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Councillors have been recommended to approve plans by Miller Homes to redevelop the former Playdrome leisure centre site in Clydebank. The housebuilder was chosen as the preferred bidder for the 8.5-acre site in 2022, beating five other housing developers to the £5.675 million sale.

England's Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration in four cases involving Croydon Council, urging the landlord to use these as a springboard to deliver better services.

An agreement between the Scottish Government and councils to secure a sustainable, longer-term funding arrangement is now urgent to continue to deliver local services, the Accounts Commission said today.

Orkney Islands Council’s political leader James Stockan has announced that he intends to retire from his role as leader – and as an elected member. Councillor Stockan’s last day in the role will be Monday 5 February.

Capital residents are being asked to play a key role in shaping the city’s response to the climate and nature emergencies.

Persimmon completed the sale of more homes than expected during 2023 as a fall in mortgage rates boosted activity among buyers, the housebuilder has revealed.

A first-of-its-kind system in the UK is being trialled in Edinburgh to see if waste heat from a large computing facility can be stored in disused mine workings and used to warm homes. The large amounts of energy needed to power the University of Edinburgh’s Advanced Computing Facility (ACF) co

A three-year plan to tackle the challenges faced by homeless people in Fife was agreed by councillors recently amid a warning that the local authority could declare a housing emergency. Last week, SHN reported that councillors in the region said they will have no choice but to become the fourth

Trust Housing Association is set to deliver two major packages of improvement works in 2024/25 for the Isle of Arran.

Members of Reidvale Housing Association have voted to reject the proposed transfer of engagements with Places for People Scotland. At a Special General Meeting held on Monday night, 138 shareholders voted to back continued community ownership with 70 supporting the transfer.

A peer support group has been established for housing co-operatives in Scotland to share their specialised experience and knowledge. Set up following a scoping exercise, the group includes Drumchapel Housing Co-op, Hawthorn Housing Co-op, Lister Housing Co-op, West Granton Housing Co-op an

Homelessness levels in Scotland are projected to increase by a third in the space of just two years if ministers fail to change their approach, a new report has found.

Taylor Wimpey has said it expects profits to be at the top end of its previous guidance despite a fall in home completions.

Caledonia Housing Association (CHA) has hosted its first in-person annual staff conference in four years. With a theme of ‘We are the ‘I’ in Caledonia’, the event featured a variety of workshops covering communication, mental health, and equality and diversity.

Work is now underway on two brand new council house developments in the Garnock Valley. A total of 14 new homes will be built across four sites at Laburnum Avenue, Beith, and Newhouse Drive, Kilbirnie.