Scotland's housing emergency is getting worse and the system is "broken", a senior local authority official has warned. John Mills, head of housing at Fife Council, said demand had soared since the ...

The Scottish Labour leader committed to expanding affordable rents and establishing a new housing investment bank.

Scotland recorded 231 deaths of homeless people in 2024, figures have revealed. Housing secretary Mairi McAllan described the deaths as a “tragedy”. National Records of Scotland (NRS) figures showed ...

Scotland will not be able to meet its economic ambitions or create a fairer society without action on housing The latest official figures on the extent of homelessness make for bleak reading over the ...

The NHS, housing, rising living costs and immigration are among the top concerns when it comes to older voters in Scotland ...

In fact, members of Scotland’s Edinburgh-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors found a growing difference between Scotland’s housing strength and other areas of the U.K., including the ...

Scottish minister of public finance Ivan McKee has announced plans to create a new Housing Planning Hub (HPH) to unlock development sites. The new hub, which will be operational in 2025, will aim to ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland — A few days after John Dalton declared himself homeless, the Scottish government moved him into Muirhouse Mansion, a 19th century stone home built to resemble a Gothic castle.

The country’s homelessness legislation is ambitious and humane. But too many people are still sleeping on the streets or in temporary accommodation Rough sleeping in Scotland has risen by 106% over ...

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has been urged by Scottish Housing Secretary Mairi McAllan to use her Budget on Wednesday to deliver a boost in capital spending that will “reinvigorate housebuilding.” ...

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