Six key takeaways from Scotland’s Housing Festival 2025

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The Scottish social housing sector gathered in Edinburgh this week. Delegates mulled the impacts of a new Westminster government and regulatory changes with one eye on Holyrood elections next year. Daniel Gayne reports.

Delegates arrived at Scotland’s Housing Festival with a lot to talk about. The country’s social housing sector finds itself in the middle of a tumultuous period, with major grant cuts and the declaration of a housing emergency barely in the rear view mirror, a housing bill featuring new responsibilities and new controls on rent in the works, and an election on the horizon.  

Housing Today was in Edinburgh to soak up the discussion across the two-day conference. Here’s our round-up of the key takeaways.

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