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Crofters in some of Scotland’s most remote and marginal communities will benefit from Scottish Government grants to improve their housing or build new homes. The Croft House Grant scheme aims to retain and attract people to rural communities while allowing them to achieve the full potential of

In accordance with East Lothian Council’s approved budget development framework, a draft budget proposal for 2021/22 has been presented by the ruling administration to the council's cabinet. At this point in time the expected grant settlement to the council from central government, which provi

Kirkwood Homes has submitted plans to build 16 new high-end homes in Broughty Ferry. Dundee City Council received the plans to build the new three, four and five-bedroom homes at the former Linlathen House’s walled garden.

Fife councillors have rejected Springfield's plans to build 65 new homes in Strathkinness. Councillor Jane Ann Liston, who moved refusal of the plans at the recent North East Planning Committee meeting, said the properties would have been 'squashed' into two-thirds of an area previously earmarked fo

A year after East Lothian Council’s Climate Change Strategy 2020-2025 was launched, the first annual update was noted and approved at this week's cabinet meeting. The Climate Change Strategy sets out East Lothian Council’s commitment to tackling the Climate Emergency at a local level and

Stanton Brook Estates' appeal to overturn Glasgow City Council's refusal of a plan for 46 flats in Dennistoun has been unsuccessful.

Clyde Valley Group (CVG) has appointed Victoria Maitland as its new asset manager. The appointment comes at an exciting time for CVG as the organisation delivers on its new five-year Corporate Strategy.

Despite ongoing national restrictions, Link Group has continued to work safely with its construction partners to build affordable homes for the people and families who need them most. In addition to providing over 8,000 homes and services to people and families across Scotland, the affordable housin

A quarter of renters and mortgage holders are worried about not being able to pay their housing costs in 2021, according to new research published today by Shelter Scotland. The housing charity said the burden of high housing costs is blighting people’s finances, wellbeing and relationshi

Construction work to deliver 140 new homes in the Highland village of Evanton is to begin shortly following the appointment of a building contractor. Compass Building has won the contract to build the development at Thomas Maciver Street.

Councillors on the Highland Council’s Lochaber area committee welcomed an update on the council’s housing programme for the area including progress being made on the provision of affordable housing. A report outlined a number of projects which could result in almost 350 new affordable ho

Families in Govan have been given a winter warmer with news of a £200,000 energy boost for the community. The cash sum is to be used to employ energy advisors to help people slash their fuel bills.

Households in the Highlands who are on low income and experiencing fuel insecurities as a result of COVID-19 can apply for a Fuel Support Fund from the Highland Council. The £270,000 Fuel Support Fund has been set up by the Council using Scottish Government funding which can be used flexibly t

Opportunities for housing associations to provide routes out of unemployment and under-employment for their residents and local people have been identified in a new White Paper. Published today by HACT, supported by Regenda, the White Paper identifies the critical role that housing associations

Only 2% of social rented properties in the UK are let as furnished or partly furnished in comparison to 29% of private rented properties, according to the latest research published by End Furniture Poverty. These figures, (from Understanding Society data, an annual UK survey of 40,000 households), a