Search: State must lead on major affordable housing development, argues new paper

Three Scottish housing associations are working together to help address the housing emergency in Scotland, focusing on providing homes for independent living.

Scottish Government plans to address cuts to affordable rented housing through private investment are in danger of destabilising Scotland’s social housing, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has warned. During her opening speech at SFHA’s Annual Conference in Glasgow,

Grampian Housing Association Group CEO Craig Stirrat looks to address the longer-term systemic problems in social housing which are a major factor contributing to the immediate crisis. Following the declaration of a Housing Emergency by the Scottish Government in May, the Housing 2040 Strategy Group

Cairn Housing Association has completed and opened a new housing development in Forres, Moray.

Developer Ambassador Group has partnered with Singapore-based investors Far East Orchard and Woh Hup to deliver a student accommodation development in Glasgow’s Merchant City.

An ambitious masterplan to regenerate Hamilton town centre can now move to the design stage after additional funding was approved for the project.

Col. Sylvia Hinton, secretary for Scotland with The Salvation Army, provides insight into the charity's new report that champions access to addiction and mental health support to prevent repeat homelessness. It is said that when our founder William Booth saw men sleeping under the bridges of Lo

Two major steps forward have been taken in the plans to deliver a brighter future for Hamilton town centre.

Carmichael Homes has secured a significant funding package from Downing Property Finance to bolster the expansion of its sustainable property developments across Scotland. Through Downing’s sustainable lending framework, Downing Property Finance has provided essential financing for two major p

The Scottish Law Commission has published its Discussion Paper consulting on reform of the law of the tenement. A tenement is any building made up of at least two flats divided from each other horizontally and intended to be in separate ownership. Modern apartment buildings, high flats and converted

A rural community in the far north of Scotland has welcomed the first new social housing in the village since the 1990s.

The UK Government has missed an opportunity to regulate embodied carbon to meet its net zero legal commitments, according to the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).

Glasgow's bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games could accelerate major housing developments and spearhead regeneration in the area, according to city MSP Paul Sweeney. The sporting tournament was due to be held in Victoria but the Australian state pulled out last year over rising costs.

After regulations that require all new buildings constructed with a new building warrant to be fitted with clean heating came into effect on April 1st, Luths Services director/engineer Dan Gates examines the new legislation. New homes will have a ban direct emission heating systems (oil & g

The Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) is giving away a £12,000 solar panel system in a bid to encourage more people to learn about the transition into renewables.