Scotland Housing Awards 2026 shortlist announced

The finalists are:

• Cassiltoun Connects, Cassiltoun Housing Association
• Castlehill Housing Association – Digital Switchover: Your Home, Your Choice, Castlehill Housing Association
• Customer Experience Transformation, Horizon Housing Association
• Healthy Homes, Heard Voices, Muirhouse Housing Association
• Here to Help, Blairtummock HA
• Serving customers through relationship-based tenancy sustainment, Homes for Good
• Shaping ‘Making homes and lives better 2026-31’ - Designing Services Around Real Lives, Wheatley Group
• Tenant Advice Service, Harbour Homes in partnership with Harbour Homes (formerly Port of Leith Housing Association)
• Transforming Housing Services Through Trauma Informed Practice and Co-location, East Ayrshire Council.

The finalists are:

• A New Model for High-Rise Fire Safety, The City of Edinburgh Council in partnership with Harmony Fire 
• Connection & Creativity: Reimagining Homelessness Prevention Through Co-production and Creativity, North Lanarkshire Council in partnership with Simon Community Scotland
• Every Case Visible, Every Tenant Heard: Transforming the Response to Damp, Condensation and Mould, Aberdeenshire Council
• Gigha Energy Resilience Project, Fyne Homes in partnership with Clyde Net Zero
• New Avenue Living Mid-Market Rent Fund, Places for People 
• Orkney Community Housing Bonds, Orkney Housing Association
• Rent Insights, West Dunbartonshire Council
• Two Digital Solutions, One Transformational Year, Curb PSL in partnership with Link Group Ltd.

The finalists are:

• Borders Housing Network Domestic Abuse Project, Berwickshire Housing Association in partnership with Eildon Housing Association, Waverley Housing Association, Scottish Borders Housing Association
• Craigmillar and Niddrie Bonfire Night ASB Initiative, Places for People Scotland
• Eildon Community Partnerships, Eildon Housing Association in partnership with Art in Healthcare, Cyrenians FareShare/Felix, Scottish Borders Council
• FLAIR MND Pledge, Bridgewater HA in partnership with MND Scotland, FLAIR: Barrhead HA, Bridgewater HA, Paisely HA, Ferguslie Park HA Linstone HA, Williamsburgh HA; & Care and Repair Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
• Fairer Approaches to Public Debt Working Group – Preventing Homelessness and Reducing Poverty and Inequality in Housing and Beyond, Clackmannanshire Council's Housing in partnership with Aberlour Children's Charity / Clackmannanshire Family Wellbeing Partnership
• Harriett Gardens – Transforming homelessness support through partnership working, South Lanarkshire Council in partnership with Social Bite and The Salvation Army
• Housing First Orkney, Orkney Housing Association in partnership with Orkney Blide Trust, Womens Aid Orkney, The Rock Trust
• NL REACH - North Lanarkshire's Responsive, Enabling, Accessible, Community Hub, North Lanarkshire Council in partnership with NLC Housing, NLC Education & Families Social Work, NLC Adult Health & Social Care Partnership, NHS Lanarkshire - Health Improvement, Socialudo, NLC Addiction Recovery Teams (ART), Police Scotland - Partnerships Lanarkshire Division, Routes to Work, New College Lanarkshire, Clyde Valley Housing Association, Simon Community Scotland, Turning Point Scotland
• Providing a Warm Welcome to New Scots in Falkirk, Falkirk Council
• Resilience In Housing, Kingdom Housing in partnership with Change Mental Health
• Supporting People Living in Unsafe Clutter and Hoarding Environments: A Trauma-Informed Multi-Agency Approach to Risk Reduction, Wellbeing and Tenancy Sustainment, Perth & Kinross Council in partnership with Perth & Kinross Council Housing Services – Locality Housing Teams Tenant Wellbeing and Safety Officer (TWSO) role General Practitioners / GP Sub-Committee / Primary Care Perth & Kinross Council Social Work / Adult & Child Protection NHS Tayside / Community Mental Health Teams Scottish Fire & Rescue Service Environmental Health, Waste Services and Community Safety Housing Support, Welfare Rights, Housing Options and relevant third sector / animal welfare partners Tenants, households, neighbouring residents and responding services Legal Services, contractors and other case-specific partners where required.

