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Hanover Scotland has launched a new national manifesto urging political leaders to act now to meet the needs of its fast-growing older population. By 2041, Scotland's over-65 demographic is projected to rise by 25%, placing enormous strain on housing, health, and social care systems.

Work to build 24 new council flats on a prominent corner site in the West End of Dundee is underway. More than £8.5 million has been set aside to fund the project at Blackness Road, which will provide six wheelchair accessible one-bedroom flats and 18 two-bedroom properties.

New plans have been submitted for a major student housing development on Russell Road in Edinburgh.

Gareth Barwell has been appointed to the role of corporate director of place for the City of Edinburgh Council. The post is accountable for a range of major council services including travel and transport, parks and waste, housing and planning, libraries and culture, and Edinburgh’s new visito

The first phase of a masterplan development in Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye is now in place following the completion of a new access road. A place-based masterplan was developed by The Highland Council in partnership with Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association and comprised a new build primary scho

Armed Forces personnel and their families will benefit from the most significant transformation of UK military housing in more than 50 years, with more than 40,000 service family homes to be modernised, refurbished or rebuilt.

Manufacturing firm Eco Group is to invest in a major new manufacturing site in Dumfries, where it will produce recycled glass panels for the housing and general construction markets. The firm has more than doubled its footprint in south-west Scotland by investing in a 60,000-square-foot manufacturin

Council leaders have issued a stark warning about the growing crisis in social care, urging the need for funding to be a clear and focused national priority.

A longstanding community hub in Coatbridge has received a £10,000 funding boost to grow its services as well as create vital social opportunities for residents. Kirkshaws Neighbourhood Centre has secured £10,000 through the Scottish Procurement Alliance’s (SPA) Community Benefit Fu

An Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSC) planning application has been submitted to Renfrewshire Council for Taylor Wimpey West Scotland's final development of new homes, located off Arrocher Drive within the Dargavel Village masterplan in Bishopton.

The Scottish Borders Antisocial Behaviour Partnership, comprising Scottish Borders Council, Police Scotland, NHS Borders, Scottish Borders Housing Association, Waverley Housing, Eildon Housing, Berwickshire Housing, and Link Group, has formally adopted the council’s Antisocial Behaviour Strate

Work is progressing rapidly on a major affordable housing development in Newcraighall, Edinburgh, with 163 new homes taking shape on the site of a former coal mine.

Blue Triangle, SCVO Scottish Charity of the Year, has today launched a Fresh Start Christmas campaign to provide the people they support with essential items. 

Around £240 million of unclaimed credit balances in closed accounts are waiting to be returned to consumers, according to data from energy regulator Ofgem.

The latest round of Falkirk Council’s Community Choices programme is live, giving local groups the opportunity to apply for Small Grants of up to £5,000.  Community Choices is the council’s participatory budgeting programme, which puts decision-making directly into the hands o