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A plan setting out how to tackle the shortage of affordable housing within Scotland’s first National Park has been given the go ahead. Named ‘LIVE Park’, the Plan outlines an ambitious vision for making Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park an attractive and viable place for young peop

Jeremy Blackburn The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has praised the Scottish Government for “taking the lead” in providing the reassurance needed to tackle the country’s chronic housing shortage and infrastructure deficit.

The opening of the new premises Weslo Property Management (WPM), the private rented arm of Weslo Housing Management, formally took up residence in its new offices at 133a Glasgow Road in Bathgate this week.

The first phase of a £2 million Angus Council housing redevelopment at Viewmount in Forfar is now complete. Following the demolition of unpopular multi-storey flats, work has focused on refurbishing the Steele Park entrance. This has included a new entrance to Reid Park from Viewmount and a new foo

Kevin Stewart A new law which requires local public services to involve communities in their work came into force yesterday.

Sisters Jessica Monteith, Ciera Monteith and Megan Monteith on the new climbing frame in Inchyra Place A brand new community play park has opened in Grangemouth after a £150,000 makeover by Loretto Housing and its partner City Building.

Appointments and company awards figure prominently in our first segment of the 30 most read stories of 2016. Here, in reverse order of number of times viewed, are numbers 30-21. 30. Nation’s best housebuilders honoured at Scottish Home Awards

Karen McIntosh Concluding our series of Just A Minute profiles of housing association finance directors, run in partnership with our sister publication Scottish Financial News, is Karen McIntosh, director of strategic finance at Hanover Scotland.

Maureen Cope The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) must reconsider its plans to close eight of the sixteen Jobcentres in Glasgow, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).

A planning application has been lodged by Buccleuch Property for a residential-led mixed-use development as an extension to Salter’s Park in Dalkeith. The development, which can be brought forward without undue delay, will comprise up to 400 homes (included 25 per cent affordable housing), as well

Plans for King Harald Street Hjaltland Housing Association has appointed DITT Construction to deliver two new housing projects in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands.

The City of Edinburgh Council’s new Local Development Plan provides a clear framework to manage the capital's growth, says Councillor Ian Perry. Edinburgh is a hugely successful city which is expected to grow by about 10 per cent in the next decade.

Confidence amongst Scottish construction employers has been rated positive for the second consecutive quarter, though the vast majority have called for the skills test element of construction apprenticeships to be retained. A quarterly survey of the membership of industry trade association the Scott

Nick Walkley Chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), Sir Edward Lister, has announced the appointment of Nick Walkley as the chief executive and accounting officer of the agency.

McTaggart Construction has successfully facilitated the delivery of over 300 jobs, training and education support events during 2016. Delivered as part of community benefit programme on behalf of Wheatley Group, Parkhead Housing Association and Link Housing, McTaggart Construction delivered 148 work