Talk radical, act minimal
Sheila Gilmore looks at the Scottish Government’s plans to allow councils to create rent pressure zones to protect private tenants, and finds that beyond the positive-sounding headlines they are...
Homelessness is not just for Christmas
Sheila Gilmore sets out the structural challenges to solving Scotland’s homelessness problem, and says sleep outs and warm words from Scottish Ministers need to start translating into real investment...
Housing regeneration – a welcome return to the early 2000s
Sheila Gilmore welcomes the commitment in Jeremy Corbyn’s conference speech to the regeneration of truly affordable housing. For a housing ‘geek’ like myself it was good to hear...
Two tributes to Kezia Dugdale
Sheila Gilmore and Evan Williams say thank you to Kezia Dugdale, who has stood down as Scottish Labour leader. Sheila Thank you Kez! As as a party we...
Doing better with the land we own
Sheila Gilmore argues that it is not just through planning regulations that councils can ensure affordable housing, and urges public authorities to take a more joined up approach to...
Low rent homes – it’s right to buy
Sheila Gilmore says in many instances the homes we need to help resolve chronic housing shortages already exist, and we are already paying for them. It’s time we looked...
A better way to address our housing crisis
Sheila Gilmore says that supply of new affordable housing is restricted by developers, but the social housing we need may already exist, and it’s time for public money to...