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A motion for Scotland to adopt a Danish housing model that represents a halfway house between renting and owning has reportedly been added to a draft agenda at the upcoming SNP conference in the hope of it being adopted as national policy.

Kevin Stewart MSP has written to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to call for the abolition of VAT on building projects involving regeneration, refurbishment and retrofitting. The SNP representative for Aberdeen Central has also lodged a motion at the Scottish Parliament on the issue.

Potential restrictions on second-home ownership are looming for Scottish tourism hotspots in an effort to make housing more accessible for young people, if the SNP is re-elected.

Nicola Sturgeon has committed to building 100,000 new homes in the next decade while also promising to support 14,000 jobs a year as part of Scotland’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic should the SNP be re-elected. Under the SNP, almost 100,000 homes have been built in Scotland since 200

SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald has renewed the party’s call for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to use empty homes to house veterans – after new figures showed more than 1,000 army homes remain unoccupied. The figures, uncovered through Freedom of Information, show

An MSP has urged on the UK government to finally end the “Highland energy rip-off” which sees customers facing a 2p electricity surcharge despite the region facing some of the highest rates of fuel poverty in the country. Over half of all rural and remote households live in fuel poverty, with fu

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon outlined the SNP’s key policies yesterday as the party leader revealed its manifesto for the upcoming general election.

Providing a home that is affordable, warm and secure to every person in Scotland will be a fundamental priority of every SNP council, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Unveiling its manifesto for the local government election, the SNP leader said the party is determined to build on its ambitious housing tar

Ruth Maguire Scotland is leading the way in the UK in building affordable and social rented housing, the SNP has claimed following the publication of new figures from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Nicola Sturgeon The SNP has unveiled plans for 50,000 new affordable homes, a Warm Homes Bill to help tackle fuel poverty and a social security system based on dignity and respect should it win the upcoming Holyrood election.