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Dundee City Council has outlined plans to invest almost £400 million on infrastructure projects across the city over the next five years. The £387m programme to be undertaken between 2017 and 2022 takes in play areas, schools, the V&A Dundee, well insulated council housing and initiatives desi

Councillor Cammy Day explains how the City of Edinburgh Council is tackling the capital's acute housing shortage and lack of affordable homes. Edinburgh is a fantastic place to live, as our Edinburgh People Survey consistently shows, and this is reflected by the many thousands of people who want to

A new online service offered by Perth & Kinross Council will match tenants who are looking for a mutual exchange of homes. The new Swap and Move service will make the process of house-swaps easier and safer for tenants who are looking to move to another property.

(from left) Linda Smith and her son Charlie, William Smith, Cllr. Judy Hamilton, Doreen Smith and Jacqui Sinclair, housing project officer outside William Smith’s new ground floor property Twenty-two Fife Council homes which form the final phase of homes for rent at Silverdykes are nearing complet

Outgoing chair Angela Sulo (left) is presented with a glass sculpture by honorary member Marlen Jones Scottish Borders Tenants Organisation (SBTO) chair Angela Sulo received a warm vote of thanks as she marked the end of two years in office at the organisation’s AGM, held at Scottish Borders Housi

With the Scottish Government committing to building 50,000 affordable homes over the lifetime of the current parliament, a conference beginning today is to discuss how Scotland’s rural and island communities can ensure that a fair share of the homes are built in their areas. The Scottish Rural and

The Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has praised the Scottish Government’s People and Communities Fund (PCF) for reaching local communities directly and has called for it to be a priority in the forthcoming Spending Review. Issuing a briefing on the Fund, GWSF says

Councillor Dave Doogan A shared equity home ownership scheme to help people purchase their own home at an affordable price is being launched by Perth & Kinross Council in selected new housing developments.

John Alexander Council house tenants in Dundee could end up with the second lowest rent increase in the city council’s history if councillors back a consultation on the options next week.

(from left) Bill Banks, Lizzie Guthrie, Elaine Thomson, Emma Matthews, Diane Baxter, Ronel Malan, Norah Smith and Shona Laird Kingdom Housing Association’s Support and Care service, which supports around 260 vulnerable people throughout the towns and villages of Fife and Falkirk, has congratulated

A project which targets some of Glasgow’s most vulnerable citizens who need urgent intervention because they are sleeping rough or at risk of homelessness is successfully helping people in times of crisis, a report has revealed. The ‘Homelessness Rights Hubs’, a joint initiative between Glasgo

The empty schoolhouse in Achiltibuie will soon be transformed into two flats Rural communities struggling to meet demand for local housing are being encouraged to follow in the footsteps of the Highland village of Achiltibuie and apply to a Scottish Government fund to help convert empty properties i

CCG is to begin upgrading 65 homes in Edinburgh for Blackwood. The contractor's Asset Management (AM) division will install new boilers at properties in Charlotte Hill.

More than a third of landlords in Scotland are unaware of their responsibility to check gas appliances, despite dangerous appliances being found in a fifth of privately-rented accommodation, new research has revealed. Campaign body Gas Safe Register found that unsafe gas appliances have been found i

Ed Monaghan By Ed Monaghan, chair of Construction Scotland and CEO of Mactaggart & Mickel Group