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In an open letter sent to all three SNP leadership hopefuls, Scotland’s leading housing organisations have called for the next First Minister to urgently prioritise the delivery of social homes.

Scottish Housing News editor Kieran Findlay shares his thoughts on the second day of CIH Scotland's Housing Festival in Glasgow. If delegates ended day one of Scotland’s Housing Festival with a chuckle at some high-profile corporate marketing failures, they were jolted back towards the task at

Local authority progress on homelessness prevention and scaling up of Housing First is at risk if Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan (RRTP) work ends abruptly, according to a set of new reports published by CIH Scotland with support from Fife Council.

Following the UK Government's announcement of mandatory qualifications for social housing managers, CIH Scotland's national director Callum Chomczuk asks what this means for colleagues north of the Border. At the weekend, the UK Government announced its decision to introduce a qualificatio

Scotland’s Housing Festival returns to Glasgow on the 7 and 8 March to examine the progress made on the Scottish Government’s Housing to 2040 strategy and what this will mean for the housing sector.

Four of Scotland’s leading housing organisations have jointly published a new briefing on tackling damp and mould in the social housing sector.

Callum Chomczuk, national director, CIH Scotland, illustrates the challenges that may make meeting the ambitious target of 110,000 affordable homes over 10 years unattainable, as set out in Scotland's National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4). That sound you didn’t hear was Parliament agreeing on t

Housing organisations are coming together to provide the sector with new guidance on tackling damp and mould, in light of an increased focus on the issue following the tragic death of Awaab Ishak.

The enhanced eviction protections currently in place across both the social rented sector and private rented sector (PRS) are to remain in place after the end of March when the rent cap will also continue but only for the PRS, the Scottish Government has announced.

An agreed definition of a Scottish equivalent of the Passivhaus standard which will become the minimum for all new housing in the country is to be the subject of consultation between the Scottish Government and the building industry, Patrick Harvie has confirmed. Last month, the

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland has today published the findings of an independent review of qualification and training requirements for letting agencies - showing they have improved practitioner professionalism.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and CIH have criticised the Scottish Government for reducing its funding for the Affordable Supply Programme as part of its 2023-24 Scottish Budget yesterday.

CIH Scotland has highlighted the contribution that the housing sector makes in supporting people living with dementia but warned that this support is not consistent across different organisations or across housing tenures. The Scottish Government’s national conversation on dementia, launched t

University of Glasgow housing student Nicky Imrie has received a prestigious award for her work outlining the importance of homelessness and help with housing costs as key drivers for UK housing policy change. Ms Imrie, who is studying an MSc in housing studies, was awarded the Malcolm Smith Memoria

A new report on alternative models of rent control for Scotland has been launched by the Cross Party Group on Housing launched at a meeting in the Scottish Parliament yesterday. During the meeting, Professor Ken Gibb, director of the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), presented th