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Announcing the new Housing Land Agency – More Homes Scotland
Kenneth Gibb January 26, 2026 Last Thursday the Scottish Government announced their intention to act on the recommendation made by the Housing Investment taskforce to create and run a new national agency for housing and land delivery – called More Homes Scotland. We...
Unlocking the tenement?
Last week saw a milestone on the path to modernising the Scottish tenement. The Scottish Law Commission published a report supporting proposals that first emerged from the tenement maintenance working group of the Holyrood cross party group on...
Housing taxes make Budget appearance
In this blog, Prof Ken Gibb (CaCHE Director) discusses the two housing announcements in last week’s Autumn Budget from Rachel Reeves
Scotland’s private rented sector: the next 30 years
In this blog post, Dr Andrew Robert Watson builds on recent research to look forward at the trajectory of the SPRS over the next 30 years.
International Journal of Housing Policy Conference co-hosted by CaCHE
This week the International Journal of Housing Policy (IJHP) celebrated its 25 the anniversary through a conference ‘Reflections and Developments in Housing Research: What’s Next? ‘. The conference was held at the University of Glasgow and CaCHE was delighted to...
Tick tock for tenements
Wendy Murray who lived in Stevenson Street, in Glasgow’s Calton, was offered homeless accommodation within notorious Alexander Thomson Hotel, after Glasgow City Council decided her tenement block to be in a dangerous structural condition. Fortunately friends stepped...
Reflections on the Housing Investment Taskforce
This week, the Scottish Government’s housing investment taskforce (HITF) has published its official report. Set against the backdrop of a stuttering affordable housing supply programme, budget cuts (now reinstated), wider struggles for developers, contractors and...
It’s not every day you help create a new housing tenure
During the Covid-19 lockdowns, CaCHE undertook a research project that played a key role in shaping Northern Ireland’s new intermediate rental tenure—an innovative housing solution designed to bridge the gap between social housing and market renting. Last week,...
Prevention innovation in Victoria, Australia may have lessons for UK housing
Prof Ken Gibb explores the potential of early intervention budgeting to positively influence public policy, using Australia's innovative Early Intervention Investment Framework (EIIF) as a case study to demonstrate how prevention-focused investment can achieve better...