Scottish Empty Homes Conference 2026 - From Problems to Solutions: Building your empty homes toolkit

The theme of this year's conference is centred around helping empty homes professionals to build practical tools to help them tackle the issue of empty homes - From Problems to Solutions: Building Your Empty Homes Toolkit. We'll also be presenting the Scottish Empty Homes Awards - nominations are now open! The awards are a chance to celebrate the incredible work of people across Scotland to bring empty homes back into use. After the success of the new public award category last year, this year we will have two awards open to the public alongside the professional categories. These are: • Best example of joint working/collaboration to bring an empty home back into use - Public or Professional/Organisation • Best Renovation - Public • Best Renovation - Professional/Organisation • Best Use of empty homes to meet social/affordable housing need - Professional/Organisation • Outstanding Contribution to Empty Homes Work - Professional/Organisation Keep an eye on our website and socials so you don't miss the opening.