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A £1,000 donation from the CALA Homes community bursary initiative has supported Aberdeenshire North Foodbank with a regional initiative that will help provide local families with the food, equipment and skills to prepare healthy meals. The scheme is running across the foodbank’s five Ab

Places for People has unveiled its new four-bedroom detached show home at Tornagrain, the newest town in the Highlands and located only eight miles east of Inverness.

Tenants of Perth-based Fairfield Housing Association yesterday completed their transfer to new landlord Kingdom Housing Association. More than 95% of Fairfield tenants who voted in an independent ballot in September supported the transfer to Kingdom.

Wise Group has published a new data-driven report into fuel poverty and net-zero. The report, Lights Off to Lights On, presents solutions to fuel poverty and achieving net-zero. By focussing on the root cause of individuals rationing and self-disconnecting their energy supply, and how vulnerable hou

A consultation has been launched by the Scottish Government on a new heating benefit that will give around 400,000 low-income households the reassurance of a guaranteed £50 payment every winter. The Low Income Winter Heating Assistance will be introduced from winter 2022 to replace the current

As part of its ongoing commitment to working in partnership with local communities, Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has recently donated funding to Cramond Playgroup to cover some of its additional costs linked to the ongoing health emergency. The funding includes providing parents access to a digital p

The development consortium which owns more than 200 acres of development land in the west of Edinburgh has unveiled its vision for a significant new neighbourhood to be built on the site. New Ingliston Limited has been rebranded as West Town Edinburgh Ltd (WTE) and is now moving forward with its pl

The total debt owed by individuals to local authorities that charged for temporary homeless accommodation in Scotland is in excess of £33 million, new figures have revealed amid suggestions that the practice could be unlawful.

An increase to the energy price cap next April could see the cost of heating the average home double in just over a year, fuel poverty charities have warned.

Plans to demolish a block of offices in the centre of Edinburgh to make way for 42 new homes have been recommended for approval by council planners. Morgan McDonnell Architecture lodged an application earlier this year on behalf of Square & Crescent Ltd regarding the Henderson Place Lane si

Places for People has been honoured with a series of awards for its Tornagrain Woodend house type and its 55 Degrees North development in Edinburgh. The company scooped the top national housebuilder award for best design at the Housebuilder Awards which celebrates the very best in UK housebuilding.

Glasgow City Council has continued to reduce the level of vacant and derelict land in the city over although the decrease is lower than average in recent years as a result of the pandemic, a report to councillors has concluded. A council committee met yesterday to receive an update on the

North Lanarkshire Council’s housing service is continuing to improve its performance, according to the latest report from the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR). Councillor Heather Brannan-McVey and Stephen Llewellyn

People on low income can apply for a one-off payment of £88 from the Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee 2021/22 winter payments scheme to help them with their winter fuel bills. Councillor Helen Carmichael, provost and leader of Inverness Area, said: “If you live i

As the world marks 2021 International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Lorna Cameron, CEO of Horizon Housing Association, argues that Scotland must intensify efforts to tackle a critical accessible housing shortage that has left thousands of disabled people trapped in unsuitable homes. Slow progres