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North Lanarkshire Council has reported an increase in tenant participation in its housing service. This year the council has seen a 35% increase in applications for its NL in Bloom Garden Awards, with nine new tenants and residents’ groups established and in a first for the team, a gold accred

Additional funding has been secured by Argyll and Bute Council to help increase capacity at Thomson Court Care Home on Rothesay, enabling more residents on Bute to stay on the island and access health and social care. The Council successfully secured £157,265 from the Scottish Government&rsquo

Scotland's housing market is showing promising signs of growth, with the highest level of optimism since early 2022, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Despite a subdued September, the latest RICS Residential Market Survey reports a net balance of 33% of surveyors in S

This World Homeless Day, Shelter Scotland has urged First Minister John Swinney to show Scotland’s 10,110 homeless children the money when it comes to prevention. The charity said that the new prevention duties set out in the housing bill currently before the Scottish Parliament would leave co

The Scottish Government has been warned its cuts to grants housing associations receive to pay for adaptations for older and disabled tenants’ homes risks trapping patients in hospital amid record bed-blocking in the NHS.

South Ayrshire Council's 'Your Choice Lettings and Property Management' has been shortlisted in the 'Excellence in the Private Rented Sector' category at the CIH Housing Awards 2024. Established in 2021, the Your Choice Lettings and Property Management service matches private landlords and tenants.

Orkney Islands Council has added a web page dedicated to the visitor levy, allowing access to key information about the legislation, the process so far and next steps. The web page also contains a number of frequently asked questions and links to related external sites.

Falkirk Council has announced a temporary halting of non-emergency repairs for tenants, lasting approximately three months from Monday 14 October.

Kirkwood Homes has appealed to the Scottish Government after Dundee City Council rejected its plan to add 38 houses to its Balgillo Heights development in Broughty Ferry. The council refused planning permission in August, citing concerns over a lack of public transport links. Kirkwood, however, insi

Midlothian Council’s first Passivhaus housing development has been formally named David Smith House in honour of the former provost and councillor who died in 2020. David R Smith’s widow, Edit, cut the ribbon at a special ceremony on Friday on site at Buccleuch Street in Dalkeith. Mr Smi

Work is now under way on the £20.3 million regeneration of a former hotel in the east of Glasgow.

A new report from the Scottish Housing Regulator has revealed a decrease in both the number of Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) taking on new loans and the total value of these loans in 2023/24 compared to the previous year. However, overall liquidity in the sector remains robust. These are the ma

Clark Contracts has been re-appointed to Scotland Excel’s £1.5 billion New Build Residential Construction Framework. The contractor has been appointed to all 5 lots of the framework which covers both the traditional build and design and build, of various sizes of housing developments acr

Fife Housing Group has successfully retained its Investors in People (IIP) Platinum Accreditation. For over three decades Investors in People has been acknowledged internationally as a leading people accreditation, assessing over 50,000 organisations in 66 different countries. With a framework desig

The JR Group has given its support to a number of local community groups and schools around Hawick.