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A community buy-out is being proposed which will see the Royal Hospital for Sick Children site in Edinburgh being used for healthcare provision, quality affordable housing and infrastructure for community enterprise. Residents living near the site are forming a new community body, the Marchmont &

The Cyrenians charity has launched a new venture in partnership with the St Martin-in-the-Fields charity designed to bring together workers on the frontline of homelessness in Edinburgh. The St Martin’s Frontline Network will provide a space for mutual support, sharing best practice, and engaging

Theresa Reilly of CGC with residents at Maryhill Housing, one of the runners-up City Gate Construction (CGC) has revealed the winners of its hugely successful ‘Afternoon Tea with CGC’ initiative for housing associations as the firm poured extra money into the idea after an “overwhelming” res

John Blackwood Private landlords representative John Blackwood encourages people to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Universal Credit regulations.

Scottish households are amongst the most likely in the UK to have carbon monoxide alarms, but nearly half are still unprotected from the silent killer, a new study has found. Research by the Carbon Monoxide Be Alarmed! campaign revealed that over 47% of people in Scotland are exposed to the dangers

A new ‘socks lottery’ is to launch in Dundee, giving participants the chance to win a cash prize and support the local homeless population. Launched yesterday, the competition allows people to enter to win £500 by purchasing a pair of socks online, with an additional pair then being sent to a h

South Lanarkshire Council has unveiled plans to double its house building programme to 1,000 new homes as it joined two other local authorities in Scotland to yesterday announce a voluntarily freeze of the basic rate of Council Tax. Inverclyde and Renfrewshire councils also confirmed that they would

High street banking giant Santander has confirmed that it will remove a clause in its buy-to-let mortgages which housing campaigners claimed previously forced landlords to get "the maximum increase in the rent". Following a petition signed by almost 1,000 renters, activists from Living Rent in Scotl

Off-site construction specialists CCG have published plans for an innovative residential build in Glasgow which will become the tallest timber structure in Scotland. Located on Ellerslie Road in Yoker, the development will consist of 42 new flats designed by Mast Architects which upon its completion

Kevin Stewart shown a refurbished flat in Govanhill as part of the buy and repair scheme last year Up to 350 homes in the Govanhill area of Glasgow are to be upgraded and made available for social renting thanks to a funding package that could total over £34 million.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has highlighted to tenant participation specialists how important it is for landlords to consult with tenants each year about how much rent they pay. In November, the Regulator published a thematic inquiry report on rent consultation which stated that landlords need to

Kilmarnock-based registered social landlord Atrium Homes has announced a rent increase of just 1.5% from April 2017 following formal consultation with its tenants. The three options presented to tenants for their views ranged were all below the current rate of inflation and opinion varied between re

New research from Bank of Scotland has concluded that first-time buyers in Scotland are on average £860 a year better off than those who rent. According to the bank’s Buying versus Renting Review, the average monthly costs (including mortgage payments) associated with buying a three-bedroom house

Judy Hamilton Fife Council has pledged to invest money generated by increasing council house rent rates into continuing to provide warm, safe, secure and affordable homes.

John Anderson Scottish entrepreneurship and growth specialist John Anderson has been appointed to chair the investment arm of Scotland’s first social enterprise letting agency Homes for Good.