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For the second year running, Loreburn Housing Association has extended a ‘GREAT Big Thank You’ to tenants who have gone the extra mile for their neighbours and the local community. Several tenants were surprised at their homes after having been acknowledged for their admirable community

Around 227,000 families and individuals across Britain are experiencing the worst forms of homelessness including sleeping on the streets, being stuck in insecure accommodation like B&Bs, or being forced to sleep in cars and sheds because they don’t have a place to call home, new research

Corvisel House, a beautiful Georgian villa in Dumfries and Galloway dating back to 1829, has been crowned the winner of Scotland’s Christmas Home of the Year in a festive special of the popular BBC Scotland show.

In her final blog for CIH Scotland, Viewpoint Housing Association's director of housing and support Esther Wilson looks back over her time as chair of the CIH Scotland board between 2018 and 2021. It’s natural that when something draws to an end, you reflect, and I have bee

Grants have been awarded to 11 crofters in some of Scotland’s most remote and marginal communities to help them improve their housing or to build new homes. The Croft House Grant scheme aims to retain and attract people to rural and remote communities with the latest round of funding awarding

West Lothian Council has rejected plans to build 90 new homes on the edge of East Calder.

Lucy Malarkey, founder and co-director of Positive About Inclusion, highlights why the housing sector must get better at talking about diversity to stand any chance of positive progression. As highlighted in the recent Inside Housing article, the lack of diversity at the leadership level in the sect

Plans for the residential and office conversion of Finance House in Edinburgh have now been submitted to the local authority.

Plans have been submitted for 81 new homes at the Edinburgh Marina redevelopment site.

A new strategy has been published to make homes safer, warmer and cheaper to heat and meet the Scottish Government’s commitment to eradicate it as far as reasonably possible by 2040. The Fuel Poverty Strategy 2021 sets out a range of comprehensive actions that will be taken to tackle the drive

The City of Edinburgh Council has invited the private sector to bring forward proposals to deliver affordable housing on sites not owned by the council. As agreed by members of the council's housing, homelessness and fair work committee in November, the council is looking to encourage the private se

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has dismissed an action by the defender in a settled action seeking right of relief from a third party to the case following the grant of absolvitor in their favour.

As Scottish Housing News publishes the last edition of 2021 today, we round up what has caught the attention of our readers over the last 12 months.

In a guest blog for CaCHE's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion series, Leanna Fairfax, draws on her own personal experience to highlight why we need to do more on gender within housing research and policy to ensure that the needs of women experiencing homelessness are met.

With the arrival of the highly infectious Omicron variant and the resulting rapid increase in infections, all construction businesses are being asked to strengthen compliance with protective measures.