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Legislation enabling councils to increase their affordable housing stock without having to pay a tax on additional properties has been introduced in the Scottish Parliament. The Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) came into force in Scotland from 1 April 2016 and is a charge added to Land and Build

Work on two pilot projects in Dundee trialling alternative insulation options and rewiring, both without the need to temporarily re-house residents, could come a step closer next week.

Kirknewton Community Development Trust has entered into a £1.696 million contract with Colorado Construction to build seven affordable, energy-efficient homes in Kirknewton.

By day, Lewis Mackinnon is a project manager for Places for People based at the Tornagrain housing development in the Highlands, but on Sunday he will be walking out in front of 60,000 people to take on giants Celtic FC at the iconic Celtic Park. Centre-back Lewis signed for Buckie Thistle, a footba

Riverside has appointed Paul Dolan as the group’s new chief executive. His appointment follows the announcement last September that Carol Matthews will be retiring this year.

Scottish Housing News’ new Charity Spotlight feature will highlight the vital work of charities across Scotland each Friday. To feature your local charity, whether housing-related or not, send your story and images to us at newsdesk@scottishnews.com. Sight Scotland has launched its new &l

Horizon Housing Association has boosted its campaign for the creation of more accessible housing with the launch of a new industry award. The new award for 'Excellence in Accessibility and Inclusion' will form part of this year's Scottish Home Awards, sponsored by Ross & Liddell.

Researchers are calling for urban development and land professionals to take part in a project to help shape the way places are created for better population health. The research programme, run by six universities including the University of Stirling and the University of Bristol, is looking for peo

Abronhill Housing Association has unveiled a new director to succeed current director Stephen Macintyre who is set to retire. Chair Craig Burns said that Audrey Murphy has joined the Cumbernauld-based association effective from 10th January 2024.

Shelter Scotland has appointed four solicitors to its specialist housing law team.

A homeless man who was arrested and detained by the Metropolitan Police is to receive compensation and an apology for the "inhumane" actions of the force.

In December, Glen Oaks’ successful goConnect project and Weekeday WOW factor worked in partnership to provide some Christmas festivities to tenants.

Almost 50 new homes are planned for Dundee that will help to tackle the city’s “housing supply crisis”.

As freezing temperatures hit Scotland, new analysis has found that 38% of households in Scotland have described their energy bills as unaffordable and a further 51% describe them as only ‘somewhat affordable’.

A 6% increase in council housing rents throughout Perth & Kinross has been recommended for 2024/25 after a record number of council tenants had their say in a consultation. with tenants which gathered almost 3,000 responses, a 6% rent increase is being recommended in line with their vi