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

An application has been submitted to Glasgow City Council seeking planning permission in principle for a residential development in Summerston.

Councillors in Dundee will today be asked to approve the installation of new boilers in 71 council houses throughout the city. Work to replace boilers will be carried out in Coldside, Lochee and Maryfield in the latest stage of the project.

Homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland has launched a powerful new film to raise awareness of its Nightstop project.

Link Group and Inverclyde Council have refuted calls for a social housing development on the former Ravenscraig Hospital site to be halted over claims that the land is contaminated.

The development of a new ‘Digital Quarter’, which would also bring around 600 affordable homes to the west of Edinburgh, could provide a significant boost to Scotland’s economic growth, according to a new report

Calvay Housing Association has submitted plans to build 37 new flats on brownfield land at Barlanark.

DJ Laing Contracts has been awarded the contract for phase two for GS Brown Construction’s new development at Perth.

Informal discussions around a potential future partnership between Link Group and Blackwood Homes and Care have begun this week. Senior staff from the two organisations met for talks centered on options for future collaboration.

Glasgow City Council has approved a planning application for 132 homes as part of a new residential community in Easterhouse.

Ardenglen Housing Association and Elderpark Housing have made it onto the shortlist for the annual Evening Times Community Champions Awards. The two housing associations have made it through the voting stage which as of this year, has been thrown open to the public to determine the winners.

Housing regeneration plans are well underway in Airdrie with demolition work now taking place at the site of former council housing at Northburn Place in Rawyards. The 27 low-rise homes will be replaced by 30 new homes on the existing site. This is the first stage of major redevelopment plans in the

Scotland Excel has appointed Clark Contracts to the new Scotland Excel Residential Construction Framework - a £1.5 billion housebuilding framework which was developed to help accelerate the delivery of 50,000 new affordable homes. The framework, which will run until July 2021, with the option

The developer behind the £500 million regeneration of Edinburgh Marina has secured detailed consent for 100 new apartments following a successful planning appeal.

New Gorbals Housing Association hosted the first full day of activities of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) conference on City Living on September 12th. The association was invited to host the first day of the conference which ran from the 11th-13th of September.

Direct payment of Universal Credit to landlords contributed the most to reductions in rent arrears, according to a new report commissioned by Southwark Council.