The finalists are:

• Altyre Street, Glasgow, McTaggart Construction in partnership with Tollcross Housing Association 
• Cottages Park, Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association in partnership with Raasay Development Trust
• Re-development of the Gypsy/Traveller Site at Westhaugh, Alloa, Clackmannanshire Council
• The Kilbeg Village Programme, Sabhal Mor Ostaig in partnership with Community Housing Trust, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, award-winning Architects Rural Design, and Local Builder James Mac Queen Ltd
• Willox Park, West Dunbartonshire Council
• Woodend Farm, Falkirk Council in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland & Falkirk Councils Conservation Officer.

The finalists are:

• Craigdale Tenants' Table, Craigdale HA
• Gillian Scott, Govanhill HA
• Many Voices, One Purpose: How Diverse Tenants Are Shaping Service Delivery at Paragon, Paragon Housing Association
• New Build Management: Quality Assurance and Handover of New Build Properties, Kingdom Housing Association in partnership with Tenants Information Service (TIS)
• Ochil Voice Tenant Scrutiny Group, Ochil View housing Association 
• Riverside Scotland Service Improvement Group, Riverside Scotland
• Supporting tenancy sustainment - Wheatley’s Scrutiny Panel thematic review, Wheatley Group
• Tenant Voice in Action: Driving Change Through Independent Scrutiny, Link Tenant Scrutiny Panel in partnership with Link Group
• Void Lettable standards - handing over great homes, OTRA - Osprey Tenants & residents Association.

The finalists are:

• New Avenue Living Mid-Market Rent Fund, Places for People
• Two Digital Solutions, One Transformational Year, Curb PSL in partnership with Link Group Ltd.

The finalists are:

• Braehead, Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire Council
• Conversion of a Derelict Town Centre Bar into a Residential Home, Scottish Borders Council in partnership with Property owners Sheila & David Mclean
• Johnstone Castle, McTaggart Construction in partnership with C~urb, part of Link Group
• New City House, Dunfermline, Kingdom Housing Association in partnership with Campion Homes
• Pennyburn - Retrofit Project, Riverside Scotland in partnership with Union Technical Services
• Pomarium Street Regeneration, Perth and Kinross Council 
• Regeneration of Manse Gardens, Strachur, Trust Housing Association 
• Shawbridge Arcade, Pollokshaws, Wheatley Group in partnership with CCG (Scotland) and Coltart Earley Architecture
• The Kilbeg Village Programme, Sabhal Mor Ostaig in partnership with Community Housing Trust, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, James MacQueens
• The Quadrangle, Lar Projects Ltd.

The finalists are:

• Barrhead Housing, Barrhead Housing Association
• Celebrating 40 years with sector-leading innovations, Orkney Housing Association
• Delivering excellence for tenants and communities, Grampian Housing Association Ltd
• Hanover is Leading the Way, Hanover Scotland
• Impact Beyond Size: Proving that ambition, not scale, defines success, Horizon Housing Association
• Osprey Housing delivering high performance, Osprey Housing.

The finalists are:

• "Fit Like?" Wellbeing and resilience programme, Osprey Housing
• Learning That Delivers: Owning It And Embedding Continuous Improvement Across Riverside Scotland, Riverside Scotland.

The finalists are:

• Home, Health & Hope - Transforming Lives Through Tenancy Sustainment, Horizon Housing Association 
• Sharon Freeman, Queens Cross Housing Association
• Tenant advice Service, Harbour Homes
• Willox Park, West Dunbartonshire Council.

