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A funding boost that will help build more social housing in Dundee has been welcomed by a local councillor. Kevin Cordell, convener of Dundee City Council’s neighbourhood services committee, said that the extra £2.4 million from the Scottish Government will support the programme to creat

Bield Housing & Care has been acknowledged by one of the country’s most prestigious property awards programmes. The housing provider’s shared ownership development in Lenzie has been shortlisted as a finalist for Age Exclusive Development of the Year in the Scottish Home Awards 2019.

Partnership housing developer Lovell has announced the permanent appointment of Kevin McColgan as regional managing director in Scotland. Kevin had previously been acting as interim managing director for Scotland, a position which he assumed in July 2018 having originally joined the company as opera

A Way Home Scotland, the national coalition committed to ending youth homelessness in Scotland in ten years, is holding a new conference alongside leading youth homelessness charity the Rock Trust.

Drum Property Group has appealed a decision to reject its plans to knock down a prominent part of Leith Walk to make way for student housing and a hotel.

Barratt Developments has outlined a commitment to drive down build costs using modern methods of construction. In a trading update today the company said its continued development, trialling and implementation of these methods will result in them being used in the construction of 20% of its homes by

McGill Homes has unveiled plans to convert a Grade B listed building on Dundee’s waterfront into residential properties. The company has purchased the former Department for Work and Pensions building on Dock Street in a deal worth over £500,000.

The Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has updated its guidance on the legal requirements for preparing charity accounts and getting those accounts externally scrutinised.

A contract to design Scotland’s new social security assessments system has been awarded as figures revealed high satisfaction levels with the new service. The Deloitte contract, worth £2.3 million over two years, will focus on design of the assessment centre network across Scotland, incl

A global sleep out event has been established by Social Bite’s co-founder Josh Littlejohn to raise money and awareness about homelessness.

Almost 100 emergency and supported housing beds could be lost across Glasgow after plans were unveiled to cut homelessness services in the city by £2.6 million.

River Clyde Homes has unveiled the details of its multi-million pound investment plans for housing in Inverclyde.

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has secured more than £15 million to tackle fuel poverty following a successful bid to the Warm Homes Fund.

A report into the outcome of statutory intervention at Ferguslie Park Housing Association has been published by the Scottish Housing Regulator.

Martin Gavin, head of external relations at the Homeless Network, provides the third of four blogs in the lead up to Scotland’s Housing First Conference on 22 May 2019.  When it comes to Housing First in Scotland, the five Pathfinders that we talked about in previous blogs – Aberdee