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Scottish Labour MSPs will today table a motion to declare a housing emergency across Scotland.

Anas Sarwar MSP marked Scottish Housing Day last week by meeting Persimmon Homes apprentices building new skills on site. The Scottish Labour Party leader hears how the apprentices are growing their skills and gaining valuable experience in the housing sector at Persimmon’s Castle Gardens deve

Increasing council tax on the highest bands could impact more than 80,000 low-income households, according to new analysis.

Scottish Labour has urged the Scottish Government to offer real support to homeowners after new analysis revealed that around 6,900 Scottish households could already be in arrears. With thousands more expected to suffer as mortgage rates continue to rise, Scottish Labour’s Mark

A “perfect storm” of soaring house prices and rising interest rates is putting home ownership out of reach for many, Scottish Labour has warned. New statistics from the ONS have shown that between May 2021 and May 2023 average house prices in Scotland rose by £23,929.

The Scottish Government is at risk of missing a key target of building 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, according to new analysis from Scottish Labour.

A Scottish Labour government would create a scheme that would acquire empty homes and sell them to future homeowners for just £1, party leader Anas Sarwar has revealed. Labour estimates around 27,000 homes in the country are considered to be empty, and Anas Sarwar used the first day of th

All new-build homes in Scotland will soon have to meet the internationally recognised ‘Passivhaus’ standard after the Scottish Government agreed to progress legislation proposed by Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley. The Proposed Domestic Building Environmental Standards (Scotland) Bil

Scottish ministers have been accused of “dragging their heels” over the removal of Grenfell-style cladding on public buildings as the bulk of the removal work is earmarked for 2025. The Scottish Government’s spending review pledged £180 million over three years to remove

Almost £20 million has been lost in tax breaks for short-term lets like AirBnBs in a single year, according to new figures. Many short-term let operators register to pay Non-Domestic Rates rather than Council Tax – but few have to pay this in full, with more than 80% receiving a full dis

From 1 October, the Coronavirus Recovery and Reform Act abolishes mandatory grounds for repossession and the First Tier Tribunal will only evict where the members believe it to be reasonable in the circumstances. Given these significant changes, Scottish Housing News editor Kieran Findlay interviewe

Abolishing mandatory evictions is the subject of the latest episode of the SHN podcast. Co-host Jimmy Black predicts dramatic change will result ... A cynic might think that decades of rent controls, different rent controls, no rent controls and better tenancies have made little difference …

The Scottish Government has agreed to explore ways it can recover a cost-of-living rebate given to owners of second homes.

Scottish Labour has accused the Scottish Government of “damaging incompetence” as figures show years of decline in a flagship energy efficiency scheme. Open to certain pensioners, parents and pregnant women, disabled people, carers and veterans, the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme offe

A law to limit the number of acres that rich landowners are allowed to own in Scotland is to be proposed by an MSP.