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A commitment of more than £6 million has been agreed by Stirling Council to create a new social housing development in Plean. Members of the council's Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee approved plans on 31 August to begin the procurement process for the construction of 24 properties, s

South Lanarkshire Council is to close a facility in East Kilbride following a strategic review of temporary accommodation needs across the area. Lindsay House in East Kilbride will close permanently by the end of the financial year after the review identified that it is not suita

A Housing Bill to legislate for rent controls, new tenant rights and new prevention of homelessness duties will be introduced in the next year, First Minister Humza Yousaf confirmed yesterday during his first Programme for Government (PfG) announcement. With a focus on tackling poverty as

Progress to identify, assess and fix unsafe cladding on Scotland’s medium and high-rise multi-residential buildings will be accelerated, under plans to safeguard homeowners and residents in this year’s Programme for Government (PfG). A Cladding Remediation Bill will give ministers new po

Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) has completed a £31 million build-to-rent development in Glasgow, the first in Scotland for its £545m UK residential investment fund. Located on Minerva Street, adjacent to Exhibition Centre Station, the G3 Square development

Glen Oaks Housing Association residents enjoyed a number of sunny days out designed to promote activity and community wellbeing. The association teamed up with charity partner Weekday Wow Factor to make the most of summer with two seaside trips, a trip to an engineering marvel and the acclaimed Bank

The sale of the site of the former community centre and former petrol filling station in Blackburn has been approved by West Lothian Council. The 0.787-hectare brownfield site at Ash Grove was the location of the former Blackburn Community Centre and its adjoining car park, along with the site

Fife Housing Group continued its commitment to ‘Giving Something Back’ with a fun-filled community event to celebrate the recipients of the £20,000+ of grants they are distributing this year. The grants are in their third year now and were set up to recognise and support some of th

Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA) has received funding of £10,001 from The National Lottery Cost of Living – Community Anchors Fund, which has allowed it to carry out various projects and initiatives to support their local communities.

The key achievements and successes of Community Planning Aberdeen and our communities were set out in the Annual Outcome Improvement Report for 2022-23, along with the Locality Plan Annual Reports 2022-23 for North, South and Central Localities. The reports that went before Community Planning Aberde

Ambassador Living has secured a £9.5 million finance facility from Paragon Bank’s Development Finance division for the completion of its Wallace Park project in Wallyford, East Lothian.

Councillors have approved the creation and operation of an Aberdeen City Council Trusted Trader Scheme (ACCTTS) as part of the Home Improvements sector. ACCTTS aims to provide a list of local businesses who have agreed to be vetted by Trading Standards, so that they have an understanding of their ri

Activate - a Community Development course - is heading back to school.

Scottish Housing Regulator board member Marieke Dwarshuis shares the deatils from the latest meeting of its urban landlord group. We meet regularly with three standing groups of senior people from Registered Social Landlords to discuss important and topical issues in social housing in Scotland. Take

The transformation of a once derelict blight on Dumfries High Street into homes and enterprise spaces has reached a new milestone. Scaffolding has been removed from the front of Midsteeple Quarter’s landmark development, with work on its interior now fully underway.