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

Ewan Aitken Over the next five years, Cyrenians aims to increase the number of people they support from 4400 to 6000 per year, in a major expansion of their work in Scotland as they respond to a rise in demand from those who feel excluded from family, home, work or community.

(from left) Kingdom chief executive Bill Banks, Gordon Saunders of Marshall Construction, Councillor Les Sharp, Ahsan Khan Clackammanshire Council’s head of housing, Kingdom chairman Charles Milne and Gary Bushnell, chief executive at hub East Central Scotland A partnership between Clackmannanshir

(from left) Gordon McDonald MSP, Alex Neil, cabinet secretary for social justice, communities and pensioners’ rights and Graham Harper, chief executive of Care and Repair Edinburgh An Edinburgh based charity dedicated to assisting older people and the disabled to live in their own homes and commun

Aileen McLeod The Scottish Green Party has described yesterday’s ministerial statement on Scotland’s greenhouse gas emission targets as a missed opportunity to show real commitment to energy efficient housing as part of efforts to tackle climate change and fuel poverty.

Around 200 tenants in Leith are facing eviction by the Agnes Hunter Trust after the charitable trust decided to put their homes up for sale. Established in 1954 by Miss Agnes Hunter, the trust owns over 100 flats in Lorne Street. The properties were built by her father in the 1870s and since then ha

Tenants and residents who were evacuated from their homes when the Red Road flats were demolished recently were able to call on ng homes housing operations staff who were on duty from 7am until after 8pm on the big day. Staff worked closely with Safedem and Glasgow Housing Association offering assis

Over 1,000 full-time jobs are at risk at North Lanarkshire Council as the local authority bids to save £68.3 million over the next two financial years. Councillors will be asked next week to accept measures to save £22.7m, a move which will result in 23 post reductions.

Philip Hogg Trade body Homes for Scotland has announced that chief executive Philip Hogg is to leave the organisation in the coming months to become managing director of Bancon Group's homes business.

How the revamped Cedar Court flats will look Over 300 difficult to heat high rise homes in the North West of Glasgow will soon benefit from major internal and external improvements thanks to a £13 million investment from Queens Cross Housing Association and its newly appointed contractor of choice

Angus Council has brought a previously unoccupied housing block back into use by creating four self-contained flats to be used by young people leaving care. Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government, the accommodation in Arbroath is supported “on-site” via a training flat and office accommo

Glasgow's skyline changed forever yesterday with the demolition of the last of the Red Road flats, although not everything went to plan. Two of the six iconic Red Road towers remained partially standing due to an unforeseen difficulty.

A target which aims to get renewable energy into community or local ownership has been met five years early. An estimated 508 megawatts (MW) of community and locally owned capacity is now operational in Scotland which exceeds the 500MW target by 2020.

The Highland Council has launched online consultations to discuss planning and housing issues across the region. A review of the council's main planning policy document, the Highland-wide Local Development Plan (HWLDP), is also included.

A Scottish firm approved by the UK government as green energy advisers has been handed a record fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for making millions of nuisance telephone calls. Cambuslang-based Home Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELM) received the penalty after makin

Scottish Government ministers have provisionally upheld plans to develop a former psychiatric hospital in Dundee into hundreds of new homes. Plans for Strathmartine Hospital in Baldovan, to the north of Dundee, had originally been approved by Angus Council despite strong opposition from neighbouring