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

This is the best time of year to join Scotland’s leading housing network as our annual benchmarking service goes live in June. We have over 120 Social Landlords as members and have experienced significant growth in recent years. Almost two thirds of social landlords in Scotland are our members whi

Members of African Challenge Scotland in Springburn The first in a series of workshops delivered by Police Scotland and African Challenge Scotland aimed at educating young people on keeping safe has proved a great success in North Glasgow.

Profits at Edinburgh-based private rented sector (PRS) specialist Sigma Capital Group have risen almost ten-fold. The company has posted pre-tax profits of £2.14m for the 2015 calendar year, up from £0.21m a year earlier.

Plans by Blackwood for a housing development on a disused piece of land in Dundee have been given the green light. CCG Scotland is now set to build 23 homes on a brownfield site off Glamis Road.

A new civic heart will be created at the former John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank, after plans to redevelop the site were given the go ahead by councillors. The centrepiece of the development – which will include housing, retail and leisure outlets, and a health quarter – will be the refurbis

The transformation of the former Police Station and Registrars Office in Stenhousemuir town centre into a new social housing development is to be launched this month. Developed by Falkirk Council, corporate and housing services, and built by Glasgow construction and manufacturing company CCG, the Ma

Hew Edgar RICS Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to reconsider changes to the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill which will remove the initial period from the residential tenancy.

Exciting technology including a Sims-style video game, a 3D printer and a drone proved a huge hit when they helped bring to life a major Scottish housing conference. Innovative housing and care provider Blackwood is renowned for the unexpected-yet-memorable experiences it has delivered at a number o

Carol Bain, human resources manager at Maryhill Housing Association hands over the second cheque to Eleanor Brown of Ruchill Furniture Project A community organisation which helps people on low incomes obtain furniture has received a double cash boost from Maryhill Housing Association.

Alex Neil Social justice secretary Alex Neil has called for “urgent clarification” from the UK government around the proposal to restrict housing benefit for tenants in supported and women’s aid refuge accommodation.

Judges in the Court of Appeal have declared the so-called bedroom tax discriminatory following legal challenges made by the family of a seriously disabled teenager and by a domestic violence victim. One case was brought by “A”, a single mother whose three-bedroom council house had a panic room t

David Orr Five housing associations in England have opened applications to allow tenants to own their own home under the UK government’s new Voluntary Right to Buy scheme.

Union Street in Aberdeen A multi-million pound city deal to support more affordable homes in Aberdeen’s should be agreed as a matter of urgency, first minister Nicola Sturgeon has told prime minister David Cameron.

The City of Edinburgh Council has approved revised plans for over 2,000 homes at Edinburgh Marina as well as a retail and spa hotel development and a 300-berth marina. The Edinburgh Marina project, which will be the focal point of Granton Harbour’s regeneration, is believed to be the first new Mar

A pioneering new smart care system has been trialled successfully at a Blackwood care home in Stirling. Clever Cogs technology, which can be installed in various compatible touch screen devices, influences everything from the ability to open curtains and switch on TVs, to ordering shopping and ensur