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

(from left) Councillor Douglas Lumsden, Fergus Ewing MSP, Guilhem Poussot (Vodafone) and Greg Mesch (CityFibre) Aberdeen is set to become Scotland’s first city in which nearly every home and business will have access to gigabit-speed broadband.

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Legislation which is intended to pave the way for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to reclassify Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) back to the private sector in the UK national accounts has been largely welcomed by a Holyrood committee. The local government and communities committee has rec

Sprinkler systems are to be featured as standard in all new council houses being built in Perth and Kinross, the local authority has announced. Perth & Kinross Council said sprinklers to suppress fires will be built into all new developments which are currently at design stage and going forward.

The site of the proposed development at Hopeman The Scottish Government had overturned a decision from Moray Council to block plans to build 22 affordable houses on the south side of Hopeman.

Keith Geddes Keith Geddes discusses the Planning Bill and the potential for the community right to appeal being introduced and slowing up house building in Scotland even further.

The Scottish Government will decide the fate of proposals for 159 new homes on the outskirts of Perth following concerns over the development’s transport links. Councillors were poised to approve the Oudenarde development last week at a meeting of Perth and Kinross Council’s planning and develop

Jeane Freeman A new independent scrutiny body that will hold Scotland’s social security system to account is to be created by the Scottish Government.

Orkney Housing Association energy officer Robert Leslie A reduction in fuel poverty in Orkney is a small step in the right direction but lots of work remains to ensure warmth is affordable for its residents, Orkney Housing Association (OHAL) has said.

The demolition of tenements and their high-rise replacement shown in an undated photograph from Hutchesontown which is adjacent to the Gorbals district in Glasgow. Image provided courtesy of Nick Hedges The storm that hit Glasgow in January 1968 leaving 21 people dead and more than 2,000 people home

Over 130 applications were received in the first round of Scottish Borders Council’s new £500,000 Localities Bid Fund. Councillor Sandy Aitchison, executive member for locality services, said: “We are very pleased with the level of interest in the Localities Bid Fund. It is sometimes difficult

Rt Hon. Henry McLeish The chair of the Scottish Alliance for People and Places and the former First Minister of Scotland, the Rt. Hon. Henry McLeish, has pressed the Scottish Government to be more ambitious on housing in its recently published Planning (Scotland) Bill.

Hjaltland Housing Association’s Housing Support Services have been given a glowing report by the Care Inspectorate. An inspection of the Association’s sheltered housing support services along with The Hub Project – an initiative jointly ran with Shetland Islands Council to provide transitional

(from left) Back: Stevie McLachlan, Janet Dunlop (Stewart House Warden), Jillian Moffat. Front: Jimmy Grant, Kathy McDade. River Clyde Homes’ Sheltered Housing Service has received its most positive report following a recent unannounced visit from the Care Inspectorate.

Image courtesy of the Rock Trust Kezia Dugdale, who is appearing on this year’s I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! series, is to donate her MSP salary to the Rock Trust, which supports young people at risk of or affected by homelessness in Scotland.