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Housing projects which demonstrate practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing needs are invited to submit their entries to the World Habitat Awards. The annual awards are a great way of identifying and celebrating good practice in housing worldwide and entries are now open fo

Proposals have been submitted to demolish the Old College Bar in Glasgow for a 12-storey student flat development. Under the plans from developer Structured House, the High Street establishment will be removed and replaced with a 426-bed complex for university students in the area.

The average price of a property in Scotland in November 2016 was £143,033 – an increase of 3.3 per cent on the previous year and an increase of 1.0 per cent when compared to the previous month. This compares to a UK average of £217,928, which was an increase of 6.7 per cent over the year and an

Efforts to reduce homelessness in Scotland are continuing to pay dividends but the number of children living in temporary accommodation is once again on the increase. Official statistics published today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician revealed that 17,100 applications for homelessness assistance

Shared equity homes are currently available in a development at Castleton, Auchterarder Perth & Kinross Council has launched a shared equity home ownership scheme to help people get on the housing ladder, or to buy a house that better suits their needs.

Ewan MacKinnon A new four-part series on BBC ALBA is to examine the dramatic development of rural housing in Scotland over the years.

Peter Peacock discusses how new community right to buy laws will open a new next chapter in Scotland’s land reform story. There has been much talk of land reform in recent years, but Scotland’s highly concentrated land ownership patterns persist. There are consequences from this ownership patter

A set of glasses which allow people who do not have use of their arms to use a computer is one of the shortlisted entries A number of top industry experts have been officially revealed as the panel of judges for a ‘Dragons Den’ inspired event for aspiring designers, engineers and inventors.

Lorain receives her award from Thistle managing director Ian Maxwell The vice chair of Maryhill Housing has been honoured by Partick Thistle Football Club.

People living near Dundee landmark Maryfield House could be consulted on the future use of the site. The former nurses’ residence has been declared surplus to requirements by NHS Tayside and now city planners are asking councillors to back a consultation on a blueprint for the location that will e

Councillors agreed to a six-week period of public consultation on draft development briefs for five sites earmarked for residential development in Moray. The briefs set out the design standards for future development of the sites and developers will be expected to reflect these standards in any prop

Artist’s impression of how the development would look Link Group has submitted plans to Argyll and Bute Council to transform the Dunbeg Corridor area with a development of 600 new homes.

Zhan McIntyre Scotland’s social housing sector has said that more affordable housing is desperately required to reverse the 17 per cent increase in the number of children living in temporary accommodation.

Elaine McHugh Council housing staff across Scotland have welcomed the news that the Scottish Government will use its new welfare powers to allow the housing element of Universal Credit to be paid directly to landlords and to increase the frequency of payments to claimants.

Dundee City Council has approved plans to build 163 homes on the site of two former multis in the city’s Hilltown area. The development by Robertson Partnership Homes, on behalf of the council and Hillcrest Housing Association, will see 123 flats and 40 houses built on land where the Bucklemaker a