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

Developers have submitted plans to build more than 200 homes in Perthshire, the Evening Telegraph has reported. Springfield Properties has lodged its proposal for 217 houses, a quarter of which will be affordable, to Perth and Kinross Council for the site at Glenalmond Road, Rattray, by Blairgowrie.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has highlighted that 241,000 more tenants in Scotland will be affected by the announcement that all social housing tenants on Universal Credit will be brought under the new Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap when it is introduced in 2019. Ministe

Lord Freud The UK government’s cap on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) has been delayed for another 12 months for general needs accommodation but will now apply to all tenants who receive Universal Credit when it is introduced in 2019.

Daradjeet Jagpal Consultant and solicitor Daradjeet Jagpal dissects the Scottish Information Commissioner's latest decision notice regarding a request for information to Ayrshire Housing and underline the importance of RSL compliance.

Angela Constance UK and Scottish government ministers met again this week as part of the on-going process to transfer the remaining welfare powers under the Scotland Act 2016.

Mary Taylor The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that proposed changes to its policy on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) will apply to all tenants in supported housing, not only those with new tenancies.

CCG has completed a new environmentally friendly affordable housing development in Uddingston. Taking the total number of new social houses built by the firm in Lanarkshire to over 170 over the past twelve months, the Hornal Road development comprises 60 state-of-the-art, two-bedroom flats which wil

Aberdeen City Council has broken ground on a £13.5 million housing development at Manor Walk. The former playing fields in the Middlefield area will be home to 80 new council properties and will feature a mixture of flats and houses.

The City of Edinburgh Council’s development management committee has given the green light to a £500 million masterplan which proposes the construction of more than 2,000 new homes at Edinburgh Marina at Granton. Following the council’s decision in principle last December to grant permission fo

Olympic medallist Liz McColgan has been reprimanded by a housing watchdog after she left a woman living in accommodation that was not “reasonably fit for human habitation”. The Private Rented Housing Panel has ordered the former athlete to make urgent repairs to the three-bedroom end terraced ho

Gordon Nelson Scottish construction SMEs boomed during the second quarter of 2016 but there are real concerns regarding the potential impact of Brexit on the Scottish construction industry, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned.

It’s that time of year again for the housing sector to dust off its very best ideas and projects and get applying for CIH Scotland's annual hunt for the best of Scottish housing. But it’s not just all about the organisations as the award categories also celebrate the contribution of individuals

David Mundell A major milestone in the transfer of new welfare powers from Westminster to Holyrood will be reached today which will give First Minister Nicola Sturgeon the opportunity to create a Scottish welfare state within weeks.

A theatre group that works with homeless and disadvantage people are to stage a one-off production of Cathy Come Home in London next month. Cathy Come Home was released in 1966 by director Ken Loach and tells the story of a young families slide into homelessness.

David Mundell UK and Scottish government ministers met yesterday to discuss the next steps on the transfer of welfare powers under the Scotland Act 2016.