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

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Architecture and Design Scotland, Scotland’s design agency, has launched its review of 2022 highlighting its achievements and announced details of its work in 2023. As Scotland adopts a new National Planning Framework – with place at its heart –Architecture and Design Scotland will

A new environmental report by a leading UK architect has supported proposals by Wheatley Homes Glasgow to demolish four multi-storey flats and for hundreds of new homes to be built in their place. Wheatley has announced plans to invest £73 million in Wyndford, in the Maryhill area of the city,

Councillors have pushed back their decision into whether a former Glasgow convent should be demolished to make way for a new block of apartments so a public hearing can take place into the proposals. Surplus Property Solutions wants to replace the empty villa at 32 Mansionhouse Road, Langs

Whiteburn Projects has lodged its intent to deliver a new housing development on a former woollen mill site in Peebles. The developer pledged to breathe new life into the March Street Mill when it purchased the site from Moorbrook Textiles Limited last year.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published a revised engagement plan for the City of Edinburgh Council that outlines its progress in improving services for people who are homeless, service quality and tenant and resident safety.

Work is due to begin to demolish four Glasgow tower blocks after a majority of tenants backed ambitious proposals for the regeneration of the Wyndford estate. Wheatley Homes Glasgow announced plans last year to invest £73 million in building 300 new homes in the area and carrying out other maj

Rents for new tenancies rose an unprecedented 11.9% in Scotland’s Private Rented Sector (PRS), the highest annual rise on record, in the first quarter of the existence of new legislation to cap rents for existing tenancies, according to lettings portal Citylets.

House prices in Scotland continued to rise through the last quarter of 2022, but at the slowest rate since mid-2020 according to the December 2022 RICS UK Residential Survey.

Places for People's real estate fund manager PfP Capital has agreed to purchase development manager igloo Regeneration following a four-year partnership between the two organisations. PfP Capital and igloo have been working together since 2018 through a successful joint venture partnership form

Dan Martyn, chairperson of Pineview Housing Association, has labelled the association's tenant feedback as "really good news" and "incredible results in trying times". Research Resources undertook a tenant satisfaction survey for Pineview in late 2022.

The way local government finances are presented by the Scottish Government can lead to raised expectations and a lack of clarity about the reality of what is now possible to deliver on the ground, COSLA said today.

Affordable housing specialists Cullross Ltd will shortly unveil plans to build 72 flats on the site of the former Oxygen nightclub on Brown Street, Dundee. The proposed development would include a mix of one- and two-bedroom flats, with workshop and commercial units at ground floor.

East Lothian Council has lodged a Pre Application Notice (PAN) for the masterplan to redevelop the former Herdmanflat Hospital in Haddington. Affordable housing for older people that will assist in meeting East Lothian’s growing demand is being prioritised for the land.

The Local Flood Risk Plans for Highland & Argyll and Findhorn, Nairn & Speyside that focus on understanding the risks from all sources of flooding and setting out planned measures to reduce this risk have been published. It covers the period from now up until 2028.