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Councillors in West Dunbartonshire have approved a below-inflation rent increase for council homes for the second year in a row. The decision to introduce a 2% rise comes following extensive discussions with tenants over the past few months.

Work is underway by Avant Homes to bring a £56 million development of new homes to Penicuik. The housebuilder has been granted planning permission by Midlothian Council to build 165 homes just off Mauricewood Road in the north of the town.

Councillors have approved plans for around 300 homes in Aberdeen. Developers First Endeavour LLP will build 283 flats across four five-storey blocks at Wellshead Road in Dyce.

The document that will guide housing and economic development in Dundee for the next decade has been published. Setting out where and when development can take place, the Dundee Local Development Plan 2019 contains policies and proposals covering the main land use issues in the city up to 2029, and

The company delivering the £35 million regeneration of North Sighthill in Edinburgh has reached an agreement to allocate £50,000 of community benefit funding across the south west of the city. ENGIE was awarded a contract with the City of Edinburgh Council in late 2017 to construct 184 a

West Dunbartonshire Council will host a series of summits as part of its drive to put a stop to domestic abuse. The events, which are taking place throughout this year, will focus on prevention and aim to change generational behaviour through education.

Borderers are being urged to get their bids in for a share of over £300,000 to improve local communities. Individuals and groups have until 5pm on February 28 to submit their applications for the latest round of the Localities Bid Fund.

In an effort to help deliver its affordable housing target, the Scottish Government has increased its budget for investment in charitable bonds in this next financial year to £40 million.

A Bill outlining new measures to tackle fuel poverty has been given approval in the Scottish Parliament despite concerns the plans “lack ambition”.

CCG (Scotland) has taken the next steps to improve the energy performance of the typical home with research and development into heat loss. The contractor and manufacturer has worked in partnership with energy and sustainability consultancy Carbon Futures to reduce the impact of ‘thermal

Housing association Dunedin Canmore, part of Wheatley Group, has secured £16 million of charitable bond finance to help build hundreds of new homes. The new funding was announced as Housing Minister Kevin Stewart visited a development in the east of Edinburgh where Dunedin Canmore is close to

Hillcrest Housing Association is set to create 91 new affordable homes in Stonehaven, bolstering Grampian's stretched housing provision.

Neil Clapperton, CEO of Grampian Housing Association, reflects on the collapse of Our Power, the housing association-backed energy provider. Our Power was an amazing creature, a utility with a heart, an energy supplier that cared for those on the margins, households in fuel poverty. It was the brain

Kingdom Housing Association has launched a pioneering shortlisting scheme to guarantee that people who are homeless or have recently experienced homelessness will be considered for employment. The scheme has been created to lessen the stigma and the barriers to employment that sometimes face people

One of the world’s biggest computer games is helping children in Glasgow learn about the role Maryhill played in the First World War. ‘Building the Barracks’ is a free download for Minecraft, allowing gamers to experience what it was like to live and work in the army base back in 1