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New support for low-income households is in the pipeline with the news that Argyll and Bute Council has approved plans to join a leading energy efficiency programme. The ECO4 Flex initiative, funded by major UK energy suppliers, aims to help households reduce energy bills and carbon emissions by enh

The House of Lords was the setting for the launch of the 2025 UK Housing Review yesterday with event host Lord Richard Best urging all political parties to engage and utilise the publication when setting future housing policy.

Shelter Scotland's Ndaye Lisa Badji-Churchill responds to statistics which reveal that Black People and People of Colour (BPoC) in Scotland are at the sharp end of the housing emergency.

Ayrshire Housing has handed over the keys to 25 new homes to tenants in the village of Tarbolton. The housing association secured the social rent homes as part of the wider Hallrig Heights development by local construction company Hayhill Developments, which has completed 67 homes for sale on site.

Twenty-six residents from the Dreghorn Estate secured a meeting with the City of Edinburgh Council last week amid an ongoing campaign against the forced evictions of 19 families due to plans to sell properties.

Signalling the final chapter of its Newton Farm development in Cambuslang, Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has started construction on the final phase of new homes.

Union Technical, a Glasgow-based energy services firm, has doubled its turnover between 2023 and 2024 by posting results of £44 million compared to the £21m in 2023. The firm that specialising in energy-efficient retrofitting experienced significant growth during 2023 and 2024 with a num

People with concerns about unsafe cladding in their properties can apply to a £10 million fund to have their building assessed.

Tenants' union Living Rent is calling on the Scottish Government to extend protections after highlighting research which shows rent increases could double after the emergency rent adjudication measures end on 31 March. Newly updated Private Residential Tenancy rent adjudication figures have found th

Langstane Housing Association's Housing Support Service has received recognition following its first inspection by the Care Inspectorate. The dedicated team in Aberdeen has been awarded three grade-5 ‘very good’ and one grade-4 ‘good’ ratings, signifying an excellent standard

As part of the ongoing commitment to deliver a net zero Argyll and Bute, councillors have approved a response to a Scottish Government consultation on community benefit funds. A community benefit fund is a voluntary fund established by a developer involved in renewable energy projects, most often in

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has completed the conversion of a former block of eight bedsit flats into four newly refurbished homes in Newtown St Boswells.

An increase in the number of affordable housing approvals and site starts has masked an otherwise disappointing quarterly update of the Housing Statistics for Scotland for the year to end of December 2024.

Housebuilder Bellway has reported a notable increase in profits and home completions in the first half of its financial year, reflecting a strengthening housing market.

Plans to regenerate the iconic Govan Graving Docks have been given the green light by councillors.  Members of Glasgow City Council’s Planning Applications Committee unanimously approved proposals to build up to 304 energy-efficient homes on the site’s southern boundary at a meeting