Funding earmarked for rural housing developments was used to build homes in the cities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. A recent Freedom of Information Request (FOI) has revealed that over £100million that ...

There is no silver bullet to fix housing shortages in rural areas but he says the Scottish Government could "ease off" on ever-increasing Net Zero building standards. He said: "Everyone wants the ...

They cite the lack of career opportunities in their areas, a shortage of affordable housing ... post-referendum Scottish Government which, for the last decade, has treated rural Scotland like ...

The region has 1083 second homes and 1875 STL licences - 2958 combined or 3.89 per cent out of 76,136 dwellings.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published its work plans for 2025/26, laying out an ambitious and wide-ranging ...

Rural Housing Scotland (RHS) was set up in 2001 to help communities across Scotland tackle homelessness and improve the availability of affordable housing. The Mull-based organisation said the ...

“As a result, you have communities where there’s a huge housing crisis ... the chief executive of Scottish Land & Estates, which represents rural landowners, said the government has an ...

with rural areas facing additional supply chain, workforce and cost challenges. Sara Thiam, chief executive of Prosper, said: "Scotland risks losing out on the growth opportunities from the energy ...