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

(from left) Billy Simpson & Danny McKibdens from Clark Contracts; pupils of St Martin’s and Renton primary schools; Barry Johnstone, Caledonia Housing Association area director; Cordale Housing Association Board members Martin Walker & Margaret McCallion; Mark Smith from Grant Murray Archi

The City of Edinburgh Council’s plans to accelerate the delivery of new homes for people on low and middle incomes have been boosted with the acquisition of the former National Grid site in Granton. The local authority, which reached an agreement for the Waterfront site with National Grid on Tuesd

Parkhead Housing Association has launched the call for nominations for the 2018 Mary Barbour Award. Now in its third year, the Award was created to pay homage to Mary Barbour and to celebrate local women following in her footsteps.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has continued the statutory appointment of a manager and governing body members at Antonine Housing Association for another six month period. In March 2016, Antonine commissioned an independent investigation which found it had persistently failed to comply with importa

The statutory appointment of a manager and governing body members at Arklet Housing Association is to continue until the end of December 2018, the Scottish Housing Regulator has announced. Intervention at the Association began in February 2017 when the Regulator used its statutory powers to “addre

Glasgow city centre is to have a £40 million co-living building that will provide a gateway to the Merchant City and a focal point for regeneration of the East End, under plans submitted by developers. Merchant Point, at the corner of the High Street and George Street, will include shops, offices a

Wellhouse chair Maureen Morris The Scottish Housing Regulator has today announced it is to reduce its engagement level at Wellhouse Housing Association from high to medium.

Planning permission in principle is being sought for a major development to the west of St Andrews which will deliver around 1,000 new homes, of which 30% will be affordable housing. The St Andrews West LLP, a partnership made up of the University of St Andrews, Headon Holdings and other local lando

Glasgow-based energy and sustainability consultancy Carbon Futures has launched a new consultancy division as part of ambitious growth plans. Operating under the Carbon Futures brand, the company’s new division will provide a range of new consultancy services to the non-domestic sector, from plann

Rt Hon. Henry McLeish The chair of the Scottish Alliance for People and Places, and former First Minister of Scotland, the Rt Hon. Henry McLeish, has called on the Scottish Government to be much more explicit about the requirement for local communities to be engaged at the earliest stages of the pla

The Blackness Road flats have been approved for demolition. Image credit: Google Street View A Dundee City Council report recommending the demolition of 26 flats was “seriously misleading” and highlights a lack of consultation among the affected tenants, according to the city's former housing co

Almost a fifth of people who seek advice from Scottish CABs say they never use the internet, with more than half unable to apply for jobs or benefits online without help, according to new research published by Citizens Advice Scotland. The data is a concern because many social security and justice s

Patrycja Kupiec, director of YWCA Scotland - the Young Women’s Movement and Joe Connolly, chief executive officer of Ypeople Two of Scotland’s leading third sector organisations have announced plans to merge with the aim of expanding operations to further enhance and strengthen the support they

The Scottish Housing Regulator has decided to end the appointment of a manager at Ferguslie Park Housing Association after “good progress” was made in delivering the required improvements. The Regulator initially made the statutory appointment of a manager and three appointees to the governing b

Plans for the new Meadowbank sports centre Detailed planning consent has been submitted for a new £45 million council-led regeneration of Edinburgh’s Meadowbank.