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Scottish Housing Day will return for its fifth year of celebrating housing in Scotland with this year’s focus being the value of social housing.

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) Scottish Knowledge Exchange Hub session on June 30 focused on the forthcoming domestic abuse and COVID-19 project. The participants in this subgroup had a range of backgrounds from across policy and practice, all with experience and interest i

Barratt Homes has donated £1,000 to a foodbank in the west of Scotland, to help continue providing food and support to those in need. Coatbridge Community Foodbank received £1,000 as part of Barratt Homes Scotland West’s Community Fund, and will be using its donation

Expectations for activity in the Scottish housing market are improving as more new buyer enquiries are reported by surveyors following lockdown closures.

Ofgem has unveiled proposals for a five-year investment programme of around £25 billion to transform Britain's energy networks to deliver emissions-free green energy along with "world-class" service and reliability.  

The three-year-long campaign to take Morvern Community Woodlands (MWC) into community ownership has boosted by a £1 million award from the Scottish Land Fund. MCW has now launched a campaign to raise the remaining £1.7m needed to enable it to buy the 6,000-acre K

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has announced the appointment of two new members to its board of trustees. Stephen Scott is a business development manager at Fleming Homes in Duns, providing a first point of contact through to sale for budding self-builders and liaising with private clients,

A 37% increase in applications for crisis grants from the Scottish Welfare Fund highlights the need for an extension to the current protections against eviction, according to Shelter Scotland.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has moved to reassure social housing tenants of the safety measures in place as landlords plan the resumption of routine repairs and planned maintenance work. In an open letter to council, housing association and housing co-operative tenants to provide information and

Edinburgh-based developer Hopefield Partnerships has appointed Hart Builders to deliver a multi-million-pound new housing development at a former primary school in the capital.

Stirling Council has agreed plans to build 32 new council homes as part of two separate developments in the St Ninians area of Stirling.  Significant investment is being made to transform sites at Glasgow Road and at New Park Farm in Cultenhove for the benefit of the local community, deliv

The CEO of Springfield Properties has said that Scotland’s shortage of affordable housing has been brought into sharp focus due to the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis as the housebuilder revealed it has commenced handing over homes that were nearing completion prior to lockdown. Innes Smith

Cunninghame Housing Association has been confirmed as a finalist in the 2020 Housing Heroes Awards.

Wheatley Group has delivered more than 25,000 emergency food parcels to people at crisis point as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The marathon effort has helped tenants facing hardship since lockdown began, as well as their families and in some instances even their pets.

Blairtummock Housing Association has launched a consultation into its proposed domestic abuse policy as it announced its support for the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Make a Stand campaign. By signing the pledge, Blairtummock has become part of a collective effort working to put the followi