Homes For Scotland

The new Planning Bill gives Scotland just what it needs: a spur to replace conflict with collaboration. To make a success of the new system, councils will need to work positively and constructively with their delivery partners (home builders included) and talk to more people in each community, inclu

Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has raised concern on whether the housing growth seen in Scotland in 2018 can be maintained in the longer-term. The warning comes amid new analysis of the number of new homes securing planning permission in tandem with statistics showing a long-awaited upturn i

News of the success of the Scottish Government’s Help to Buy shared equity scheme has been welcomed by Homes for Scotland (HFS) but the trade body has emphasised the importance of maintaining a level playing field across the border. New figures published yesterday revealed that more than 30,00

The Scottish Government is on track to hit its ambitious target of 50,000 affordable homes by 2021 after new figures revealed a large increase in the total number of affordable and social rented homes.

A refreshed brand has been unveiled by Homes for Scotland which the trade body said reflects the overarching purpose of its new five-year strategy and the organisation’s clear call to action of delivering more homes for Scotland. Unveiled at its Annual Lunch in Edinburgh in front of a crowd of

Tammy Swift-Adams, director of planning at Homes for Scotland, outlines why Scotland’s housing crisis should be a ‘call to arms’ to everyone who has a role to play in building more homes. Scotland’s planning authorities play an integral role in the delivery of new homes and t

Stewart Milne Homes’ Dargavel Village development in Renfrewshire has been recognised with both an ‘Excellence in Planning’ award from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Homes for Scotland ‘Large Private Development of the Year’ accolade.

Sanctuary is celebrating after its regeneration of Glasgow’s Anderston received further recognition as Homes for Scotland’s affordable housing development of the year. The £60 million project beat five other outstanding developments to the honour at an awards ceremony in Edinburgh.

CALA Homes is celebrating its recognition as Home Builder of the Year following the prestigious win at trade body Homes for Scotland’s (HFS) annual awards held in Edinburgh on Friday. Considered to be the most credible in the sector due to its robust nature and stringent judging criteria, the

An 18-strong team led by industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) have returned from building a home for a vulnerable 84-year old widow and her orphaned grandchildren in Kenya, raising £40,000 in the process to support the work of charity Habitat for Humanity.

The first of a series of collaborative workshops to explore ways to increase offsite construction of affordable homes has been launched at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) by housing minister Kevin Stewart.

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has appointed Fionna Kell to the position of director of policy. Responsible for developing and driving forward the organisation’s wider policy objectives as set out in its recently published five-year strategy, her initial focus will be on the Scottish Government&rsqu

Senior representatives of Scotland’s home building industry have held face-to-face discussions with cabinet secretary for communities and local government Aileen Campbell MSP to discuss the importance of implementing an improved planning system in the midst of ongoing Brexit uncertainty. Facil

The first Scottish-only builder to receive a five star rating in an annual Customer Satisfaction Survey has been announced. Perth-based A&J Stephen joins the ranks of other UK “five star” companies following extension of the initiative north of the border in November last year. 

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the shortlist for its annual home building industry awards as the organisation prepares to celebrate the sector’s achievements. HFS said the entries showcase the high quality work that the industry produces and the innovative practices it engages in