Image courtesy of the Rock Trust The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is calling on construction firms in Scotland to help tackle the skills shortage in the industry by helping some of their community’s most vulnerable people get back into work.
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Councillors in East Lothian have given the go-ahead to plans for 120 new homes in Ormiston, of which 30 will be affordable housing. The plans were originally turned down by councillors in January 2015, but that decision was overturned on appeal by a Scottish Government Reporter.
Businesses and homes have been saved, and new jobs created in Campbeltown with the completion of an ambitious £350,000 buildings restoration project. Property owners and Argyll and Bute Council have worked together to secure funding and organise repairs that will keep 10-20 Longrow South home to a
Entrepreneur Josh Littlejohn, who founded Social Bite – a growing chain of sandwich shops run as a social business – will receive an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh today.
Social landlords should be encouraged to make the social sector easier for young people to access, a new Scottish Government report recommends. The Life Chances of Young People in Scotland is the second report from the Scottish Government's independent advisor on poverty and inequality, Naomi Eisens
Tom Leggeat Government pledges to build more affordable homes will benefit housebuilders, a director of Elgin-based Springfield Properties has said.
A team of researchers at a university in England have revealed that people who rent their homes for longer have more symptoms of depression and lower levels of wellbeing, while the opposite is true for those who live in owned homes for a longer part of their lives. The team at University of Manchest
Annie Mauger The Scottish Government's proposed new minimum energy efficiency standards for the private rented sector (PRS) should be more ambitious, the Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has said.
Energy suppliers are not doing enough to help customers on low incomes, according to a new report by Citizens Advice Scotland. The charity's Energy Advice in Detail report for the year 2015-16 shows that the most common issues again concerned billing and metering, and that suppliers are not doing en
New Gorbals Housing Association has announced the launch of a new local sharing platform which aims to bring the community closer together. Go Get Gorbals is a new online sharing platform that aims to help local people work together with public sector organisations and voluntary groups for the benef
The latest homelessness statistics from the Scottish Government show that, on average, a household in Scotland "became homeless every 19 minutes" last year, Shelter Scotland has said. Scottish councils received around 34,100 applications for homelessness assistance during 2016/17, 2% lower than in t
The convener of Scottish Churches Housing Action has written to Housing Minister Kevin Stewart to call for the Scottish Government to "seek to eradicate, rather than just to manage, Scotland's major problems of homelessness". In his letter, Rev Graeme Wilson refers to the contribution to the General
Construction of the first phase of a 2,500-home development in the south of Elgin could begin later this year, subject to approval from Moray Council. The council has been working with Springfield Properties for the past two years on a three-decade masterplan for the area, which also includes two pr
Muirhouse Housing Association (MHA) is celebrating its successful transition from high to low engagement with the Scottish Housing Regulator. In a statement, MHA acknowledged the Regulator's support in reaching the milestone, a "fitting way" for the association to celebrate its 25th anniversary this
Property experts are attributing a surge in house sales in the Borders to the popularity of the Borders railway, which re-opened in 2015.