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Tenants have recently moved into brand new Perth & Kinross Council homes at Glenearn Road in Perth. The new modern blocks, which contain four one-bedroom flats and four two-bedroom flats, welcomed their first occupants this week.

Gill Henry, head of business development at The Cruden Group and project director of the Social Bite Village In February of this year, Gill Henry, head of business development at The Cruden Group, agreed to take on the role of project director for the Social Bite Village in Edinburgh.

Provost of North Lanarkshire, Councillor Jean Jones, officially opens the latest completed housing development at Oakdene Avenue, Tannochside The official opening of the new council housing development in Tannochside, the eighteenth development delivered by North Lanarkshire Council, was marked with

An alliance of ten organisations from the planning and placemaking sector in Scotland has launched a new campaign to help influence new planning guidelines ahead of the upcoming Planning Bill. The Scottish Alliance for People and Places, which includes COSLA and the Scottish Federation of Housing As

Henry McLeish Former First Minister and town planner Rt Hon Henry McLeish on the launch of the Scottish Alliance for People and Places.

(from left) Elaine Byrne, director, Scotland’s Housing Network; James Coutts, service development and support manager, East Lothian Council; Ilene Campbell, chief executive, TIS East Lothian Council has achieved a Gold accreditation for scrutiny from TIS in partnership with Scotland’s Housing Ne

The private rented sector now accounts for 15% of all households in Scotland The proportion of households in Scotland’s private rented sector (PRS) continued to grow last year as the social rented sector remained steady, according to new findings.

More and more social tenants in Scotland are struggling to pay the first month’s rent in advance as a result of welfare reforms, making it even more difficult for them to find and keep a home, according to two leading housing organisations. Shelter Scotland and the Scottish Federation of Housing A

It was all change on the Abertay Housing Association committee last week as the Association held its twenty first AGM at Fintry Parish Church in Dundee. Following the formal business of the report from chair Dorothy Taylor and a presentation of annual accounts, the event saw five committee members s

More than 600 new homes will be built by Angus Council and local housing associations in the county over the next five years, with the support of a £25 million Scottish Government funding package. The announcement this week came as the council’s communities committee approved the Local Housing St

Proposals to overhaul the planning system in Scotland are unlikely to have any positive effect in meeting the demands and aspirations of communities and the development industry, councillors have told the Scottish Government. Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee (ISC) has writ

Homeless Action Scotland (HAS) has today announced its support for Shelter Scotland’s Homelessness: Far From Fixed campaign ahead of the two organisations giving evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee on homelessness. HAS is the latest high-profile group to sign up to the campaign after the A

Kingdom Housing Association, together with Curtis Jones Property Developments, has announced its intention to apply for planning permission in the coming weeks for a £4.5 million affordable housing development at Aberdour Road, Dunfermline. The proposal is for some 42 flatted homes for mid-market a

With homelessness moving towards the frontline of Scottish politics, Adam Lang says delivering a ‘Housing First’ model needs sustained support as part of a whole system response and should not be mistaken for a silver bullet. The recently published Programme for Government outlined a pledge to r

Chief executive Bryony Willett addresses the AGM Supporting communities and the people who live there remains the focus for Maryhill Housing as it marked 40 years at its AGM.