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Artist's impression of how the development will look from Main Road A prominent gap site on the outskirts of Ayr is to be transformed with a new development of affordable homes.

(from left) Daniel Lowe, executive director of housing; Councillor Josh Wilson, chair of housing and technical resources committee; Annette Finnan, head of housing services and Bruce Lindsay, development manager at CCG Construction is now underway at the latest phase of South Lanarkshire Council’s

East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) has followed up last year’s first forays into Wonderland by going Through the Looking Glass with its new annual report. With the majority of ELHA’s tenants (56%) now using their digital My Home accounts to access services, 28% of tenants now paper free and

New guidance which has identified sites for more than 800 additional houses in the Borders has been given the green light by councillors. Scottish Borders Council's Local Development Plan for housing was adopted more than a year ago with details of sites identified for housing developments.

Richard Jennings The Edinburgh Region has recently signed a City Deal that has sadly missed the mark when it comes to Placemaking, writes Castle Rock Edinvar managing director Richard Jennings.

Sadie Gordon (left) with last year's winner Anna Stuart An award which aims to recognise female campaigners in the city of Glasgow has been awarded to Sadie Gordon, vice chair of Queens Cross Housing Association.

A Church of Scotland minister has called for two new towns to be built in the Highlands that will house refugees. The Rev Dr Rory MacLeod said that two new settlements in the Highlands taking 100,000 refugees each would help tackle the region’s depopulation problems.

Mary Barbour A lasting memorial to political activist Mary Barbour will be unveiled in Govan on November 17 after a campaign group reached its fundraising target for the statue.

Jay Ballantyne and Nicole Mason Over 100 local tenants, residents and children attended Small Housing Association of the Year Cordale’s Annual Fun Day.

Margaret Thomson A lady who has been involved in helping her local community for a number of years has been recognised as a Community Champion by Partick Thistle Football Club.

Helen Graham, chair at Hawthorn Housing Co-operative and Amanda Dorel, head of SME real estate for Bank of Scotland Hawthorn Housing Co-operative is to build 48 new homes in Possilpark after securing a £2 million funding package from Bank of Scotland.

North Ayrshire Provost Ian Clarkson with housing staff at the newly-developed Cheviot Gardens in Irvine A £4.575 million development to create 34 homes on the site of a former primary school in Irvine was officially opened this week.

(from left) Marc Murphy, director of customer acquisition and marketing, Our Power; Carron Garmory, group finance director, Our Power; minister for local government and housing Kevin Stewart MSP; Dawn Muspratt, founding CEO, Our Power; Alister Steele, chairman, Our Power and Ash Denham, MSP Edinburg

Moray Council has been urged to design new methods to encourage tenants to downsize after it was revealed that increased cash incentives have failed to boost housing stock. Councillors approved a revised scheme to encourage council tenants to downsize from under-occupied houses earlier this year.

Dundee City Council is inviting interested parties to submit their views over the city's future Local Development Plan (LDP). Developers, land owners agents and other organisations are being asked to submit representations to help form the final document.