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2026 (17)

Wednesday, September 16 Home builders warn Scotland’s housing emergency must not become the new normal
Tuesday, September 1 Home builders encouraged by First Minister’s commitment to cultural and structural change
Tuesday, September 1 If we want more homes, we need to make it possible to build them
Tuesday, August 25 As £100m housing underspend revealed, Programme for Government must lay foundations to end national emergency
Monday, July 13 Homes Build Futures public campaign wins top industry award
Tuesday, June 30 Sector concerns on land supply and viability reflected in latest housing statistics
Monday, June 29 Undeliverable sites will not fix Scotland’s housing emergency
Thursday, June 25 HFS welcomes launch of First Homes Fund
Friday, May 29 Latest planning statistics highlight urgent need for clarity and pace on future planning reform
Wednesday, May 27 Competition and Markets Authority Update: Guidance on Information Exchange
Monday, May 18 Homes for Scotland announces 2026 award winners
Friday, May 15 Political rhetoric on housing must move to delivery at pace
Tuesday, March 31 New statistics confirm housing emergency is continuing on catastrophic trajectory
Thursday, March 19 Housing emergency set to develop into a catastrophe for Scotland
Thursday, January 22 Sector urges Scottish Government to capitalise on the welcome potential of new housing agency
Tuesday, January 13 Home builders frustrated by Scottish Budget
Sunday, January 11 HFS Awards 2026

2025 (24)

Tuesday, December 16 Latest figures show sustained decline in new home building across Scotland
Friday, December 5 Challenge facing SME home builders laid bare by latest planning statistics
Tuesday, September 30 Scotland’s communities must now raise concerns over latest housing statistics
Wednesday, September 3 Home building sector welcomes new plan to tackle housing emergency and calls for clear timescales and monitoring process to track progress
Monday, September 1 Rural Scots call for home building to address local challenges
Wednesday, August 6 Read our latest research
Thursday, July 31 First Minister renews commitment to address housing emergency
Thursday, July 17 Join our Planning Team!
Tuesday, June 24 Housing Emergency set to deepen as new statistics reveal lowest quarterly number of homes starts since 1996
Friday, June 20 Number of SME home builders falls to lowest level in 20 years as Scotland remains in housing emergency
Tuesday, June 10 Homes for Scotland welcomes Housing Investment Taskforce Report and calls for urgent implementation to tackle housing emergency
Tuesday, June 10 Homes for Scotland secures five “Future Planners” bursaries to help attract talent into vital profession
Friday, May 30 New research and public campaign mark HFS 25th anniversary
Thursday, May 15 Business as usual not enough to tackle the housing emergency
Wednesday, May 14 Homes for Scotland to undertake consumer campaign to focus minds of public on the housing emergency
Wednesday, May 7 Programme for Government doesn’t go far enough to tackle the ongoing national housing emergency
Tuesday, May 6 Architect and TV presenter George Clarke visits Aberdeenshire development ahead of Scottish housing emergency anniversary
Tuesday, April 22 Homes for Scotland partners with VELUX to support SME home builders
Tuesday, April 1 HFS Annual Conference 2025 – Presentation slides
Wednesday, March 26 Homes for Scotland welcomes GDP quantification of planning reform in Spring Statement
Wednesday, March 26 Planning system must be supported to improve consistency during housing emergency
Tuesday, March 25 Housing emergency continues as starts and completions fall for third successive year
Wednesday, March 19 Homes for Scotland announces 2025 awards shortlist
Wednesday, March 12 Homes for Scotland welcomes pragmatic approach on Heat in Buildings Bill and calls for similar action re regulatory burden on new homes

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Tuesday, December 17 Government intervention required to reverse continuing decline in all tenure housing delivery
Thursday, December 5 Home builders welcome restoration of housing budget and call for a supportive policy and regulatory environment to maximise benefit
Wednesday, November 13 Scottish Government announcement positive opportunity for planning reset on housing, say home builders
Tuesday, November 12 Under-resourced and ill-equipped planning system failing to tackle Scotland’s escalating housing emergency
Thursday, October 31 Appeals for over 3000 homes dismissed as Scotland remains mired in housing emergency
Tuesday, October 29 Welcome evidence of action on the housing emergency but we need more and we need it faster
Wednesday, October 2 HFS Awards 2025
Wednesday, October 2 Response to Ministerial Statement on “Delivering the Homes that Scotland Needs”
Tuesday, September 24 Worst yearly start for housing on record
Tuesday, August 20 Why we must help SME home builders
Monday, August 19 Challenges faced by SME home builders under the spotlight
Monday, July 15 Over 1,800 Affordable Homes Stalled by Funding Cuts
Monday, July 8 What now? HFS Chief Executive Jane Wood reflects on the results of the general election and what this means for the housing sector in Scotland
Tuesday, June 25 Housing starts and completions continue rapid decline, crippling social wellbeing and aspirations of Scots
Monday, June 24 Alarming reduction in SME home building sector revealed by new research
Thursday, June 20 Housing coalition urges Scottish Government to ‘change course’ ahead of housing emergency statement
Monday, May 20 Homes for Scotland announces annual award winners
Monday, May 20 Strong leadership required to face into housing emergency
Monday, May 20 Housing emergency declaration welcomed but focus must be on what happens next
Thursday, May 9 Home builders warmly welcome proposal for standalone National Outcome on Housing
Monday, April 29 Scotland requires more than short-term ad-hoc measures to address the housing crisis
Monday, April 29 Home building sector calls on Scottish Government to pause and review viability of net zero legislation from housing delivery perspective
Monday, April 8 Homes for Scotland announces 2024 awards shortlist
Wednesday, March 27 Scottish Government can no longer ignore housing crisis as starts plummet by 24 per cent
Thursday, March 14 Homes for Scotland strengthens team with two new key appointments
Thursday, March 7 Scottish Government must now restore Housing Budget with new Barnett Consequential funding
Wednesday, February 28 Housing crisis set to deepen even further as Scottish Government Budget passed
Monday, February 26 Open letter urges First Minister to think again about housing and planning budget cuts
Thursday, February 15 Woeful planning statistics are unacceptable with average processing times for major housing developments now taking over a year on average
Monday, January 22 Over a quarter of Scotland’s households in housing need

