Scottish Housing News
2024年12月20日 · Blackwood Housing and Care is set to embark on a new strategic journey, after announcing Jason MacGilp as its incoming chief executive. The leadership transition comes as Simon Fitzpatrick departs after a two-year tenure.
Scottish Housing News
2024年12月10日 · In the latest article in the ongoing Our Housing Heritage series, Scottish Housing News discusses the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915. In the absence of social housing, families across the UK in 1915 were at the mercy of private landlords who could hike rents and evict tenants at will with little restr
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2024年12月20日 · Miller Homes has agreed to buy English housebuilder St Modwen Homes. The deal sees Miller Homes acquire 19 live sites, totalling around 3,500 plots for new homes, and a further five strategic sites, growing its business in the West Midlands, East Midlands and South regions and entering the South Wes
Rent controls and new duties at centre of new housing bill
2024年3月28日 · The Housing (Scotland) Bill will introduce an ‘ask and act’ duty on social landlords and bodies, such as health boards and the police, to ask about a person’s housing situation and act to avoid them becoming homeless wherever possible.. It also reforms provision for people threatened with homelessness up to six months ahead and includes provisions for tenants experiencing domestic abuse.
Sarah Cooper: The Housing (Scotland) Bill - a potential new era for ...
2024年9月6日 · It has been a busy year on the housing front in Scotland. In early Spring, we saw the temporary measures protecting tenants from rent increases and evictions relating to the Cost-of-Living crisis ending and a housing emergency declared by the Scottish Government, and we’ve seen the introduction of the Housing (Scotland) Bill in Parliament.
Housing crisis set to deepen even further as Scottish Budget passed
2024年2月28日 · The Budget includes more than £1.3 billion for the Wellbeing Economy, £1bn for the road network, around £2.7bn for public transport and active travel, almost £556 million in the Affordable Housing Supply Programme, more than £400m for energy efficiency upgrades and to promote the circular economy, and an increase of £128m to the education and skills budget.
Sector responds to new home delivery figures as new research …
2024年6月26日 · According to the latest Scottish Government figures released yesterday, there were 3,378 homes completed by housing associations in 2023-24 which represents a 33% drop from the previous year’s total of 5,016 homes.. Figures also showed that the number of homes started and completed in 2023-24 were down in every sector including local …
RICS: Scottish housing market optimism strong despite September …
2024年10月10日 · Scotland's housing market is showing promising signs of growth, with the highest level of optimism since early 2022, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Despite a subdued September, the latest RICS Residential Market Survey reports a net balance of 33% of surveyors in S
CIH Scotland publishes new paper on what the housing sector …
2024年2月7日 · The Scottish Government is expected to introduce a new Housing Bill ahead of the Parliament’s summer recess which is anticipated to cover some of the commitments set out in Housing to 2040 and the draft rented sector strategy, A New Deal for Tenants.. While the detail of the Bill is still being developed, it is expected to include:
Housing Bill consultation responses published
2024年6月4日 · The consultation received responses from a range of organisations including Shelter Scotland, Citizens Advice Scotland, Homes for Scotland, the Scottish Association of Landlords, the Scottish Trades Union Congress, Living Rent as well as from a range of individuals, businesses, local authorities and other landlord and tenant stakeholder organisations.