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The City of Edinburgh Council is extending funding to its Energy Advice Service for council tenants, helping even more households to cut down on costs and carbon emissions.

Help for households which have fallen behind with their rent payments during the cost-of-living crisis is being expanded in North Lanarkshire.

Housebuilding veteran John Muir shares his focus on the sector’s long-term resilience. This year is the 50th anniversary of Muir Homes building quality homes across Scotland. This landmark comes amidst rising energy prices and an industry bouncing back from the covid pandemic.

A Scottish community could soon benefit from a multi-million-pound fund that will help thousands of families to save millions on their energy bills by improving the thermal efficiency of their home and replacing fossil fuelled heating systems.

Many people are waiting longer for housing benefit claims to be processed as services across Scotland’s councils face rising workloads, fewer staff and high sickness absence levels, according to the Accounts Commission. The independent body that holds councils to account says councils need to

The Scottish Government has appointed Indigo House to undertake an independent Empty Homes Audit.

Gas distribution company SGN has appointed engineering firm Altrad Babcock as the main works contractor for its world-first project which will demonstrate how clean hydrogen can be used for cooking and heating in homes. Altrad Babcock will build the hydrogen production and storage site for the

The last two years have been tough on housing associations and co-operatives, whether it be supporting tenants with wellbeing calls through the pandemic, helping with fuel costs during the cost-of-living crisis or investing in communities.

Aberdeen City Council has submitted an application for its Greenferns development at Northfield which could deliver up to 1,650 homes along with shops and new community facilities.

South Lanarkshire-based The Electric Heating Company (EHC) has received a £3.8 million investment from private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group. Founded in 2005, EHC is a distributor of electric heating products. It supplies electric boilers, heaters and water cylin

Councillors in Dundee will be asked to approve a revised Housing Allocations Policy to bring the document fully up to date with national best practice standards, following a recent consultation process.

Policy and practice lead David Stewart looks at the Scottish Land Commission's work on land and housing, and land reuse proposals, that could support the necessary shift from greenfield to brownfield development.  NPF4 is highly significant. It sets a framework for land use and development in S

A public/ private consortium made up of Advanced Infrastructure, Oxfordshire County Council, Dundee City Council, Perth & Kinross Council as well as Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) have announced their successful bid in the Innovate UK Net Zero Living programme.

Govanhill Housing Association has provided more than 50 children aged 12-16 with cash for new winter coats and jackets, thanks to support from Employers in Voluntary Housing (EVH). The association is a community-controlled registered social landlord with 2789 rental properties in the South of Glasgo

More than £130 million has been distributed to thousands of families with disabled children since the launch of a Scottish Government benefit. The latest official figures show the families of over 54,000 children and young people were receiving Child Disability Payment in December last year.