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Glasgow City Council has approved plans to create a pedestrian arch path linking the Laurieston and Gorbals communities. The designs will see a railway arch opened up between Laurieston Road and Cleland Lane as part of a phased project aimed at improving pedestrian connections and public realm in th

A council tax freeze has been agreed by Clackmannanshire Council. The decision was made by councillors yesterday and follows confirmation that the Scottish Government will compensate local authorities who choose to freeze Council Tax in the next financial year to help protect the household incomes o

Eligible residents across the Highlands could benefit from up to 100% Scottish Government grant funding available for First Time Central Heating. This would be delivered by the Highland Council through the installation of an air source heat pump, new radiators and new controls.

Williamsburgh Housing Association has appointed Lynne Ramsay as its new finance & information technology manager. Ms Ramsay joins the Paisley-based association following the appointment last year, of Joe McBride as chief executive officer.

Work is set to start on a new later living village in Inverness this autumn as part of a multi-million-pound investment in care facilities in the city. Independent care home operator Parklands Care Homes is to build 11 homes on a site at Milton of Leys after plans were approved by the Highland Counc

Glasgow City Council is seeking a deal with the Scottish Government to fund run-down pre-1919 tenements in the city. Council chiefs wish to speed up the restoration of the homes which provide one-quarter of Glasgow's housing.

Home builder McTaggart Construction has secured a robust future with a management buyout of the company. The business has over 1,500 new homes currently on site, and a pipeline of projects across the central belt with some of Scotland’s largest housing associations and social landlords.

Fife Council's Policy & Coordination Committee has approved a suite of reports that set out a strategy to help the Kingdom recover, and build back, from the Covid-19 pandemic. The council and its partners will do everything possible to:

Finance secretary Kate Forbes has confirmed an extended cut to stamp duty for housebuyers in England will not be matched by the Scottish Government. Chancellor Rishi Sunak used his Budget to announce continued relief for property purchases, but the Scottish finance secretary said the temporary reduc

Renfrewshire Council has announced it will invest £112.98 million in council housing over the next three years and will implement a council tax freeze. The council's Housing Capital Investment Plan will invest money £20.40m in 2021/22, £42.83m in 2022/23 and £49.75m in 2023/2

South Lanarkshire Council is set to add 24 new standard amenity homes to its housing stock in Jackton in a £3.5 million agreement with Cala Homes. The site is one of three affordable housing areas which form part of the wider East Kilbride Community Growth Area and is identified as a priority

Caledonia Housing Association’s People team has scooped Terrific Team of the Year at the 2020 CHeRries awards. The team of eight individuals has worked tirelessly to support colleagues, delivering a range of initiatives to help people adapt to new working practices, required to protect staff a

Hanover Scotland is set to continue the development of up to 60 affordable homes per year throughout the country, following a new funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland. The non-profit, which has been operating for more than 40 years, is one of Scotland’s largest social landlords providin

The Scottish Government’s ban on evictions should not end with the coronavirus lockdown, MSPs have heard. Throughout the winter lockdown, landlords in Scotland were not allowed to evict tenants from properties in most circumstances, extending the policy already in place through emergency coron

Rodney White suggests that Westminster and Holyrood should "step up to the plate" and fund infrastructure specifically for housebuilding projects. "Build back infrastructure" is not as snappy or alliterative as the build-back-better mantra favoured by politicians who believe that post-Covid-19 there