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With the importance of ensuring everyone living in Scotland has a quality home that meets their needs never more apparent, the country’s home building industry has today urged politicians across all parties to support a shared ambition to achieve and consistently deliver at least 25,000 new ho

RTPI Scotland is calling on the Scottish Government to provide support for communities to help them shape where they live in the wake of COVID-19.

Hillcrest has received funding of £100,000 from Barclays to support people in Scotland who have been most affected by the pandemic. The funds will enable Hillcrest to upscale the services it currently delivers to help vulnerable people, such as low-income families, isolated older people and pe

A new digital event aiming to move accessible housing up the national agenda is taking place in March, it was announced this week.

CIH Scotland's Housing and Dementia Framework has gained Midlothian Council as a new signatory. The framework was developed with support from Alzheimer Scotland and the Place Home and Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

Hillcrest has launched a brand new tenant app which will put a multitude of functions including getting in touch, reporting repairs and requesting advice or support right at users’ fingertips.

A total of 77 families in Possilpark have been digitally connected with equipment provided by Hawthorn Housing Co-operative. The Co-op has long recognised the importance of getting as many people in its community digitally connected to assist with studying, applying for jobs, keeping in touch w

Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee has decided on a number of planning applications involving new homes across the region. The committee approved a delegated grant for the council’s own application for the erection of 12 affordable houses and flats to the south of

The public will be given a chance to have their say on proposals to deliver 65+ affording housing units in Livingston.

UK construction and fit-out specialist Morris & Spottiswood has successfully completed a sixteen-week project in partnership with Shire Housing Association to reconstruct a semi-detached property in Dalmellington following an explosion in 2018.

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership has announced the finalists for its 10th Annual Conference Awards Ceremony. The winners will be announced on the 2nd of February, on the second day of the three-day digital conference.

A Scottish Government-led board will be established to ensure the effective implementation of proposed new measures to protect victims of domestic abuse. The measures include giving powers to the police and courts to remove suspected abusers from victim’s homes, ban them from re-entering the h

The Citizens Advice network in Scotland helped 19,554 people in December, as concerns around debt and benefits continued amid COVID-19 restrictions, according to new data released today. The network has warned that demand shows no signing of letting up with rising demand for advice about fuel debt f

An alliance of more than 25 advocacy, support and housing organisations have today written to cabinet secretary for finance Kate Forbes, asking her to make social and affordable homes “the cornerstone of Scotland’s recovery” in this week’s Budget.

Scottish Labour has called on the Scottish Government to revisit the Private Rented Tenancy regime to prevent landlords evicting tenants on unfair grounds following an award of the first wrongful termination order. At present, there are concerns the standard of proof for evictions to be granted rema