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A Glasgow city centre office block currently serving as home to Unite the Union could undergo a three-storey rooftop extension as part of a mixed commercial and residential conversion.

The former Lythe Care Home in Cullen could be converted into service accommodation for wind farm workers under new plans. In May 2021, the care home was closed down following a poor inspection report.

Starter Packs, a Glasgow-based charity, has received a funding boost of £1,500 from Cala Homes (West) as part of the housebuilder’s Community Bursary initiative. Starter Packs has been helping families and individuals throughout greater Glasgow for more than 21 years, providing basic new

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is requiring the Department for Work and Pensions to improve its treatment of disabled benefit claimants in response to serious concerns about failures to meet the needs of its customers with mental health impairments and learning disabilities. Disabil

TPAS Scotland has appointed Elaine Scoular as the Interim CEO of TPAS Scotland, following the retirement of Lesley Baird who stepped down at their AGM last month. Ms Scoular has been a key member of staff of TPAS for the last 22 years and plays a pivotal role in ensuring TPAS delivers on its promise

Edinburgh Poverty Commission member and former Link Group chief executive Craig Sanderson makes the case for a clear definition of the term 'affordable' housing. As usual, David Bookbinder gets to the heart of an issue in his piece on 13th April - 'Talk of a unified rental sector is pie in the sky'.

The Dargavel Village development in Bishopton is set to grow after Stewart Milne Homes acquired a 16-acre neighbouring site to create a further 197 new homes.

Ash Sheikh, sales and marketing director of Muir Homes, describes how developers are factoring in the needs of home workers into the designs of new homes. Homeworking or a combination of work split between home and office is here to stay. All the evidence points to the hybrid work pattern remaining,

New UK legislation removing the construction sector’s use of cheaper red diesel could result in a rise in house prices and has already led to an increase in fuel thefts, a trade body has warned.

Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) helped girls have a ball this Easter by supporting a football academy in the north-west of Dumfries.

The Energy Saving Trust has today announced that it will continue to oversee the management and allocation of Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme (Energy Redress Scheme) payments following the renewal of its contract by Ofgem. Ofgem’s enforcement and compliance activity collects voluntary

Bridgewater Housing Association has appointed Andy Thomson as its new chief executive. Following the announcement early in the year that the current chief executive, Ian McLean will retire at the end of the month, the board undertook a rigorous recruitment exercise, interviewing several impressive c

Scotia Homes has announced plans to build over 100 new homes as part of a £20 million development in Bridge of Earn. The firm intends to build on a development at the southern edge of the town.

A barber who started a new life in Scotland after escaping war-ravaged Syria has proved he is a cut above the rest by giving out free haircuts to an Inverclyde community. Mounzer Darsani trimmed the locks of customers in the lounge of Bield’s Crosshill Gardens development in Port Glasgow in a

A new affordable housing development in the southside of Glasgow is seeing positive progress with the final homes set to begin construction this spring.