- Published10 November 2026
It is three years since Scotland's largest cities declared "housing emergencies", followed months later by the nation as a whole.
Since then, homelessness has hit record levels while the cost of renting or buying property has continued to rise.
The solution to this crisis would appear straightforward - build more houses.
But delivering this is more complicated, with responsibility falling to central and local government as well as to private housebuilders.
