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Scotland’s Housing First Pathfinder has reached another milestone with the creation of more than 150 tenancies, a monitoring report released today has revealed. Housing First provides ordinary, settled housing as a first response for people whose homelessness is compounded by other disadvantag

Scottish Borders Council will today report that it expects to once again deliver a balanced budget this year, despite some increasing pressures. The report, the latest in a series of regular updates on the current budget to its executive committee, highlights that due to unexpected pressures in

The ground has officially been broken on a substantial new residential development delivered by Highland Housing Alliance in partnership with Cairn Housing Association in the picturesque harbour village of Avoch on the Moray Firth. (from left) Mhairi Ross Grey (Scottish Government), Jason MacGilp (C

Housebuilder CALA has stepped up its intentions to deliver a new community at one of the most significant locations for the future supply of housing around Edinburgh. An aerial image of the proposed location

Zero Waste Scotland is inviting small to medium sized businesses to find out how digital technology can help future-proof the construction industry.

Councillors from Stirling Council have approved a new £112 million housing investment plan to deliver nearly 1,000 affordable homes across the region. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for Stirling sets out the council’s affordable housing priorities for the next five years.

Tenants of Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) have voted in favour of partnership plans with Wheatley Group. A total of 95.5% of DGHP tenants who voted in the ballot did so in support of the plans which will bring together Scotland’s two largest Registered Social Landlords (RSLs)

Shettleston Housing Association’s church conversion and Passivhaus development has been shortlisted in two categories in the national Inside Housing Awards. Old Carntyne Church, in the east end of Glasgow, was transformed from a semi-derelict building into one of Scotland’s most energy-e

Kingdom Housing Association has announced the re-election of Freya Lees as chair of the Association and the election of Linda Leslie and Laurie Naumann as vice-chairs as a year of celebrations for Kingdom’s 40th anniversary near a close. Ms Lees has been a board member with Kingdom since 2013,

A new report conducted by Hanover Scotland has concluded that housing is an untapped resource which could help health and social care boards engage better with older people, delivering more effective services as a result. In the Connecting Communities report published today, the housing association

The next significant building phase at Glasgow’s Buchanan Wharf starts this week with ground-breaking for Legal & General’s 324-home build to rent (BTR) scheme.  Drum Property Group, developers of Buchanan Wharf, agreed a deal with Legal & General earlier this year for the f

Local government officers and others tackling the problem of empty homes across Scotland are meeting at the sell-out Scottish Empty Homes Partnership annual conference in Edinburgh today. It comes amid growing concern at the estimated 39,300 privately-owned homes which have been empty for six m

Scotland has seen a 57% reduction in homelessness applications from under-25s over the last ten years, including a 68% reduction in applications from 16-17-year-olds, compared to a reduction of 37% in all homelessness applications.

Parliamentary candidate Ian Murray helped sell ethical Christmas presents at his local Bethany Christian Trust shop in Morningside yesterday to help end homelessness in Edinburgh. The Buy a Bed Christmas gifts, which cost £21 each, are available to purchase online and will sponsor a bed,

The average cost of privately renting a 2 bedroom home increased in 15 out of 18 regions of Scotland between 2018 and 2019, ranging from 0.2% in North Lanarkshire to 5.3% in Greater Glasgow.