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

In collaboration with Network Homes, HACT has developed a framework that will enable social housing organisations to optimise resident feedback.  

Parts of a former Brechin school have been used in the construction of new affordable homes in a nod to the town’s history.

A programme to facilitate more self-build housing developments across Glasgow is to be launched following the success of a pilot initiative. Glasgow City Council was the first in Scotland to set up a self-build register (now with more than 300 entries), facilitate a unique council enabled self-build

From tomorrow people will be able to see available properties on Angus Council’s new Angus Homefinder website and be able to bid for the home they want. Going live and making properties available for prospective tenants to bid on is the last stage of the council’s move to Choice Based Le

An overwhelming 95.5% of Cloch tenants who took part in a ballot have voted to to separate from Oak Tree Housing Association and restore its status as an independent housing association. After a summer long consultation, heavily restricted by the pandemic and subsequent lockdown, Cloch&rsq

“I’m thinking about her and about the generations of women – Black women, Asian, white, Latina, and Native American women throughout our nation’s history who have paved the way for this moment tonight.” Kamala Harris, 7 November 2020 The theme of diversity featured thro

Glasgow City Council has approved plans submitted by CDB Properties Ltd to knock down a rundown pub in Parkhead and replace it with a five-storey block of flats.

Cunninghame Housing Association (CHA) has re-appointed Clancy Consulting to its latest development framework. The new consultancy framework has an estimated value of £4.15 million across its four-year lifetime providing new affordable homes throughout Ayrshire.

Proposals to tackle one of Kirkcaldy High Street's oldest gap sites with an affordable housing development has been given the green light. Members of Fife Council's central and west planning committee met yesterday to approve a planning application to transform the site of the old Co-op into 39 affo

Falkirk Council has initiated a corporate fraud investigation into the awarding of construction contracts.

Landowners have criticised proposals to remove the presumption in favour of development that contributes to sustainable development from Scotland's planning system. The Scottish Government is currently consulting on amendments to the Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemi

Plans have been proposed to convert a part of a hotel parking area in west Glasgow into a block of flats. Jurys Inn and Leonardo Hotel have applied to Glasgow City Council for planning permission in principle in relation to their premises at Great Western Road, beside Gartnavel Hospital.

Scottish Borders-based Hudson Hirsel has scooped a surprise ‘Judges’ Special Award’ in the national Helping it Happen Awards for its outstanding work in house building in rural Scotland.

Thenue Housing Association has awarded an £880,000 contract to refurbish 100-year-old red sandstone tenement flats in Glasgow.

The Highland Council is calling on the UK Government to help resolve the inequity of fuel poverty experienced in the Highlands of Scotland where people pay more for fuel and energy than other regions in the UK. Council leader Cllr Margaret Davidson has written to the UK minister for business, energy