Scottish Government

Housing binds our communities, contributes to our wellbeing and affects our jobs and health opportunities.

Housing Strategy

Take a look at our strategy and action plan for housing in the next decade.

Housing Act

A new Housing Act aims to safeguard social housing for future generations by reforming the 'right to buy' and improving value for tenants and taxpayers by modernising social housing regulation. As part of the Act, the Scottish Social Housing Charter sets 16 standards and outcomes that all social landlords should achieve for their tenants and other customers.

Home Report

We offer information for buyers and sellers through the Home Report, and help homeowners at risk of losing their homes through the Home Owners' Support Fund.

Private Renting

We are encouraging a thriving private rented sector, which provides good quality and well-managed accommodation, and in which both landlords and tenants understand their rights and responsibilities.

National Housing Trust

We have also developed the National Housing Trust initiative to deliver hundreds of additional homes for below private market rates rent across a wide range of local authority areas.

Homelessness

We are committed to ensuring that by 2012 every unintentionally homeless person will be entitled to settled accommodation.

Fuel Poverty

The Energy Assistance Package and Home Insulation Scheme have been introduced to tackle fuel poverty and improve energy efficiency.