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The Scottish Government is set to declare a national housing emergency later today. Social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville will use a Holyrood debate this afternoon on Scottish Labour’s motion on the housing crisis to make the announcement.

Efforts to boost affordable housing supply by acquiring properties to bring into use for affordable housing and help reduce homelessness will be given an £80 million uplift over the next two years, the Scottish Government has announced.

Housing and property organisations are bracing themselves for policy changes after the Scottish Government’s formal co-operation agreement with the Scottish Green Party was brought to an end yesterday. First Minister Humza Yousaf formally informed Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and Wheatley Group have commissioned Altair Consultancy and Advisory Services Limited (Altair) to conduct research on the experiences of people waiting for social housing in Scotland. The research will gather stories from some of the almost 250,

The Social Housing Net Zero Standard (SHNZS) must be realistic and support RSLs to make decisions in the best interests of tenants, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has said. The SFHA made the call as part of its response to the Scottish Government's consultation

The Scottish Government must use the £300 million of Barnett Consequential funding allocated for Scotland in yesterday’s UK Spring Budget to restore the housing budget, Homes for Scotland (HFS) has said. Housing saw a cut of over £200 million in December’s Scottish

Young people have been urged to pursue apprenticeships in housing as the sector looks to put recruitment at the heart of its response to the challenge of Scotland’s housing crisis. As Scottish Apprenticeships Week gets underway, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and CIH Sc

Scotland is at risk of missing its net zero targets unless it swiftly increases the speed of transitioning from oil and gas boilers to clean heat sources, a new report has concluded.

The passing of the Scottish Budget 2024/25 at Holyrood yesterday will perpetuate housing inequality across the country and limit the number of new homes coming forward across all tenures, sector body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned. The Budget includes more than £1.3 billion for the W

An open letter published today is urging the First Minister to think again about the cuts being proposed to the 2024-25 budgets for housing and planning. The call comes the day before the Scottish Parliament votes on the draft Scottish Budget for the year ahead and follows the findings of independen

Tenants Information Service (TIS) chief executive Ilene Campbell attended the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) Housing Management Conference yesterday to deliver an impactful closing plenary session. Hosted in central Glasgow, the SFHA conference gathered frontline housing professi

Renowned author, journalist, and strategist Alastair Campbell will deliver the keynote speech at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) Annual Conference in June. Alastair is perhaps best known for his time working in the last Labour government, and is now a renowned writer, consulta

A new poll has revealed 80% of adults in Scotland say the country is currently experiencing a housing crisis as the Scottish Government faces increasing calls to reverse its huge cut to the affordable housing budget. It comes as the Scottish Budget, which saw the Scottish Government announce a &poun

With energy costs remaining at historically high levels, tenants of Albyn Housing Society who are at risk of fuel crisis this winter will be given extra support to pay their bills.

The Scottish Government has been questioned on its plans to cancel a vital support fund helping households at risk of fuel poverty, by Holyrood’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee.