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HouseMark has launched its first sector-wide coronavirus impact report highlighting the pandemic's significant impact on the sector.

Aberdeen City Council has approved proposals for a retirement community in Cults against the recommendations of its planners.

Plans have been launched for a low carbon community including 100 key worker homes at Hallhill, Dunbar.

The campaign from Living Rent for registered social landlords (RSLs) to be legally mandated to maintain communal hygiene during the coronavirus crisis has gained a high-level signatory ahead of their demands being submitted to the Scottish Government this week.

Queens Cross Housing Association tenants with children under 5 can receive a free book every month after the Association joined Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The project is a free book gifting programme designed to inspire a love of reading for children.

A new agreement has been reached by the Association for Decentralised Energy and Heat Network suppliers to protect their customers during the COVID-19 crisis as a new survey found household monthly energy costs are set to increase by an average of £32 because of increased fuel use during lockd

Greater flexibility and a rural focus in the planning system is required if rural communities are to thrive in the future as the lasting impact of the coronavirus pandemic takes it toll, according to Scottish Land & Estates (SLE).

Calls are being made for a special funding package and localised community testing to combat coronavirus in Inverclyde, which has become the COVID-19 capital of Scotland. 

Andrew Fyfe argues that retirement villages are set up in such a way that helps to insulate and protect in the case of a pandemic. According to figures published by the National Records of Scotland 338 of the 656 deaths recorded between 20 and 26 April were in care homes. Care homes are current

Aberdeenshire councillors have been urged to prepare for significant changes to the local authority's financial plans, given the impact of responding to the coronavirus pandemic.   The full Aberdeenshire Council met remotely last Thursday to consider business items, with an agenda dominate

The Highland Council is now accepting applications for the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund for 2021-2022.  The fund, which is delivered in partnership with the Scottish Government, supports locally developed regeneration projects for communities, helping with job creation and support, and in bu

New measures to assist those affected by drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic have been announced by the Scottish Government. The measures include:

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has said it is “comfortable” that its approach to regulation is “appropriate, proportionate and effective” having conducted a review of its operations in response to MSPs’ concerns of “heavy-handed interventions” and inef

Councillors in Aberdeen have principally approved plans for a 550 new homes in Bridge of Don.

Edinburgh-based Hunters Hall Housing Co-op has approved Hillcrest Homes as its preferred partner for the transfer of the organisation’s operations, including its homes and staff following a competitive bidding process. Hunters Hall and Hillcrest Homes will be working closely with tenants in th