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Image by Brandon Leon – Flickr: Day 25: Fire Sprinkler, CC BY-SA 2.0 Proposals for mandatory fire sprinklers in new-build social housing have been met with overwhelming public support, Scottish Labour has revealed.

McTaggart Construction has been appointed to the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) H1 Framework for housing delivery following a rigorous procurement exercise. The framework has been developed to assist the Scottish Government’s target to deliver 50,000 new homes by 2021 and enables any publicly

Steven Monaghan (centre) with joiner Andy Stevenson (left) and Steven’s mentor joiner William Bennett (right) A trail-blazing link-up between Glen Oaks Housing Association and the youth employment charity WorkingRite to give young people a training and jobs lifeline is celebrating five years of su

Innovative new glasses which could revolutionise the way in which visually impaired athletes train and compete are one of the many exciting entries for an innovative design competition. The as yet unnamed concept is the brainchild of Andrew Taylor, a 24-year-old graduate from the University of Bath

Professor Glen Bramley reflects on the interim report of a new study investigating housing supply requirements across Great Britain for low-income households and homeless people, and the key policy challenges facing government and the housing sector. To the greatest extent in more than a generation,

People and communities across Scotland are being asked to save the date for this year’s Scottish Housing Day, which will take place on Wednesday September 19th. This will be the third annual Scottish Housing Day and is led by the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland (CIH Scotland) in partnershi

Graeme Brown A 7% increase in the number of applications for financial assistance towards housing costs made by households claiming housing benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit show the increased pressure faced by households across Scotland, Shelter Scotland has warned.

The average price of a property in Scotland reached £146,009 in March 2018, an increase of 6.7% on the previous year and an increase of 0.5% when compared to the previous month. This compares to a UK average of £224,144, which was an increase of 4.2% on March in the previous year and virtually unc

Court of Session A widow who sued her son and daughter-in-law following a dispute over the sale of the former family home has had her action dismissed.

(from left) Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Tejero, Estates Manager (SCTS), John Robson (Trustee of Stonehaven Town Partnership) and James Douglas (Trustee of Stonehaven Town Partnership) The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has transferred the Stonehaven Sheriff Court building for a nominal sum a

The number of households in Scotland has continued to increase to 2.46 million in 2017, according to figures published today by National Records of Scotland (NRS). 'Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2017' shows over the last ten years the number of households in Scotland has grown b

The cabinet held its meeting in Clyde Gateway yesterday The Clyde Gateway regeneration programme has been awarded a £5.5 million cash injection from the Scottish Government.

The judges for a competition which seeks ideas to help tackle homelessness in Glasgow have been announced. Organised by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the ‘Cities for our Future’ competition aims to find innovative and practical ideas that can help solve problems in our rap

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) and the City of Edinburgh Council have been shortlisted for a Scottish Home Award for the new development at Leith Fort. The ambitious development, including 94 affordable homes, is in the running to clinch the large affordable housing development of the yea

Housing minister Kevin Stewart Housing minister Kevin Stewart outlines the Scottish Government's commitment to eradicating fuel poverty.