Kieran Findlay

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published an engagement plan for Ore Valley Housing Association, stating that its current assessment is that the Association does not comply with all the standards of governance and financial management. According to the engagement plan, Ore Valley notified the Reg

The number of people who died while homeless in Scotland rose by 38% last year, with 232 deaths recorded in 2025 compared with 168 in 2024, according to new research.

CIH Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s push to improve building standards, but warned that plans for a Passivhaus-equivalent standard could undermine the delivery of social and affordable homes unless funding is increased.

The build-up is well underway at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, where Hall 5 is filling with exhibition stands ahead of the Scottish Construction Summit 2026.

The Scottish Housing Summit has wrapped up to widespread praise from delegates, with busy sessions, packed exhibition aisles and conversations that ran well beyond the scheduled programme.

The Scottish Construction Summit has closed its doors after a busy day that welcomed more than 2,000 delegates from across the built environment.

Public services in Scotland need almost £100 million investment over the next two years so that hospitals, the police, prisons, councils, housing associations and Social Security Scotland are ready to proactively prevent homelessness, according to independent research published today.

The number of new homes added to Scotland’s housing stock has fallen to its lowest level since 2014-15, excluding the pandemic period, according to official statistics published today.

Housing and homelessness organisations in Scotland gave a cautious welcome to yesterday’s UK Budget, praising new support for social housing and rough sleeping but criticising the decision to keep the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) freeze, the bedroom tax and the benefit cap.

The Acorn carbon capture project at St Fergus, near Peterhead, has been dealt a major blow in yesterday’s UK Budget, with the UK Government cutting £200 million from carbon capture capital grants to help fund increased defence spending.