2023 (25)

Tuesday, December 19 Shock at level of Budget cuts to housing and planning
Tuesday, December 12 New statistics show Scotland’s housing crisis intensifying
Tuesday, December 5 We’re hiring: Senior Policy Officer / Policy Manager
Tuesday, December 5 New Head of Planning at Homes for Scotland
Tuesday, December 5 Homes for Scotland submits ideas on planning system ambitions
Wednesday, November 29 We’re hiring: Senior Policy Officer / Policy Manager
Wednesday, November 22 Lost opportunity as housing emergency call voted down
Wednesday, November 15 Builders call for bold decisions on housing
Thursday, November 2 Edinburgh’s housing emergency reflects reality across Scotland
Monday, October 30 Mandatory training on planning for elected members welcomed
Monday, September 25 We’re hiring: Planning team roles
Tuesday, September 12 Number of new home starts continues to fall, offsets increase in completions
Wednesday, September 6 What does home mean to our young people?
Saturday, September 2 HFS Annual Conference 2025 – Programme
Wednesday, July 26 Shocking 46% drop in number major housing applications
Tuesday, June 27 Concern as decline in Scotland’s new homes starts continues
Tuesday, June 13 HFS calls for National Outcome for housing
Monday, May 29 2023 Homes for Scotland award winners announced
Friday, May 26 New HFS strategy launched
Tuesday, March 28 Scotland’s housing deficit growing as drop in new home starts continues
Friday, March 24 Passsivhaus site visit
Wednesday, March 22 HFS welcomes appointment to Housing 2040 Strategic Board
Tuesday, March 21 Awards shortlist announced
Wednesday, February 1 Planning promotions at Homes for Scotland
Tuesday, January 24 New statistics showing worrying drop in housing starts

2022 (17)

Friday, December 23 Why new homes are vital to civic society
Tuesday, December 6 We’re hiring! Planning Adviser
Monday, November 28 Planning framework must deliver Scotland’s housing needs
Wednesday, October 5 Housing completions still below pre-Covid levels
Monday, September 26 Home builders point to growing policy divergence
Tuesday, September 6 A third of affordable housing delivered through private developer contributions
Tuesday, September 6 What I know now
Tuesday, June 14 Housing completions increase but affordable housing approvals decrease
Thursday, May 26 Collaboration key to delivering the new homes Scotland needs
Monday, May 23 Homes for Scotland Awards winners announced
Monday, May 16 Homes for Scotland announces new Chief Executive
Thursday, March 31 Key planning document risks making housing crisis worse
Tuesday, March 29 Concern over drops in affordable housing delivery
Wednesday, March 23 Homes for Scotland Announces 2022 Awards Shortlist
Thursday, March 10 Scotland’s “housing gap” approaching 100,000 homes
Tuesday, February 22 Are we planning for decline?
Wednesday, February 2 Too many in housing need not being counted

2021 (19)

Thursday, December 16 Capital’s flawed City Plan will make the goal of providing enough homes impossible
Friday, December 10 “Budget of choices” misses opportunity to encourage consumer shift to low carbon homes and fails first time buyers
Tuesday, December 7 Latest housing figures published show a 35 per cent drop in completions
Monday, November 22 Deposit Unlock mortgages launched nationally
Monday, November 22 HFS Awards winners announced!
Tuesday, November 16 HFS bolsters Executive Team with raft of appointments
Thursday, September 16 Focus on clarity, collaboration and consumers required to achieve housing delivery ambitions
Wednesday, September 8 Affordable housing increase welcome but builders warn of material shortages and lack of support for first time buyers
Thursday, September 2 Home builders to work collaboratively with new Green Ministers
Thursday, July 22 54 week decision times for major housing applications unacceptable
Tuesday, July 20 Scottish Government urged to reopen First Home Fund to meet consumer demand
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Thursday, May 13 New Board appointments at Homes for Scotland
Tuesday, May 4 HFS secures political support for the delivery of 25,000 new homes each year
Friday, April 9 Shock as First Home Fund closes after 5 days
Wednesday, March 31 Home builders look ahead to lockdown lifting
Monday, March 29 Home builders welcome political ambition on housing
Thursday, March 18 Home builders deliver fourth successive year of improved customer satisfaction
Wednesday, January 27 HFS publishes 2021 Scottish Parliament election manifesto

2020 (11)

Wednesday, December 2 HFS Activity Report 2020
Friday, September 25 HFS welcomes first home fund extension but restates planning concerns
Tuesday, September 22 Clear statement of intent on all-tenure housing target required from Scottish Government
Wednesday, August 5 Planning proposals at odds with growth and jobs ambitions
Tuesday, July 21 Builders frustrated by poor performance on crucial planning decisions
Thursday, July 9 Clarity on timing of LBTT change “absolutely crucial”, say builders
Wednesday, July 1 Demand surges for new build homes
Monday, March 9 Political leadership, resourcing and infrastructure key to achieving vision of housing to 2040
Tuesday, February 11 Longer term certainty on funding and policy direction
Thursday, January 30 Scrutiny of housing numbers finds significant variations
Monday, January 20 Home builders welcome new Infrastructure Strategy

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