Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has announced a £39 billion house building programme for the next decade, with the goal of delivering approximately 300,000 new social and affordable homes across England. The new ten-year Social and Affordable Homes Programme represents a significant increa
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The City of Edinburgh Council has approved a plan to convert a 67-room student accommodation block on Gorgie Road into temporary housing for homeless individuals.
East Lothian-based housing association Homes for Life has unveiled a new mid-market rent development in Musselburgh, following a £700,000 refurbishment project.
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is collaborating with HACT and other UK housing bodies, including the National Housing Federation, Community Housing Cymru, and the Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations, on a new multi-year project. The initiative aims to explore
A significant investment has been agreed to help tackle homelessness in South Lanarkshire. The project will turn a vacant building in Hamilton into 15 temporary ‘First Stop’ housing units, meaning fewer people will be put up in expensive and unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation.
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s pioneering work to address the housing emergency in the region has been recognised, winning the Innovation in Housing category at the prestigious 2025 Municipal Journal Awards held in London. Selected as one of just six finalists from across the UK, officers fro
Falkirk Council sees reduction in children in temporary accommodation as more homes brought into use
The number of children living in temporary accommodation has fallen across the Falkirk Council area over the past year. Figures published in a recent update show that the number of children in temporary accommodation fell from 263 at the end of March 2024 to 197 by the end of March 2025.
Hundreds of residents in a Dundee community are enjoying reliable and robust lighting thanks to more than £1m of investment by the city council. A total of 93 blocks of flats in Menzieshill are having new communal lighting installed to replace the ageing systems previously in the buildings.
Properties in Tillicoultry evacuated due to Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) will be repaired by Clackmannanshire Council. At a meeting earlier last week councillors agreed that roof repair works at the three blocks of flats in Park Street, High Street and Chapelle Crescent can begin.