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Persimmon and Perth & Kinross Council have been given two weeks to respond to an official complaint to a Scottish Government Reporter regarding sewage concerns one of the housebuilder's planned developments in Kinross. Earlier this year, reporter David Buylla said he is minded to

The Existing Homes Alliance Scotland (EHA) has welcomed the announcement of additional funds for energy efficiency as part of budget negotiations, taking the total funding for domestic heat decarbonisation, energy efficiency and fuel poverty to £201 million for 2021/22. The Draft Scottish

Mergers are often a topic that charity trustees would rather avoid. Yet it’s one that some in Scotland are now considering as they look to a future shaped by the legacy of Covid-19, writes Alastair Keatinge. As we close in on the first anniversary of Lockdown One, only now are we starting

The national homelessness charity Crisis and Pathway, the homeless healthcare charity, are to merge in a bid to tackle the stark health inequalities experienced by people who are homeless and ensure that the healthcare system plays its part in ending homelessness across the UK.

People across Scotland are calling on the Scottish Government to publish an ambitious Climate Change Plan update that contains the urgent action needed to meet the targets it set in 2019. 

Communities across Dundee are set to benefit from a near £1 million boost over the next year. Proposed allocations from the Dundee Partnership Community Regeneration Fund for the financial year 2021/22 were approved by Dundee City Council's policy and resources committee last night.

A successful partnership project has ensured that even more isolated people are now connected to the internet. Clackmannanshire Council has been working with third sector organisations in Clackmannanshire and the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) to ensure local residents benefitte

Property group Savills has upgraded its 2021 UK house price forecasts, predicting a 3% rise in Scottish house prices in 2021. The firm predicted that average UK house prices will rise by 4% over the year, with a 21.1% growth from 2021-25. Prices in Scotland will increase by 22.8% by 2025, it added.

It’s hard to believe, but this week marks the 20th anniversary of Scottish Housing News. From a handful of subscribers in 2001, we have grown to become an essential part of the working day for Scotland’s dynamic social housing sector, sharing uplifting stories of best practice and innova

Thenue Housing has gained applied for planning permission to develop 18 terraced houses and cottage flats at the site of a former school in north east Glasgow Under plans designed by Coltart Earley, the land formerly occupied by Littlehill Primary School on Craighead Avenue will provide a mix of one

Shire Housing Association has launched a new and ambitious business strategy for the next five years. The plan builds on the previous period of consolidation and focuses on empowering communities, enhancing social, economic and health wellbeing and addressing climate change.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has written to all social landlords to inform them it will revert to original timescales for submitting annual regulatory returns after timescales were extended in March last year in response to the pandemic. The Regulator said it consulted with key stakeholders on the

Link Housing is to help 496 low income and digitally excluded households across central Scotland get online. The rollout has been made possible by Connecting Scotland, a Scottish Government initiative managed by SCVO, set up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trust Housing Association, Scottish Borders Council and Hart Builders have now completed their new amenity and extra care housing development at Todlaw in Duns, offering two different types of service designed for later years living.

Finance secretary Kate Forbes has struck a deal with the Scottish Green Party which guarantees the Scottish Government's Budget Bill can clear its final stages. The deal will see the phased introduction of free school meals for all primary pupils, an enhanced public sector pay deal, new Pandemic Sup