Browsing: Housing
Response to recommendations to reduce temporary accommodation use. Efforts to reduce the number of households living in temporary accommodation will be backed by at least £60…
1,168 homes for people fleeing war in Ukraine. Almost 1,200 long-term homes are being brought back into use for those fleeing the war in Ukraine through…
7 Million Households Foregoing Basics The SNP has described a worsening ‘Tory housing nightmare’ as fresh figures show rent taking up the largest share of pay…
Westminster Control Costing Scots Households The UK is set to have one of the highest rates of inflation in the G20, according to figures from the…
Minister confirms intention to keep rent cap in place for a final six months. Emergency measures to protect tenants during the cost of living crisis, including…
Help to Provide More Homes in Rural Scotland Up to £25 million is being made available to help councils identify affordable homes for key workers in…
Councils empowered to prioritise homes for living in. Plans to enable councils to raise the amount of council tax paid on empty and second homes will…
Ensuring everyone has a home that meets their needs. Increasing and accelerating housing supply, tackling homelessness, ending rough sleeping and progressing Scotland’s 20-year housing plan are…
Quarterly Statistics Published There were 21,825 all-sector new build homes completed in Scotland in the year to end June 2022, according to quarterly statistics on housebuilding…
Minister Confirms Intention to Cap Rents at 3% Emergency measures to protect tenants will be extended, Tenants Rights’ Minister Patrick Harvie has confirmed, with private rents…