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Fuel poverty and the challenges of achieving carbon-neutral homes were two of the hot topics on the table when Patrick Harvie MSP visited Queens Cross Housing Association. The minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants’ rights met senior management at Queens Cross to explore

Home building body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the shortlist for its 2022 awards programme as it plans for a return of the annual gathering where winners will be announced.

Scotland’s Housing First Conference takes place on Thursday 31 March in person once again and highlights conditions needed across health, housing, justice and social care to ensure that Housing First is successful as it scales up in most Scottish council areas. Firmly established as national p

Callum Chomczuk, national director of CIH Scotland, discusses the need to consider land supply to deliver homes and build communities across Scotland. The pandemic has taught us all the importance of having a safe, affordable place to call home, but with market trends in Scotland pointing to si

Site work starts next week on a new heat network for the community of Torry which will provide almost 300 homes with low-cost energy.

The Gannochy Trust’s Lifetime Neighbourhood in Perth, designed by Glasgow architecture firm Anderson Bell + Christie, has won the prestigious Selwyn Goldsmith Award for Universal Design at the 2022 Civic Trust Awards, which took place virtually on March 7.

Staff from across Scottish social organisation Hillcrest recently took part in a pilot session of a unique virtual reality (VR) dementia design workshop.

A new report has called for more community-led housing to be developed in Scotland’s urban areas and sets out a Scottish vision for how urban community-led housing can create a more diverse housing sector, building on the proven success of community land ownership, develop community wealth, ad

A consultation has been launched over plans for a residential development of more than 100 flats on Glasgow’s South Side which would be heavily inspired by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson.

The UK Government has failed to deliver the support and help that thousands of worried households facing poverty require as a result of soaring energy bills and a cost of living crisis, according to charities and civic organisations across Scotland.

A detailed planning application has been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council for the reconfiguration of Ocean Terminal in Leith.

Tenants of Linstone Housing are set to benefit from a new repairs contract with Renfrewshire business Consilium Contracting Services. Linstone Housing has appointed locally-based Consilium Contracting Services on a two-year contract, with the potential to be extended for up to five years.

A 1000-strong volunteer taskforce is being assembled to shape a £12.5 million project that will transform the future homes and communities of three distinct Scottish neighbourhoods. The Blackwood Peoplehood Project is a pioneering concept that will develop a future-proof model for independent

The Chancellor’s decision to slash VAT to 0% on home energy saving measures has been broadly welcomed by contractors and trade bodies, though calls remain for the UK Government to support and incentivise people in undertaking retrofitting and other projects through further public support and i

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Argyll & Bute Council, South of Scotland Community Housing, and a Falkirk Council officer were the winners at the 11th Scottish Empty Homes Awards, sponsored by Auction House Scotland. The awards, announced at the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership’s annual confere