The finalists are:

• Fife's Whole Systems Approach, Turning Point Scotland in partnership with Council
• From Displacement to Home: Link Group’s Ukrainian Resettlement Programme, Link Group Ltd
• Hope Starts at Home (River Clyde Homes Community Connector Initiative), River Clyde Homes
• Preventing Homelessness, Protecting Wellbeing: Acquiring Homes with Sitting Tenants, East Ayrshire Council
• Ready, Steady, Roots, West of Scotland Housing Association in partnership with Willowacre Trust, SFHA and Scottish Government
• South Lanarkshire’s housing-led response to the Housing Emergency: Partnership, Planning and Temporary Accommodation Transformation, South Lanarkshire Council.

The finalists are:

• Mount Pleasant, West Dunbartonshire Council
• Pawsitive Change: How Link Group and Dogs Trust Created More Inclusive Housing Through Partnership, Link Group in partnership with Dogs Trust
• Ryan Place, Hillcrest Homes in partnership with Hillcrest and Dundee City Council
• Willox Park, McTaggart Construction in partnership with West Dunbartonshire Council.

The finalists are:

• D to C Energy Efficiency Project, Highland Council
• Granite Homes Towards Net Zero: Creating New Homes Inside Old Houses, Aberdeenshire Council
• Linen Place & Lavender Gardens, West Dunbartonshire Council
• Pennyburn - Netzero retrofit project, Riverside Scotland in partnership with Union Technical services
• Rockfield Gardens, Glenrothes - Net Zero Retrofit, Glen Housing Association in partnership with Changeworks, Sureserve, Scottish Government Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund and CAF Bank 
• Smart Storage Heating Project, South Lanarkshire Council
• South Ayrshire Area Based Scheme Programme, South Ayrshire Council in partnership with Energy Agency.

The finalists are:

• Connection & Creativity: Breaking Down Barriers and Building Community Inclusion, North Lanarkshire Council in partnership with Simon Community Scotland
• Different Together: using equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) data, lived experience and customer voice, Wheatley Group
• Double Dykes Gypsy/Traveller Chalet Replacement Project, Perth and Kinross Council
• South Lanarkshire Futures Project, South Lanarkshire Council in partnership with Bernardo's and South Lanarkshire Health & Social Care Partnership 
• Valuing People's Differences, Maryhill Housing Association.

The finalists are:

• Aaron Hodge, South Lanarkshire Council
• Ade Oderinde, Maryhill Housing Association
• Declan McQuade, Homes for Good
• Emmanuel Onamade, Wheatley Group
• Isaac Henderson, Stirling Council
• Melissa Corrigan, South Lanarkshire Council
• Niamh Lyons, Lowther Homes.

The finalists are:

• Angela Currie, Hanover Scotland
• Angela Docherty - Leadership That Changes Lives: Angela, River Clyde Homes
• Angus Lamont, Cairn Housing Association
• Colin Stewart, Tenants Together (Scotland)
• Craig David Spence, Orkney Housing Association
• Cristina Chirilov, Govanhill Housing Association
• Fiona Morrison, Hillcrest Homes
• Graham Budge, Budge Property
• Jim Strang, Riverside Scotland
• Lawrence Coen, Retail Trust
• Maureen Combe, Harbour Homes
• Mareta Greig, Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing Association
• Michelle Meldrum Berwickshire Housing Association
• Tom Barclay, Kingdom Group, Kingdom Housing Association
• Tracy Lennon, North Lanarkshire Council.

The finalists are:

• A2D Project Team, Castlehill Housing Association
• Craigdale HA, Craigdale HA
• Financial Wellbeing Team, River Clyde Homes
• Housing Services Team, Cassiltoun Housing Association
• John Mills, Fife Council
• Lyndsey Mateer on behalf of Mid Inverness Housing Management Team, Highland Council
• Neighbourhood Support Services, Kingdom Housing Association.

The finalists are:

• Aidan Lewis, Falkirk Council
• Amber Lee, Kingdom Housing Association
• Dillan Carter, Grampian Housing Association Ltd
• Emily Humphreys, Highland Council
• Holly Woodrow, West Dunbartonshire Council
• Jenna Freer, South Lanarkshire Council
• Louis Kennedy, Link Group
• Louis Stevenson, South Lanarkshire Council
• Rory Fairbairn, Berwickshire Housing Association
• Ryan Munro, Kingdom Housing.