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The Scottish Land Commission has begun work on developing proposals for new Compulsory Sale Order (CSO) power to make use of derelict and urban vacant land. CSOs would be a new legal mechanism available to local authorities to require abandoned buildings or small plots of land, that have been dereli

Attendees of the taster session Partick Housing Association has teamed up with construction firm City Building to offer a taster session for its Apprenticeship 2018 programme.

Kathie Pollard Scottish Land Commission policy officer, Kathie Pollard, looks at Compulsory Sale Orders.

Councillor Trish Robertson; Mairi Ross Grey, More Homes Division Manager, Highlands, Islands & Moray & councillors Isabelle MacKenzie and Ian Brown are pictured welcoming Mr and Mrs Davidson to their new home Work on six new homes suitable for wheelchair users in Inverness is now complete.

The population of the Highland village of Evanton could potentially double in the coming years after councillors approved plans for a 160-home development and were informed of another 150 new homes in the pipeline. Building firm Makar Limited is to build the mix of semi-detached, terraced and town h

A construction firm has secured permission to build three blocks of flats on land near McDiarmid Park in Perth at the third time of asking. GS Brown scrapped two previous plans to transform an acre of vacant land off Allison Crescent after opposition from residents.

David Bookbinder The benefits and costs of installing sprinklers in social housing need to be weighed against the many other pressures on the rents tenants pay, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).

Cadder Housing Association has welcomed the results of a comprehensive independent assessment of its compliance against the Scottish Housing Regulator’s regulatory standards of governance and financial management. The review by the Indigo House Group showed that the Association scored highly i

The new Customer Connections team A new service has been launched at Cloch Housing Association which offers a one stop shop service for its customers.

A think-tank has called on policy makers to radically reform the private rental sector to make it fit for raising children and retirement after a new report found that a generation of young people face the prospect of never owning their own home. Published today by the Resolution Foundation, Home Im

New research has revealed the often devastating impact that a threat to someone’s home can have on their mental health. Analysis of national data by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute found that over a million UK adults are both struggling with their mental health and housing costs - wit

A planning application for homes near Edinburgh Zoo could be called in by ministers after concerns were raised that noise from the building site could disturb the zoo's pandas. Developers Sundial Dundas Corstorphine have applied for permission for the 78-home redevelopment of the nearby Corstorphine

Plans to bring new housing to the Whitfield area of Dundee as part of a “major regeneration initiative” commenced last week. Local developer, DJ Laing Homes has returned to the area to start work on their latest development and follow the success of the 200 homes they built previously in Ballumb

Housing providers have a vital role to play in helping victims of domestic abuse and holding perpetrators to account, new research by national domestic abuse charity SafeLives and housing association Gentoo has found. Every year, nearly 2 million people in the UK experience domestic abuse. Seven wom

More than 95% of Scotland’s homes and businesses are now able to connect to fibre broadband. The rollout has been delivered through the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) project, with a total contribution of £280 million from across the public sector in Scotland.