This week we released our recommendations about what financial incentive programmes we think are needed to unlock more of Scotland’s 27,000+ long term private sector empty homes.
Category: Policy
Not-so Temporary Accommodation
The latest data shows that 10,567 households are in temporary accommodation in Scotland, including 4,923 children. New research we published earlier this week suggests that 1 in 10 of these...
Stats show over 65,000 in housing need
In 2014-15, over 65,000 different households in Scotland approached their local authority for help with housing, either through the housing options service (58,825 approaches) or the...
12,000 affordable homes: boosting Scotland’s economy, driving social justice
Affordable house building is a key driver of Scotland’s economy. For every £100 million invested in the construction buildings £210 million of economic activity is generated in the wider...
Homes: Let’s raise the debate
A second Scottish Parliament debate on housing in the space of 3 months shows just how much housing is working its way up the political agenda.