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

East Lothian councillors have agreed to submit the council’s Proposed Local Development Plan (LDP) to Scottish Ministers for examination. A blueprint for potential development across East Lothian for the next 10 years, the LDP was agreed at a meeting of full council yesterday to send the plan to S

Persimmon Homes has started work on a £12 million plan to build 91 homes at the site of the former Kinross High School. Under the plans, which were approved in June last year, the Edwardian-school will be retained and transformed into four homes as part of the project, while other buildings on the

A range of improvements are to be made to homes in the Carstairs Junction area thanks to South Lanarkshire Council’s Housing Investment Programme. The homes in Allison Street will be transformed and upgraded to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard and the Energy Efficiency Standard for Socia

Councillor James Coleman with GHA’s area housing manager Maura McGregor at the site of the disused police station in Baillieston GHA has announced plans to build affordable housing in the Baillieston area of Glasgow.

The number of homeless applications received by Argyll and Bute Council has fallen by 15% since 2012. Figures show that 47% of households given housing options advice at an early stage were assisted to remain in their current accommodation.

Norman Kerr National fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland has warned that households that rely on electric heating will be hit particularly hard by plans by E.ON to increase its standard electricity prices by an average of 13.8%.

Ewan Aitken Ewan Aitken of homelessness charity Cyrenians blogs ahead of Shelter Scotland’s Homelessness Conference 2017

The Scottish Government’s 2017-18 Budget has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The budget secures an additional £900 million of expenditure including an additional £160m investment for local authorities to spend on local priorities over the next year, which was agreed at Stage 2 of the Bud

The Scottish Housing Regulator has highlighted to tenant participation specialists how important it is for landlords to consult with tenants each year about how much rent they pay. In November, the Regulator published a thematic inquiry report on rent consultation which stated that landlords need to

John Anderson Scottish entrepreneurship and growth specialist John Anderson has been appointed to chair the investment arm of Scotland’s first social enterprise letting agency Homes for Good.

Kingdom Housing Association has reported “excellent progress” on its development of 22 new homes at Paton Street in Dunfermline and announced that completion of the first phase is now expected for May this year.

L&Q has completed a deal to buy a private land business worth around £505 million in the largest commercial acquisition by the non-profit sector. The charitable housing association, which owns 90,000 homes across London and the South East, has acquired Gallagher Estates which controls plots to

(from left) Sir Tom Farmer, Mel Young, Ann Budge, Lord Provost – photo credit Phyllis Stephen An Edinburgh-based advocate for the homeless has been recognised by the city’s Lord Provost after earning an award from the United States Sports Academy.

Kirsty McKechnie Kirsty McKechnie from the Child Poverty Action Group highlights worrying examples of how the benefit cap reduction is hitting people in Scotland

Engineering, environmental and design consultancy Sweco has announced it will begin working on the second stage of the development of Sighthill, the largest Transformational Regeneration Area in Glasgow. Working closely with Glasgow City Council and Gardiner+Theobald, Sweco will lead on the design a