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The two tower blocks in Saltcoats will be upgraded under the new proposals North Ayrshire Council has amended plans to demolish all its high rise tower blocks following the conclusion of extensive consultation with residents.

An example of Barratt’s affordable homes at Barratt @ The Gyle The UK’s largest housebuilder has delivered over 150 affordable homes in Edinburgh to social housing providers in the last 12 months.

Construction work on a £5 million development of 40 new homes for social rent is underway in Springburn. The two-bed apartments are being built by Glasgow-based AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd on behalf of Home Scotland, part of Home Group.

Current vice president Jim Strang The search for the Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) next vice president is officially underway with nominations now open.

Keith Brown A new Scottish National Investment Bank will be operational next year and provide £2 billion in capital over ten years, MSPs have been told.

The City of Edinburgh Council is examining “ambitious plans” to revamp the public realm of the Scottish capital’s city centre in which over £3 billion worth of projects are currently underway, delegates at a planning event were told. Delivering the opening keynote at a Built Environment Netwo

From livestock to housing stock, River Clyde Homes' Moira Nisbet is a rising star. Image credit Kris Cairns River Clyde Homes is proud to report that one of its temporary customer liaison officers has been nominated for a prestigious national award.

Councillors in Perth & Kinross will receive a progress report on the council’s gypsy traveller strategy next week with a view to the implementation of a revised strategy later in the year. The main aims of the current Gypsy Traveller Strategy 2013-18 are to develop a more co-ordinated approach

A very sheltered housing complex in Fife is to hold a garden fete next month to raise funds for its tenants to arrange days out and entertainment. The Byron Court Sheltered Housing Complex at Den Walk in Methil will host the event on June 16 from 11-2.

The official opening of new council homes at Cardowan Drive in Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire Council has unveiled proposals to more than double its affordable home plans by pledging to deliver 5,000 homes by 2035.

Some of the Modern Apprentices who started with Wheatley Group in 2017 Wheatley Group has strengthened its commitment to tackling exclusion and disadvantage by pledging to set aside 10% of places on its Modern Apprenticeship programme for young people with disabilities.

The Bay Street development in Port Glasgow currently under construction with historic Ropeworks in the background The number of occupied River Clyde Homes properties has increased for the first time after 10 years of reducing occupancy, figures recently collated for the forthcoming Annual Report on

Glen Oaks was named in the shortlist at the UK Housing Awards Glen Oaks Housing Association is celebrating its success after being named as a finalist in the UK Housing Awards.

Brookwell Court Tenants at a retirement housing development in Muirhouse are set to tackle the history of Scottish dialects as part of a series of events held by the local Reminiscence Group.

Twenty unloved doors in Dundee’s Stobswell area have received a creative lick of paint as part of unique street art project supported by Hillcrest and Dulux. Following the success of the Open/Close Dundee initiative, which injected life to the alleyways and forgotten corners of the city centre, vo