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

New powers across areas of health, environment and leisure services could be given to local communities after initial findings from a review into the devolution of local powers show that people overwhelmingly want more say about how public services are run in their area.

New estimates which suggest that more than one in 10 homes would be classed as being in extreme fuel poverty under the Scottish Government’s proposed new definitions are “deeply worrying” and highlight the need for vital investment, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (

The requirement for prospective foster carers to have a spare room should be changed to help meet the growing need for more foster families across the country, according to campaigners.

Elderpark Housing and Linthouse Housing Association have come together to welcome a multi-million pound boost for Govan.

The Scottish Government has paved the way for the development of 121 homes in a coastal Aberdeenshire village. Barratt North Scotland had planned to deliver 109 houses and 12 flats on a site near Park Place in Newtonhill. A quarter of the properties are for affordable housing.

Work to create new council homes and a thriving community area in the grounds of the former Inverness Royal Academy and later Midmills College Campus site in the city has been completed. Keys were today officially handed over to the Highland Council with tenants preparing to move into their new home

GHA and Provanhall Housing Association are joining forces to build 106 new energy-efficient houses and flats in Easterhouse. The £14 million development, made up of 80 homes for GHA and 26 for Provanhall, should be ready by next autumn.

Rents for tenants of council houses in Moray will be frozen for the next 12 months. In previous years rents were increased by between 4% and 5% a year to help fund the council’s new-build programme.

Amendments to the Scottish Government’s Fuel Poverty Bill to set a target to eliminate fuel poverty in Scotland by 2032 will be tabled this week by Scottish Labour. The current government target to reduce fuel poverty to no more than 5% by 2040 was approved when the Bill was introduced at

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner, is to work with Social Bite co-founder Josh Littlejohn MBE on an international collaboration which aims to support thousands of homeless and displaced people around the world. During a visit by Ms Yousafzai to Social Bite’s Ves

A collaborative innovation project, which aims to help tackle the UK housing crisis by using industrialised offsite solutions to deliver high quality homes faster, more reliably and at the same cost of masonry-built homes, has been awarded funding under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The &p

Kingdom Housing Association has launched a pioneering shortlisting scheme to guarantee that people who are homeless or have recently experienced homelessness will be considered for employment. The scheme has been created to lessen the stigma and the barriers to employment that sometimes face people

Every home built for sale on the land where St Mirren FC once played has been handed over to local families. Property developer Sanctuary Homes was inundated with people keen to buy 29 affordable houses in Paisley’s Love Street, Saints Street, North Bank, Cairter’s Corner and Abercromby

Council planners have recommended that plans for around 300 council homes in Aberdeen should go ahead. Planners gave the nod to a revised proposal from First Endeavour LLP to build 283 flats at Wellshead Road in Dyce across four five-storey blocks, the Press & Journal reports.

Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Community Council has been shortlisted for a £2 million grant to create Glasgow's first dedicated cycling village. The community group applied for £2 million in funding from Sustrans, which could be matched by Glasgow City Council, the Evening Times reports.