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The HALO Urban Regeneration Company and Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) have announced a new partnership that will bring "world-class smart homes of the future" to Kilmarnock. The HALO and CSIC are both committed to creating future smart and sustainable homes while supporting the

Douglas Campbell has announced his resignation as leader of South Ayrshire Council due to “increased family commitments”. Cllr Campbell, who will continue serving his Ayr North ward, admitted the decision had been taken with “sadness” and added he was “looking forward&r

A surge in readership during lockdown has taken Scottish Housing News to new heights with increases recorded in subscriptions to the free daily newsletter, website users and social media accounts. Last month the number of individual users on the SHN website broke through 80,000 for the first time. S

More than 2000 vulnerable households across Scotland have been helped by an emergency fund set up by Wheatley Group.

Hillcrest's Energy Advice Team (HEAT) has launched a single-question survey to find out what Scottish households’ experience of energy use has been over lockdown to help understand the impacts the lockdown may have had. The survey, which is open to any household – not just Hillcrest tena

Tenants of Thenue Housing who are shielding featured on BBC Scotland’s ‘The Nine’ programme last night.

Homeless veterans at Scottish Veterans’ Residences (SVR) housing support services in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow will benefit from a generous donation of 350 professionally produced face coverings to use when lockdown starts to ease.

The Scottish Parliament’s health and sport committee is to question the cabinet secretary on the impact of coronavirus on Scotland’s care homes.

A developer’s plan to deliver 400 homes in the village of Fallin has opened for consultation.

Melrose-based housebuilder Rural Renaissance Limited (RRL) has secured a six-figure funding package from Bank of Scotland to support its working capital, enabling it to continue to pay suppliers and honour its contractual commitments during the coronavirus crisis. RRL is parent company to

A project to regenerate the historic market town of Maybole in Ayrshire has secured £7.5 million in funding to invest in the town centre and key restoration projects over the next four years.

A key to unlocking the UK’s housing crisis lies in tackling the under-occupation of family homes where there are more than 15 million ‘surplus’ bedrooms, according to a new report from the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI).

Procurement solution provider Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has secured its landmark 100th partner. SPA partner organisations – such as councils, housing associations, universities and emergency services – delivered more than £160 million worth of projects in 2018-19 alone th

Businesses across the country have now been awarded more than £100 million through the Scottish Government Business Support Fund. The scheme, announced by cabinet secretary Fiona Hyslop at the end of April, has to date helped more than 2,500 businesses and 4,160 self-employed people.

Plans to convert the empty offices at Dalian House into flats have been given the green light by Glasgow City Council. Dalian House, the former NHS Glasgow headquarters at Charing Cross, will now be converted into 67 apartments.