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

Places for People’s Alan Wharton has been recognised for his dedication to raising standards in housebuilding after winning the NHBC Pride in the Job Award for Scotland.   Alan beat off stiff competition to take home the prestigious title in the Medium Housebuilder Category for his work o

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has appointed Susan McDonald as its new director of customer services. An experienced housing professional with over 25 years in the sector, Susan brings a wealth of knowledge to the role, having worked as a solicitor specialising in social housing an

Mac Mic Group has received planning permission for a new build-to-rent (BTR) development in Anniesland, subject to Section 75 Agreement.

Up to 45 young Scots are set to benefit from a series of financial education programmes delivered by UK charity MyBnk following a donation from SafeDeposits Scotland.

Renewable energy firm ScottishPower and Santander UK have joined forces to make adopting energy efficient technology in UK homes more affordable.

Perth & Kinross Council will work to deliver over 1,000 new affordable houses across the area over the next five years, under a plan to be considered by Councillors. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2025/26 – 2029/30 sets out the investment priorities of the council and its

The pilot version of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UKNZCBS) has been released. Its launch is the culmination of collaboration from experts across the UK Built Environment Industry.  The Pilot Version of the Standard enables industry to robustly prove their built assets are net zero

Scotland’s Housing Network has welcomed the news that its Housing Options Training Toolkit has been shortlisted for the ‘Working in Partnership’ category at the CIH Housing Awards 2024. The Housing Options Training Toolkit is an online training platform that has been developed by t

Great British Energy is to be headquartered in Aberdeen, with two smaller sites in Edinburgh and Glasgow, the UK Government has announced.

A Holyrood Committee has raised concerns about a lack of detail in a Bill which proposes a move away from a crisis management approach to a preventative approach to homelessness in Scotland. The Social Justice and Social Security Committee has been scrutinising the homelessness and domestic violence

The leading global type 1 diabetes charity, JDRF, soon to be renamed, Breakthrough T1D’s annual fundraising walk is returning to Aberdeen following a 5-year break from the city.

Housebuilder Cala Group has announced today that an agreement has been signed by the global investment firm Sixth Street Partners and Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, to acquire the company from Legal & General Group Plc.

East Renfrewshire Council has become the 12th local authority in Scotland to declare a housing emergency.

The Scottish Government has found in favour of a planned student accommodation project in Edinburgh after a developer appealed against the local authority's “failure to give a decision”. 83S Student Residence Limited applied for planning to deliver a 138-bedroom development on the c