More Homes Scotland: Housing agency must be a catalyst for delivery
Scotland is now in the third year of a national housing emergency. The danger is that, unless we act with greater urgency, this becomes normality. This cannot be allowed to...
Special report: How we must end temporary housing for good
Inspired by Chris Dougray, The Business held a morning seminar focused on the issue of temporary housing. Kenny Kemp reports on the problem – and some of the solutions The...
Homes for Scotland Annual Conference: ‘Too early to tell’ on new housing agency
On 16 September – aptly Scottish Housing Day – Homes for Scotland’s annual conference at Dynamic Earth in the capital felt like a stress test for the Scottish Government’s new...
Closing thoughts on the emergency: what Scotland’s politicians offered
The Business of Housing 2026 concluded with the politicians who will decide what happens next.Cabinet Secretary for Housing Màiri McAllan took the stage, before being joined by MSPs Willie Rennie,...
Housing, talent and capital: Scotland’s big economic test
It was important for the inaugural Business of Housing conference to set out a position at the intersection of Scotland’s wider economy and the demographic dilemma.This shift was obvious when...
Why solving Scotland’s housing emergency is an economic necessity
Ruaridh Hanna, director of policy at The Business, reflects on the inaugural Business of Housing 2026 summit in Edinburgh which laid out the vexing issues – and heard how practical...
How procurement frameworks can help turn ambition into delivery
Scotland’s housing emergency has been widely acknowledged, but recognition alone will not solve it. The real challenge is turning ambition into delivery.At the recent housing event hosted by The Business,...
Turning planning ambition into real progress can avert a lost decade
Scotland’s housing system is under significant strain, and the planning system in its current form is struggling to respond. Yet this moment also brings an important opportunity.With the Scottish Parliament...
Why Scotland is struggling to build the homes it desperately needs
Scotland has enormous potential to deliver the homes people need. Yet families, young professionals and first-time buyers still face limited supply and rising costs.Both the industry and government have signalled...
THE BUSINESS OF HOUSING 2026: More Homes Scotland must be a delivery machine
At The Business’s The Business of Housing 2026 conference, one word kept coming up: delivery. In particular, the d-word was said by many as the metric by which the Scottish...