for Scottish Housing Day. They explore the importance of community and neighbourliness, the role of housing associations in fostering social connections, and th

In this episode, Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black discuss the pressing issue of homelessness with Maureen Knight from Albyn Housing Society and Pamela Forrest from Riverside Scotland. They explore innovative strategies to prevent homelessness, focusing on proactive tenancy sustainment and the Housing

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

Consumer Scotland has warned of “stark deficiencies” in the Warm Home Discount Scheme (WHD) and is recommending a range of reforms to improve it in both the short and longer term.

More than 837,000 payments have been made to people across Scotland to help with heating costs this winter, thanks to a unique package of support. More than 268,500 payments for Child Winter Heating Payment and Winter Heating Payment – support only available in Scotland – have been paid

One in three (33%) adults in Scotland are concerned about the size of their fuel bills as the winter cold starts to bite, Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found.

A leading energy campaigner has been given an industry lifetime achievement award for his efforts to tackle fuel poverty. Kenny Cameron, managing director of Edinburgh-based Connected Response, was presented with an award by Energy Action Scotland in recognition of a lifetime of trying to make peopl

At least one person each day in Scotland is potentially released from hospital into street homelessness, new data obtained by The Salvation Army has revealed. Freedom of Information (FOI) requests returned to the charity by all health boards in Scotland found that patients were discharged from hospi

A recent report showed a 38% rise in the number of people who had slept rough the night before they presented to Fife Council as homeless. Now officers are asking Fife residents to help them support this very vulnerable group.

With the 2026 Scottish Parliament election approaching, Edinburgh-based homelessness charity Rowan Alba will be asking the new MSPs and Scottish Government to address some key challenges facing people affected by homelessness, addiction, social isolation and ongoing complex needs. Rowan Alba provide

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has donated 165 socks, gloves, scarves and hats to the Glasgow Youth Housing Hub in Govan – run by youth homelessness charity, Rock Trust. As part of its Wrap Up Warm campaign, the homebuilder has donated over 14,000 much-needed winter essentials to 24 homelessness

Accountancy firm Wbg has advised landlords to anticipate the introduction of a higher income tax regime for property income in Scotland. The recent UK budget announced a new, separate higher income tax regime for property income which will apply in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland from April 202

Members of the Highland Council's Sutherland County Committee have agreed to progress the process for considering the introduction of a Short-Term Let Control Area covering all or part of Sutherland. At this week's meeting, it was also agreed that progressing the consideration would enable communiti

Scotland’s landlords have warned the Scottish Government that increasing property taxes will further worsen the housing crisis.  The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL), which represents landlords in Scotland, issued the warning following the recent UK Budget and ahead of the Scottish

Highland Council is moving forward with steps to consider the introduction of Short Term Let (STL) Control Areas in both Sutherland and Skye and Raasay, following evidence that housing markets in these regions are under increasing pressure.

More than 837,000 payments have been made to people across Scotland to help with heating costs this winter, thanks to a unique package of support. More than 268,500 payments for Child Winter Heating Payment and Winter Heating Payment – support only available in Scotland – have been paid

More than 22,000 applications from Scots for a new benefit worth up to £441 a month have been processed in the year since it opened, new figures show. The Pension Age Disability Payment, administered by Social Security Scotland, replaces Attendance Allowance, and is not based on income.

Housing bodies have welcomed the UK Government's abolition of the two-child benefit cap but shared their disappointment that the freeze on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) was not scrapped for good.

Social Security Scotland’s Scottish Child Payment is supporting 322,230 children across the country, newly published figures show.  Launched in February 2021, the Scotland-only benefit gives families with low incomes crucial financial support to help with the cost of raising children.