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Residents across Fife will benefit from having their unwanted bulky household waste items uplifted free of charge, reducing pressure on the region's recycling centres and helping residents struggling with the cost of living crisis.

The first free library showcasing realistic and evidence-led images of people experiencing homelessness that seek to challenge negative representations has been launched by the Centre for Homelessness Impact (CHI).

The enhanced eviction protections currently in place across both the social rented sector and private rented sector (PRS) are to remain in place after the end of March when the rent cap will also continue but only for the PRS, the Scottish Government has announced.

Public consultation on the final four District Regeneration Frameworks (DRFs) for the Glasgow city centre districts (Cowcaddens, the Learning Quarter, the Merchant City and Townhead) will begin on 20 January and continue until 3 March.

Housebuilder Muir Homes has purchased land with planning permission to build high-quality family homes at its first development in Midlothian.

Around 3.2 million people across Great Britain ran out of credit on their prepayment meter last year because they couldn’t afford to top up, the equivalent to one person every 10 seconds, new research from Citizens Advice has found. The charity also found more than two million people are being

Avant Homes managing director Alan Hopwood has left his job after less than nine months. The former Persimmon director joined the housebuilder at the end of March last year.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has set up a dedicated one-stop-shop webpage for households and businesses affected by the severe flooding that took place across the region in late December 2022.

East Lothian Council has refused planning permission for almost 200 new homes in Tranent with councillors calling for more power to protect land set aside for business use.

Caledonia Housing Association (CHA) has hosted its annual staff conference with a theme of ‘Living Our Values’ featuring a selection of trusted partners from the housing industry and charity sector to provide information and support on the cost-of-living crisis and financial wellbeing. I

The Wee House Group has unveiled a significant additional working space in its East Ayrshire factory, taking the premises to a vast 120,000 sq feet, an area the size of almost two full-sized football pitches.

An agreed definition of a Scottish equivalent of the Passivhaus standard which will become the minimum for all new housing in the country is to be the subject of consultation between the Scottish Government and the building industry, Patrick Harvie has confirmed. Last month, the

Persimmon has followed rival Barratt in announcing a reduction in new home completions after seeing demand drop off in the final part of 2022.

Letting agents continue to face difficulty maintaining their pooled client accounts from high street banks that are still misinterpreting anti-money laundering (AML) regulations.

Hanover Scotland has temporarily changed its Annual Assurance Statement status to working towards compliance after it identified failures to comply with its tenant and resident safety duties. Customer safety compliance includes issues such as fire risk assessments, electrical safety i