Impact case study: Tackling homelessness in Scotland with SASC’s ...
Nov 6, 2024 · Homelessness is a growing crisis in Scotland, with over 40,000 applications for assistance made in 2022-23, the highest in over a decade. In May 2024, the Scottish Government declared a housing emergency, responding to the stark need for more affordable and safe housing. At the forefront of address
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3 days ago · A former landlord who alleged that his tenants had stolen a set of shutters and failed to pay for replacement carpets has been refused permission to appeal his two cases against them to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland after it upheld the First-tier Tribunal’s decision in …
Rent caps to be tied to inflation and applied in between tenancies
Nov 1, 2024 · An amendment to the government’s Housing Bill would rent increase limited to the Consumer Price Index (a measure of inflation) plus 1%, up to a maximum increase of 6%.
Dundee City Council acquires new homes for rent
Nov 10, 2023 · More than 20 new build homes will soon be available for rent after an agreement was reached between Dundee City Council and a local housing developer.
ASPC: Aberdeen property prices experience 3.1% annual drop
Jan 31, 2024 · The Aberdeen Housing Market statistics for the fourth quarter of 2024 were published by the ASPC in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Real Estate Research.. The report also shows that the annualised house price change over 5 years in Aberdeen is 1.0%. John MacRae, chairman of the board of directors of ASPC, commented on the figures saying that “despite continuing ...
Housing emergency response bemoaned as planning processing …
Nov 12, 2024 · The figures covering the period for the financial year 2023/2024 show that, despite a 29% decrease in the volume of major housing applications decided, the average processing timeframe has increased from 39 to 60 weeks compared to the previous year. As a benchmark, the statutory timeframe for these decisions is 16 weeks. The timeframes for deciding small, local housing applications follows a ...
RICS: Scottish property sales reach three-year high
Feb 8, 2024 · The momentum recorded is the strongest since November 2020, indicating a robust start to 2024. A net balance of 17% of respondents in Scotland reported that newly agreed sales rose through the first month of 2024.
Housing jobs in Scotland | Scottish Housing News
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Stirling Council plans homes for social rent in St Ninians
Jan 23, 2024 · Almost 50 new social rented homes could be built in St Ninians after Stirling Council submitted an application to redevelop vacant land north and south of Graystale Road. The proposals involve 44 new homes including accessible single-storey, two-storey houses and cottage flats along with parkin
Dundee regeneration project to tackle housing ‘crisis’
Jan 18, 2024 · Almost 50 new homes are planned for Dundee that will help to tackle the city’s “housing supply crisis”.