A home is an opportunity for investment and a building block of our economy
Here in Scotland, housing is too often discussed in the context of crisis and emergency rather than opportunity. I write this with a clear understanding of why these labels have necessarily...
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...
‘Building a box is not an architectural response. We respond very differently’
Libby Heathcote, the new president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, on why more input from architects would help in the housing crisis Architects must regain their rightful...
SPECIAL REPORT: Homes of the future: Lessons from Glasgow’s past
One hundred years ago, civic Glasgow had the foresight to build better homes – Scotland needs this kind of dynamic insight in 2026. Kenny Kemp tells the story of Kelvindale...