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

Administrators have been called into Countesswells Development Limited (CDL), the construction and land development company that manages the £800 million development in the west of Aberdeen.

The transformation of a former derelict pub site in Paisley into 36 new-build flats has been completed by building and construction firm The JR Group.

Centrica, which invited communities and entrepreneurs in Scotland to apply for a grant of up to £100,000 from its Energy for Tomorrow social impact fund for initiatives that can deliver affordable, accessible and sustainable energy solutions to help tackle climate change, has unveiled that fou

A church in Brechin is set to be put up for sale and could be purchased for just £70,000. The old Maison Dieu Church has lain empty for several decades but could now be given a new lease of life.

Angus Council has pressed on with its plan to demolish a former sheltered housing complex in Edzell and replace it with 21 new affordable homes. Inglis Court is a retirement complex with 24 one-bedroom properties, as well as a three-bedroom house, which was formerly the warden’s home.

The Scottish Government, Public Health Scotland, Adaptation Scotland, Sniffer and Sustainable Scotland Network are working together to develop a climate lens to work in conjunction with the Place Standard Tool (PST). The lens is being developed to enable community placemaking to better address clima

Orchard Brae Ltd has submitted revised plans for its EuroPark proposal in North Lanarkshire, reducing the scale of development and removing all planned development to the north of Calderbank with an attendant reduction in housing provision by 250 homes.

Age Scotland has teamed up with the Rangers Charity Foundation this season to tackle the high levels of pensioner poverty in Scotland. The Foundation today announced Age Scotland as its National Charity Partner for this season, with the aim of helping more older people access the financial support t

Plans for thousands of affordable homes are likely to be dropped as billions of pounds are set aside to fix the building safety crisis, UK builders have warned. Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest provider of affordable housing, told The Guardian it is set to build 1,800 fewer affordable p

Aberdeen City Council’s appeal against a decision to award protected status to eight blocks of 1960s high-rise flats could be resolved within weeks. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) granted A-listed status back in January to Gilcomstoun Land, Porthill Court, Seamount Court, Virginia Co

Almost 370,000 people who ran out of money before payday last year could not afford internet access as a result, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found. Polling by YouGov for the charity found that 32% of people ran out of money before payday in the last year. Of those people, 26

Having spent two decades trying to reduce tenant fuel poverty and make a tiny contribution to slowing the climate crisis, Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association CEO Neil Clapperton thinks he might have found a solution. Maitland Mackie of ice cream fame gifted me two things: two inches on m

A decision by the Home Office not to give money to thousands of asylum seekers to make calls to friends and family during the pandemic has been declared unlawful by the High Court. The ruling means the UK Government could be forced to roll back weekly payments for some 10,000 asylum seekers.

Scottish friends and relatives of Irish homeowners, who are victims in a scandal over defective concrete brickwork causing their houses to crumble, staged a protest outside the Irish Consul, in Edinburgh on Monday. They are backing a massive campaign in the Republic of Ireland – where thousand

New plans have been submitted to convert vacant commercial space in Stirling city centre to form new flats. Developer RAAC Ltd wants to create two ground floor dwellings and create a garden/parking area behind 53-59 King Street.