Search: State must lead on major affordable housing development, argues new paper

An uplift in housebuilding and infrastructure spending is expected to boost Scottish construction activity during 2020 after a quieter end to 2019 saw workloads flatten in Q4, according to surveyors.

Most of Scotland’s 32 councils are increasingly relying on money from reserves to keep up with demand for services and balance their budgets, with financial pressures likely to get worse, according to the Accounts Commission. A report today from the local government watchdog found that while d

Planning applications have been submitted to Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park which would see 14 new homes built in the region.

A strategy to bring between 200-250 empty homes back into use annually over three years in Glasgow has been approved by councillors.

Scotland’s party leaders have made a General Election pledge to stand up for the Citizens Advice network in Scotland as it celebrates its 80th anniversary. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Conservative and Unionist interim leader Jackson Carlaw, Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard,

A new film from Scottish rapper and anti-poverty campaigner Darren ‘Loki’ McGarvey celebrates 80 years of Citizens Advice in Scotland. The film was screened last night for the first time at a reception in the Scottish Parliament.

Demolition work has begun on a tenement building in Glasgow's Pollokshields area after it partially collapsed in a fire. The fire on Albert Street was believed to have started in Strawberry & Spice Garden grocery below the flats around 11.30pm on Sunday.

A former school building in Dennistoun is to be partly demolished and converted into homes after Glasgow City Council gave developers the green light.

Between 200-250 empty homes back into use annually over three years if Glasgow councillors approve the next stages of a new strategy.

The next significant building phase at Glasgow’s Buchanan Wharf starts this week with ground-breaking for Legal & General’s 324-home build to rent (BTR) scheme.  Drum Property Group, developers of Buchanan Wharf, agreed a deal with Legal & General earlier this year for the f

A failed asylum seeker who claimed that it was “unlawful” for her housing provider to evict her from temporary accommodation by changing the locks to the property without first obtaining a court order has had her appeal dismissed.

A significant area of woodlands on one of Europe’s largest regeneration sites could be set for a new lease of life.

Housing supply growth has varied across Scotland and a number of challenges and opportunities await the industry in coming years, according to new research from Homes for Scotland (HFS). The trade body, which represents over 200 organisations delivering the majority of the country’s new homes,

Tenants’ union Living Rent has called on housing associations in Glasgow to commit to no evictions stemming from debts caused by Universal Credit.

Significant progress has been made on major infrastructure projects with affordable homes, transport links and schools delivered in the past six months, according to a series of new reports.