Reading Time: 6 minutesA post looking at Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), with a focus on potential defects in Scottish public buildings and possible remedies.
Category: Housing & Planning
Licensing of short-term lets
Reading Time: 8 minutesA brief description of key elements of the recently introduced licensing system for short-term lets.
Rent cap and evictions pause – the Scottish Government’s plans to extend to 31 March 2024
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog provides information on the Scottish Government’s plans to extend the rent freeze and evictions pause.
Homeless temporary accommodation – policy and statistics
Reading Time: 5 minutesPost updated 1 October 2024 In March 2024, just over 16,000 households lived in temporary accommodation, including over 10,000 children. The number has increased and
Dachaighean falamh ann an Alba: firinnean, figearan agus poilesaidh
Reading Time: 5 minutesTha am blog seo a’ coimhead air meud duilgheadas nan dachaighean falamh ann an Alba agus ceumannan poileasaidh gus dèiligeadh ris. Cia mheud dachaigh fhalamh
Empty homes in Scotland: facts, figures and policy
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog provides an overview of the scale of empty homes in Scotland and the policy measures to tackle them.
Scotland’s rent freeze and evictions pause – what is the Scottish Government planning next?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at the Scottish Government’s plans for the rent freeze and evictions pause in Scotland
So, what’s this about a “climate lockdown”?
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis post considers whether claims that national and local government are pursuing policies that constitute a “climate lockdown” are supported by available evidence.
Dampness in Scottish social housing
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at the issue of dampness in social housing in Scotland.
Dàrna dachaighean ann an Alba – fìrinnean, figearan agus poileasaidh
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog provides and overview of facts, figures and policy on second homes.