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An appeal has been submitted after Glasgow planners refused a plan for serviced apartments at a B-listed Glasgow city centre townhouse next to a music venue. The change-of-use and listed building applications involved empty offices at 266 St Vincent Street next to King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut.

Moniaive Initiative is celebrating after its first Community Affordable Housing Project won the award for 'Best Long-Term Empty Homes Restoration Project' at the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership Annual Awards Ceremony on February 2. There has been a record number of empty homes brought back into use

Scottish Borders Council’s executive committee has reviewed the progress made in the third year of the council’s five-year Local Housing Strategy, which sets out the council and partners’ approach to delivering high-quality housing and services to meet local needs. The Scottis

A Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee report into the future of social care has said those delivering and receiving care must be at the heart of social care reform with the current model described as unsustainable.

Stirling Council's plans to demolish an empty block of flats at St Ninians to build eight new cottage flats have now been submitted for planning consent. The local authority revealed plans last year to redevelop the site at 24 Glasgow Road into new one and two-bedroom flats.

Housebuilder Persimmon has made a provision of £75 million to address cladding safety issues on 26 buildings in its legacy development portfolio. Following a review of past projects, the company has identified nine high-rise buildings over 18 metres built by the group where, in line

Ruchazie Housing Association, one of many small community-based housing associations in Glasgow, has supported its tenants throughout the year and continues to deliver crucial support in this second lockdown period. Since March last year, the Association and its community partners which include Glas

Cruden Building has announced a pair of new appointments with Terri Chisholm joining as chief buyer and Colin Bain taking up the role of maintenance contracts manager. Terri Chisholm brings over 20 years of experience buying for construction companies, including Merchant Homes, Morris &

The decision by the UK Government to freeze Local Housing Allowance rates could put tenancies at risk across Scotland, housing minister Kevin Stewart has warned. Mr Stewart has written to the UK Government his expressing disappointment at secretary of state for pensions Thér&eg

The Tenants Information Service (TIS) has been awarded registered charity status.

Tenants of Grampian Housing Association will have their rents frozen for the next year following the decision of the Association’s board not to apply a rent increase on the 1 April 2021. The freeze will also apply to service charges and owners’ management fees. Tenants and othe

Quicker response times, improved evidence gathering and working directly with communities are amongst proposals made by Fife Council's Housing Services to tackle antisocial behaviour throughout the Kingdom. Recommendations have been made to invest an additional £320,000 to recruit additional s

Angus Council has appointed MPS to manage the maintenance of council homes in the region.

Families have started to benefit from a 2019 financial inclusion initiative run by Highland Council’s Health Visiting Service and Welfare Team. In 2019, the team was invited to join other organisations from across Scotland to be involved in a national financial inclusion improvement project to

With spring nearly among us, green spaces across Inverclyde will once again play a central role in helping to support local communities during another lockdown.