Homes For Scotland

Homes for Scotland has unveiled the shortlist for its annual awards, which celebrate excellence across the country’s homebuilding industry. This year’s programme builds on the theme of the trade body's public campaign, with many of its members demonstrating how 'Homes Build Futures' for

Scotland’s housing bodies have given a broadly positive but pointedly pragmatic response to the First Minister’s plan to create More Homes Scotland, a new national housing agency intended to accelerate delivery across all tenures.

A broad coalition of Scottish business and industry organisations has published a joint manifesto setting out a shared economic mandate for the next Scottish Parliament, urging all political parties to prioritise competitiveness, infrastructure delivery and skills as the foundations of sustainable g

Billions of pounds will be invested to ensure national infrastructure continues to deliver for the people of Scotland, the Scottish Government has revealed. Published alongside the draft Budget 2026-27 and Scottish Spending Review, the draft Infrastructure Strategy sets out the Scottish Government&r

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called for urgent action to arrest a collapse in housebuilding after figures showed the lowest number of social homes beginning construction on record.  

New planning application statistics have shown a worrying 11% decrease in the number of local housing applications, highlighting the challenging operational environment of Scotland’s SME home builders, Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned. According to the statistics, the number of local develo

Construction, infrastructure, property and support services business Robertson Group has announced its support for Homes for Scotland’s Homes Build Futures campaign, which aims to address the housing emergency by increasing supply across all tenures to ensure safe, secure homes are available f

The Scottish Government’s proposed Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill, intended to fund the remediation of unsafe cladding, is facing mounting criticism from rural organisations and major developers who warn it could worsen Scotland’s housing emergency rather than resolve it.

Barratt and David Wilson Homes Scotland have announced their support for the new Homes for Scotland ‘Homes Build Futures' campaign.  Launched in September, the campaign aims to push housing supply firmly up the political agenda in the run-up to next year’s Scottish Parliament electi

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has launched a new national campaign to push housing supply firmly up the political agenda in the run-up to next year’s Scottish Parliament election. With 693,000 households (28%) identified as being in housing need, 250,000 people on waiting lists, 17,240 househo

Cabinet secretary for housing Màiri McAllan has set out the Scottish Government's Housing Emergency Action Plan, which includes measures to end children living in unsuitable accommodation, support vulnerable groups, and a multi-year investment of £4.9 billion in new affordable homes. An

The importance of housing in Scotland’s countryside and the considerable support for home building to address rural challenges have been highlighted in a new report.

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has welcomed the First Minister’s renewed commitment to addressing Scotland’s housing emergency and working more closely with the sector to boost housing delivery across all tenures. In a vital high-level meeting this morning, senior leaders from across the home

Jane Wood discusses the critical decline of SME homebuilders in Scotland and calls for urgent reforms to support the sector. In June 2024, Homes for Scotland (HFS) took a bold step to fill a glaring gap in our national housing data. Our landmark report, Scotland’s SME Home Builders 2024: Data

The number of small and medium-sized (SME) home builders in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years, a new report published today has shown, at a time when the country is tackling a housing emergency.