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A pioneering eco-village backed by the Prince of Wales is to be reviewed after only a fraction of the development has been completed. The Prince’s Foundation, a charity aimed at promoting urban design, had planned to deliver 770 homes at Knockroon in East Ayrshire.

Stakeholder groups have been given an outline of the funding challenges facing Aberdeen City Council as it prepares to set the 2019/20 budget. The budget will be decided at a meeting of full council on March 5 – with a range of measures to be considered to bridge a funding gap of between &poun

A study into Scotland’s most and least affordable cities has found that Aberdeen has seen the biggest boost in home affordability over the last five years. The latest Bank of Scotland research found that average house prices in the city have risen by only 2% to £203,944 in the last five

Plans for a £50 million mixed-used transformation of Edinburgh’s Leith Walk have been rejected by councillors. Drum Property Group had planned to demolish the two-storey red sandstone shop frontages and industrial units at Stead’s Place and replace it with a five storey facility co

Finance secretary Derek Mackay has reached an agreement with the Scottish Green Party to support the Scottish Budget at all parliamentary stages. In letters exchanged on Thursday, Mr Mackay outlined a package of reforms to local government as Green co-convener Patrick Harvie said the deal was t

Brendan O’Hara, MP for Argyll and Bute, has cut the first turf on the site of ten new homes in Garelochhead to launch Argyll Community Housing Association’s (ACHA’s) Passivhaus housing development. The Passivhaus standard builds homes to a very high standard of energy efficiency wh

Services such as Scotland’s Care and Repair housing support services are under threat from drastic public funding cuts, according to a new report. Care and Repair helps older and disabled homeowners to repair, improve or adapt their homes so that they can live in comfort and safety in their ow

The Scottish Government is consulting on proposals to increase the legal rights on people who are homeless in Scotland.

Lisa Glass responds to the latest Scottish Government statistics on homeless applications and households in temporary accommodation.

ng homes helped facilitate Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) Breathing Apparatus (BA) training by having it take place at one of its properties last week. The unoccupied two bedroom flat in Springburn was made available to the SFRS crew from Springburn with the aim of creating a new and realis

The management committee at Easthall Park Housing Co-operative has approved a rent increase of 3.3% following a consultation with tenants. Scheduled to take effect from March 28, the rent increase was determined as the necessary amount to ensure the Co-operative can continue to invest and improve in

CIH policy and practice officer Sam Lister rounds up all the latest changes to Universal Credit – including some which have slipped under the radar. Already in 2019 we’ve seen several new announcements about Universal Credit – in addition to those in the November Budget. Some have

Highland Council has agreed to invest in infrastructure improvements for Dingwall that will unlock the development of 150 additional houses in the town. The current Inner Moray Firth Local Development Plan allocates 470 additional new homes in Dingwall, based on the delivery of the Kinnairdie Link R

The UK Government has confirmed its £100 million investment in the Ayrshire Growth Deal. Scottish secretary David Mundell made the announcement as he visited HALO Kilmarnock and Ayrshire College.

Scottish housebuilder Springfield Properties has bought Livingston-based Walker Group for £31 million. Funded from Springfield's existing cash balances and borrowing facilities with Bank of Scotland, the acquisition of the entire share capital of Walker Holdings (Scotland) expands the Elgin-ba