4 days ago · Stirling Council has approved proposals to start the process of procuring a contractor to deliver 44 new council homes in St Ninians. The site at Graystale Road has been vacant since 2012 when previous tenement flats were demolished as part of efforts to revitalise the area.

2 days ago · Investment of almost £18.5 million will be made to local council housing after Stirling Council agreed a 7.2% rent rise for 2025/26. At a Special Meeting of Council yesterday (Thursday, 6 Feb) approval was given for the rise, increasing the average rent by £6.09 per week over the 48-week

3 days ago · Investment of almost £18.5 million will be made to local council housing after Stirling Council agreed a 7.2% rent rise for 2025/26. Councillors approved the rise at a special meeting yesterday, increasing the average rent by £6.09 per week …

4 days ago · Figures released yesterday show that from 1 April to 30 September 2024, homelessness applications numbered 20,823, an increase of 1% compared to the same period in the previous year. The new figures land in the same week that housing minister Paul McLennan wrote to the UK Government urging a rethink over a planned LHA freeze, due to come into force in April across the UK.

5 days ago · The daily news service for Scotland's social and affordable housing sector

5 days ago · The daily news service for Scotland's social and affordable housing sector

4 days ago · The measures were introduced in 2022 to help people during the cost-of-living crisis and were due to come to an end in March. The restrictions currently allow tenants on most tenancy types to challenge a rent increase through the rent officer or tribunal, with a tapering formula applied to limit the level of rent increase allowed.

Jan 7, 2025 · Marcus Di Rollo, lettings director at Gilson Gray, has outlined six key themes that will shape Scotland’s property market in the coming year from the continued supply-demand imbalance and recalibrating rents to the evolving debate over short-term lets and eviction processes. So far, the

Nov 29, 2024 · The Housing (Scotland) Bill aims to tackle poverty across Scotland by improving the renting experience for tenants, through a range of new rights, including the right to request to keep a pet or make changes to the property such as decorating, and a system of rent controls, in a way that the Scottish Government said will maintain investment.. Under the proposal, a national rent control system ...

Sep 6, 2024 · It has been a busy year on the housing front in Scotland. In early Spring, we saw the temporary measures protecting tenants from rent increases and evictions relating to the Cost-of-Living crisis ending and a housing emergency declared by the Scottish Government, and we’ve seen the introduction of the Housing (Scotland) Bill in Parliament.