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Two energy networks which heat homes in Dundee and Fife have been handed top awards by Scotland’s renewable energy industry. All award winners. Image credit: Blue Sky Photography

The outcomes of the prestigious 2019 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were announced last week at a celebratory presentation event in Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel. Representatives of the five category winning initiatives for 2019 were personally congratulated on their i

Construction has begun on a new housing development which will bring 172 properties to a former car manufacturing site in Paisley.

The former Ayrshire College site in Kilmarnock is set to be transformed into a community of new homes as Barratt Homes starts work on the site.

The Scottish Housing Regulator is to investigate Glasgow City Council’s service for people who are homeless after finding that a “significant number of people” are still failing to receive temporary and emergency accommodation when required.

Loretto Housing and Cube have appointed Laura Henderson as their new managing director. Laura has 17 years’ experience in the housing sector and joined fellow Wheatley Group member GHA five years ago as locality housing director for Parkview, Darnley and Kennishead.

Councillors have approved a development programme for a new residential quarter in the heart of Aberdeen. 

Clydebank Housing Association and Elderpark Housing have announced the appointment of TC Young as new legal advisors. (from left) Kirsty Nairn and  Lauren Little of TC Young, Sharon Keenan of Clydebank, Alison Brynes of TC Young and Gary Dalziel of Elderpark

New legislation will make it easier for people living with disabilities to make communal areas around their home more accessible.

Community safeguarding charity Sacro has announced the appointment of Annie Mauger-Thompson as its new chief executive. Ms Mauger-Thompson, who was replaced as national director for CIH Scotland by Callum Chomczuk in September 2018, joins the organisation after stints as an interim chief executive w

Ambitious new proposals for one of Edinburgh’s largest development projects for more than a decade have been unveiled.

Ambassador Homes is planning to bring townhouse living to the market in Pollokshaws with the development of 17 homes on the site of a former laundry at Wellmeadow Road. The developer has said that the project will feature a selection of bespoke three and four-bedroom townhouses designed for modern l

Planning applications have been submitted to Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park which would see 14 new homes built in the region.

A team from civil engineering and plant supply company Story Scotland eschewed their usual Christmas video and instead dedicated their time to helping people experiencing homelessness in the run-up to Christmas. Volunteers from the family-owned company joined forces with Network Rail and fellow

More than 500 accidental house fires were recorded across Scotland during last year’s festive season, according to the latest statistics revealed today by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Figures show the extent of seasonal dwelling fires responded to by firefighters, with a total of 509