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Govan Housing Association is leading the way in helping deliver a digital future for one Glasgow community. The Association is spearheading an unprecedented community effort to equip people with digital skills and even lend them devices to get online.

The ground has been broken on South Lanarkshire Council’s latest new-build housing site in Cambuslang.

EU member states can regulate Airbnb-style short-term lets to combat long-term rental housing shortages, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled.

A surge in pent-up demand has enabled the Highlands’ largest housebuilder to take its 150 employees fully off furlough and bring back its local sub-contractors. Tulloch Homes has reported that sales for the past eight weeks are now 28% up on the same time last year.

Glasgow-based residential architecture start-up HOKO, is set to begin an ambitious UK expansion plan after securing £400,000 from investors. The funding will allow the technology-enabled architecture platform to begin a major recruitment drive in a struggling sector.

Fraser Mitchell writes about proposed technical changes to Scottish Planning Policy and the relevant Scottish Government consultation. In July, the Scottish Government published a consultation on what it describes as a “technical amendment” to Scottish Planning Policy (SPP). The consulta

Plans have been submitted for a block of flats in Cathcart in Glasgow's South Side. An application has been submitted to Glasgow City Council seeking permission in principle to build the flats at the junction of Newlands Road and Tankerland Road.

Councillors in Aberdeen have approved plans to convert empty floors of a Union Street building into flats. Developer First Flat will deliver seven flats, with a mix of two and three bedrooms, on the upper floors of 156 Union Street, replacing the existing roof to add an extra storey at the

Scottish Canals has pledged to inform policy decisions that lead to better health outcomes for those living next to canals as part of a new three-year vision for the organisation.

An estimated 70,000 children in Scotland are waiting for social homes, according to new analysis from published today by Shelter Scotland which is calling for 37,100 new social rented homes to be built to help tackle the issue.

People at risk of becoming homeless who are assigned individual support workers are twice as likely to maintain employment, according to new research. A new paper published by the Centre for Homelessness Impact (CHI), an independent organisation that supports the use of data and evidence and ru

Tenants across Scotland could be due a share of £697,554 after failing to claim back deposits at the end of their tenancies, SafeDeposits Scotland has revealed. In 2019, the Glasgow-based tenancy deposit scheme tracked down 2,750 tenants that had forgotten to claim their deposits back. In

North Lanarkshire Council has granted planning permission to Taylor Wimpey West Scotland for the provision of 535 new homes through the development of land at the former Garnqueen Farm off Main Street in Glenboig.

Midlothian Council has submitted plans for a residential and retail development in Dalkeith.

The need to include social justice and green infrastructure in our housing developments has only been increased by the onset of the current health pandemic, says housing minister Kevin Stewart. The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has made many of us reflect on the importance and value of