Search:

An exhibition which invited people from across Scotland to contribute their views on the future of housing finished with a workshop and exhibition in Galashiels this week.

North Ayrshire Council has been congratulated for its outstanding efforts to bring empty homes back into use. The council’s private sector team was honoured by Shelter Scotland for its work in breathing new life into disused properties.

Councillors have approved plans by Swan Group for 100 new affordable homes in Royston, in the north of Glasgow. The development was given the go-ahead by Glasgow City Council in October 2019, after Swan Group agreed to purchase the site, subject to planning approval.

Children from Dairsie Primary School in North East Fife donned hard-hats and hi-viz vests for a tour of Kingdom Housing Association’s first development in the village before receiving selection boxes as an early Christmas gift from contractor Campion Homes. The mixed-tenure site at Station Roa

As Scotland marks the centenary of the Land Settlement Act, the Scottish Land Commission has urged that more reform to land ownership and land use is needed, to make the most of Scotland’s land for the benefit of all. This month marks 100 years since the Land Settlement Act in Scotland.

A new national pilot scheme which aims to help thousands of first-time buyers with the deposit for a new home has opened for applications.

Aaliya Seyal has been appointed chief executive of the Legal Services Agency (LSA). Ms Seyal takes from interim chief executive Ronald Franks and brings over 17 years’ experience in leading voluntary sector organisations.

The development of a new ‘Digital Quarter’, which would also bring around 600 affordable homes to the west of Edinburgh, could provide a significant boost to Scotland’s economic growth, according to a new report

Father Christmas has a new set of addresses to add to his route this year as almost 100 people in Aberdeen’s newest community get ready to celebrate their first Christmas at Grandhome.

Dr Lisa Garnham from Glasgow Centre for Population Health and Dr Steve Rolfe from the University of Stirling give an overview of an evidence review exploring tenant participation in the private rented sector, which was funded by the CaCHE Knowledge Exchange Fund. 

Festive cheer and Christmas magic filled Hillcrest Futures’ activities hub in the Hilltown earlier this week when adults supported with learning disabilities and autism visited Santa’s grotto. The inclusive grotto was devised by the Dundee-based charity to allow individual

An exhibition of mind-bending photographic illusions created by young people who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, opens in Edinburgh just before Christmas. The Power of Perspective features a host of striking images that play with perceptions and perspectives – with shadow people

Link Group and Inverclyde Council have refuted calls for a social housing development on the former Ravenscraig Hospital site to be halted over claims that the land is contaminated.

Preventing homelessness will not be possible until the current system is replaced with a fairer, more effective and accessible one, according to charity Homeless Network Scotland. The charity works to end homelessness in Scotland and is warning that the current system is no longer fit for purpose, a

Merchant Homes has donated 200 fleeces to The Marie Trust in Glasgow to help the city’s most vulnerable people in the lead-up to Christmas. The family-owned housebuilder visited the local day centre with a supply of warm clothing to help those who are homeless and in need of extra support duri