Opinion

Associate director at the Scottish Futures Trust Mary Jarvie looks into the housing delivery implications of the long-term infrastructure pipeline for Scotland.  Scotland's transition to a low-carbon economy represents one of the country's greatest economic opportunities. Billions of pounds are

Grampian Housing Association chief executive Craig Stirrat considers the challenges within leadership through the story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. As I draw closer to my retirement I’ve been reflecting more on the Odyssey I’ve been on, and the challenges I’ve faced. One key theme

Amie Brown, a senior associate in MFMac's Commercial Real Estate team, focuses on the impact recent reforms in upward-only rent reviews in England and Wales will have in Scotland. The recent decision to ban upward-only rent review clauses in English commercial leases marks a huge development in prop

Hanover Scotland chief executive Angela Currie argues that traditional risk registers (built on mapping out every individual threat) are no longer fit for purpose in a world where global instability is hitting housing and social care providers directly. The world is becoming harder to predict, and f

In the latest in a series of blogs for Scottish Housing News ahead of the analogue to digital switch-off, Sharon Hannah, project manager at the ​Digital Office for Scottish Local Government, looks at the challenge for organisations to stay connected. As Scotland moves closer to the planned switch-

Kirsty Roebuck, a project worker at Bethany Christian Trust and support worker at Simon Community Scotland, argues for a gendered analysis of homelessness due to differences in experiences between men and women. Gender differences can be seen from the onset of homelessness. Research has shown that t

Govan Housing Group chief executive Caron Quinn urges the next Scottish Government to look to Govan to gain a deep understanding of the current housing emergency.  From the frontline in Govan, Scotland’s housing emergency can look deceptively simple: a lack of choice.

RNID, the charity supporting people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus, has submitted the following letter ahead of Volunteers' Week (1 - 7 June 2026). Dear Editor,  As we mark Volunteers’ Week (1–7 June 2026), I wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate the outstan

CIOB’s Scottish policy and public affairs lead, Dr Jocelyne Fleming, uses the CIOB Column for our sister publication Scottish Construction Now, to outline what the latest government reshuffle may hold in store for the construction sector. The results have been tallied, MSPs sworn in, and

Helen Trouten Torres shares an update from the latest meeting of the Scottish Housing Regulator's Tenants Together (Scotland) Scottish Housing Regulator Liaison Group. We work with tenant representatives through the Tenants Together (Scotland) Scottish Housing Regulator Liaison Group as one of the w

CIH Scotland director Gillian McLees reacts to the new Scottish Government cabinet, with the lack of a dedicated housing minister, and reflects on yesterday's housing statistics. The latest Scottish Government housing statistics tell a clear story: need is rising, delivery is falling short, and the

This Dementia Action Week, CIH Scotland policy and practice manager Ashley Campbell looks forward to working with a new Scottish government to ensure that housing is recognised as central to supporting people to live well with dementia. A new national dementia strategy. A joint ministerial roundtabl

Crisis Scotland’s senior policy officer, Rhuaraidh Fleming, calls on the new Scottish Government to kick-start cross-party working to end homelessness. “Homelessness is the result of political decisions, and Scotland can end it altogether with the right political will” – Cris

With housing completions in Scotland remaining slow, Catherine Wood, development director at Lovell Strategic Land, argues that there’s a need to line up more consented land across the country to enable the delivery of homes for the next decade and beyond. After months of poll-watching, specul

In the latest in a series of blogs for Scottish Housing News ahead of the analogue to digital switch-off, Sharon Hannah, project manager at the ​Digital Office for Scottish Local Government, shares what has been learned from the process to date. Digital migration can feel like a straight line on p