Housing crisis

Council considers buying student flats to help tackle housing crisis

Ad Feature PSL scheme guarantees landlords income and no voids

Here's how the property market fared across Derbyshire in 2023.

Councillor says short-term lets are untenable in housing crisis

The £2 billion project is set to be the biggest expansion of Edinburgh in a generation

Edinburgh's £2 billion West Town project gets in principle approval

Edinburgh City Council's budget gap is expected to be £29.8m next year and £18.4m in 2026/27, a cumulative total of £48.2m.

Plans to move hundreds out of unlicensed HMOs sparks crisis

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5 per cent tourist tax set to launch in 2026

Edinburgh declared a housing emergency last year

City chief calls for major housebuilding scheme amid housing crisis

Keylocks are a familiar sight across Edinburgh, which critics say has been blighted by Airbnb short-term lets

Edinburgh's holiday let 'super-landlords' unmasked after investigation

Call to spend tourist tax on council housing

Council says only 500 affordable homes a year can be built with current funding.

Council's 500 affordable homes a year 'staggeringly' short of target

Council tenants in Edinburgh could be hit with an 8.4% rent rise from later this year as officials say it’s needed to get the city’s house building programme back on track.

Council tenants facing 8.4 per cent rent rise to boost house building

Housing Secretary Michael Gove wrote to Tory backbenchers to say the ban on “no-fault” section 21 evictions promised as part of the Renters Reform Bill will not be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Campaigners say this could delay the ban for years. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

Ban on no fault evictions delayed indefinitely by Tory government

Leeds Building Society could take your Netflix subscription into account when considering your mortgage application (image: Adobe)

How Netflix subscriptions could help people on the property ladder

Edinburgh tenants paying out nearly half salary on rent

Tenants pay nearly half salary on rent

The Real life roomset at IKEA in Bristol (photo: Tim Gander/PinPep)

‘Cramped and dangerous’ rooms coming to some Ikea stores - here’s why

Letters: Housing crisis means every empty home is a waste
You give Edinburgh City Council far too much credit on empty homes (leader, February 29).
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