Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the barriers to accessing homelessness services – priority need – was abolished in 2012. However, if a person is homeless, the local authority
Tag: Housing
Scotland’s changing housing landscape
Reading Time: 7 minutes A look at 20 years of housing in the Scottish Parliament.
Allocation of social housing in Scotland; policy and practice
Reading Time: 3 minutes Imagine you can’t afford to live in your current home or you want to move away from your parents or partner. Maybe you don’t want
Short term lets in Edinburgh
Reading Time: 5 minutes The increasing number of short term lets in Edinburgh has been a point of debate for years, with questions around regulation and the behaviour of
Short term lets: time for regulation?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The growth in short term lets, facilitated by peer to peer online platforms, such as Airbnb, has sparked debate about whether short term lets should
Buying a home: trends in home ownership and Scottish Government support
Reading Time: 4 minutes As it is Scottish Housing Day, this blog takes a quick look at trends in home ownership and Scottish Government support to help people buy