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A “fuel bank” which offers pre-pay meter vouchers to those struggling to afford to light and heat their homes has opened in Glasgow. The initiative, which gives people who are suffering from food poverty pre-payment meter vouchers for gas or electricity, is available at Glasgow South East Foodba

Forty acres of land for a residential led mixed-use development in Edinburgh has been put up for sale by the National Grid. The Forthquarter site in Granton – which includes the Granton gasholder – has been put up for sale in a bid to deliver much needed family housing to meet unsatisfied demand

Dalmarnock old and new - how did the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games impact the post-industrial neighbourhood? Planning research projects from across the UK and internationally have been shortlisted for this year’s RTPI Awards for Research Excellence.

Just over 1 million adults in Scotland think that they have a debt problem nearly three quarters of which are worrying about their debt all or most of the time, new figures show. Statistics released by Debt Advisory Centre show that overall 1 in 5 people (20 per cent) diagnose themselves as “havin

Miss Piggy with volunteers Natalia Dobrowska and Carol Cullen A six foot tall papier mâché model of Muppets favourite Miss Piggy has become a temporary Motherwell landmark after being loaned out to mark the first birthday of a local charity shop.

(from left) Councillor Joan Griffiths; Councillor Cammy Day; Gerry O’Sullivan, chair of Bield; Councillor Stefan Tymkewycz and Brian Logan, chief executive of Bield One of Scotland’s largest housing and care providers for older people marked their continued commitment to invest in new affordable

Homes near Inverness Caledonian Thistle's stadium have almost doubled in value over 10 years The price of homes close to Scottish Premiership grounds have increased by almost a third in ten years, significantly higher than the 20 per cent increase in house prices across Scotland as a whole.

Calls are growing for local and national authorities to intervene into the increasing use of short-term letting sites which many believe are having a negative effect on Scotland’s housing market. According to data by Murray Cox, a New York-based community activist and founder of non-commercial dat

Housing associations L&Q and the Hyde Group have agreed to abandon their merger plans after months of negotiations.

There is still time to give the Scottish Government your views and help to develop a Scottish Social Housing Charter for the next five years. The consultation closes on 24th August 2016.

Iain Edmans Physical risk management specialists ACS Group has appointed Iain Edmans to the new position of asbestos technical manager.

Bield is looking for several volunteers to support tenants by increasing their community involvement and helping to reduce isolation. Mansewood Court Retirement Housing Development in Whitburn, West Lothian, is looking to recruit a befriender to get to know and socialise with tenants, helping to bro

A stock exchange that focuses on companies which make a positive social and environmental impact is planning to open in Scotland later this year. Launched by former Prime Minister David Cameron as part of the Big Society Capital initiative three years ago, the Social Stock Exchange (SSE) aims to con

Nearly one third of over-60s living in the UK have to make major sacrifices in the face of rising costs for heating, food and luxuries, new research has found. A study conducted by retirement property website Homewise revealed that around 12 per cent of over-60s say they cannot afford to heat their

Bellway Homes has said it expects a 27 per cent increase in revenue despite weeks economic uncertainty surrounding Brexit. In a trading update for the year to July 31, the housebuilder forecast revenue to reach £2.2 billion from £1.73bn in 2015.