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Contractor A.C. Whyte & Co. Ltd, which focuses on delivering energy efficiency projects in partnership with local authorities and housing associations, invited cabinet secretary for finance and economy, Kate Forbes, to site last week to hear about its Energy Efficiency Skills Acad

The Scottish Government has fallen short of its target that 11% of non-electrical heat demand should be met from renewable sources by 2020. Newly published figures have shown that the figure is just 6.4%.

National Housing and Dementia Forum co-chairs Ashley Campbell and Lesley Palmer summarise the discussion from the fourth and final evidence session of the Scottish Government-organised body.

Barrhead Housing Association has joined forces with technology platform Skillzminer as part of its commitment to supporting people with their careers.   Glasgow-based Skillzminer is a new digital job matching platform that will help transform the lives of tenants and the wider community ac

The Highland Council has approved a number of key recommendations as part of its medium term financial planning approach. Councillors considered revenue budget projections for the coming financial year, medium term planning for future budgets over the next five years and forecasted budget gaps, as w

Scottish Housing News Podcast co-host Jimmy Black outlines the roundtable discussion from the first episode of the podcast, which has been launched to kick off our series on how Scotland’s social housing sector is meeting the net zero challenge. Some intriguing possibilities were thrown up in

A new £3 million social housing project, built by the Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company (FAGCC), was opened last week by Shona Robison, cabinet secretary for social justice, housing and local government. With all eyes currently on the COP26 Climate Change Conference being held i

The Scottish Housing Regulator has welcomed Marieke Dwarshuis and Lindsay Paterson as two new board members appointed yesterday by Scottish Ministers. Marieke Dwarshuis graduated in Law from Utrecht University in The Netherlands, and her career in Scotland spans 30 years in the public and volun

A new development of 12 flats by Alan Buchan Contractors Ltd in Banchory has been handed over to Grampian Housing Association.

The scale of the challenge facing the UK’s real estate sector in achieving net zero, with particular difficulties facing the residential sector due to its scale and the need to incentivise owner-occupiers to make improvements, has been highlighted in new research by Savills.

In the next in our COP26SHN feature on how the housing sector is playing its part to tackle climate change, Scottish Housing News examines an innovative concept from Elderpark Housing at its landmark new housing development in Govan – harnessing the power of the sun with 'sun rooms' in apartme

The number of homeless people being housed in B&Bs in West Lothian has more than doubled over the last year. West Lothian, which has the second-highest number of homeless presentations in Scotland, had developed a Rapid Rehousing Transition programme (RRTP) that was starting to ease the numbers

Homelessness charity Crisis has criticised the UK Government for failing to provide effective support for renters following the end of a coronavirus-linked eviction ban in England after new figures revealed that the number of landlord possessions has soared by 207%.

The philanthropic legacy of Dr Mary Esslemont, one of Aberdeen’s most distinguished daughters, has been celebrated with the planting of a tree in the grounds of her former home in the city’s West End. Shortly before her death in 1984, Dr Esslemont had worked with Soroptimist Internationa

As social landlords gear up to calculate rent proposals for the year ahead, Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations director David Bookbinder outlines why the post-lockdown landscape could be the most difficult yet. Grappling with the next rent increase is never easy, but thi