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Housing
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Tens of thousands of homes fail to meet energy efficiency targets
Tens of thousands of social housing properties in Scotland are failing to meet the government’s minimum standards for energy
Councils offering “lucrative loopholes’ to developers, says housing charity
A major developer which bought land from a golf club will not have to build affordable housing due to a
‘Completely Unaffordable’: Flats in former public building let for up to £2,500
Campaigners have renewed calls for more affordable housing and rent controls after it emerged private flats in a former public
Scotland’s public land sold off to luxury property developers
Scotland’s public land is being sold off to housing developers building luxury homes and sidelining local people, The Ferret
More than 40 former Mark Fortune tenants demand action from authorities
More than 40 tenants have spoken out against the Edinburgh landlord, Mark Fortune, with most claiming they were not returned
Ministry of Defence land sales having ‘devastating impact on communities’, claims union
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is having a “devastating impact on communities” by selling off land that could be used
Selling off Scotland: public bodies shed property worth half a billion
Scotland’s public institutions sold off more than half a billion pounds worth of land and property between 2015 and
Over 2,000 homeless people housed in ‘unfit’ Glasgow B&Bs in eight months
More than 2,000 homeless people were housed in Glasgow Bed and Breakfasts after Covid-19 hit last year, The Ferret
Scotland losing ‘substantial revenue’ over derelict land
Scotland is losing out on “substantial revenue” by under-taxing owners of vacant and derelict land, according to new research by
Tenants faced damp and black mould while housing repairs stopped due to Covid-19
Tenants who have faced damp, substantial leaks and black mould are calling for Scotland’s largest housing association to take
City council failed legal duty to homeless people, regulator finds
Almost one in three people making a homeless application in Glasgow prior to the Covid-19 pandemic were turned away, an
‘Green’ housing project row over destruction of woodland
An exclusive private housing development backed financially by a government “green” fund has been criticised for destroying “cherished woodland” and
