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Aberdeenshire Council has approved proposals to convert a derelict petrol station in Fraserburgh into 35 new homes. Grampian Housing Association unveiled proposals last year to demolish the remnants of the petrol station on Cross Street and build new affordable homes to help ease the council’s hou

A charitable trust has lodged plans to build affordable homes as part of a proposed £25 million package of investment in Perth. Following an extensive consultation with the local community, the Gannochy Trust has made a full planning application for the development of 48 houses within the existing

Current homes at Almond Park Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has been given the green light from East Lothian Council to build 98 new homes in Musselburgh.

A private landlord in Fife has been become the first to be disqualified by a Scottish court. Following his second conviction at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, Mohammed Murtaza, 47, was banned from renting out homes anywhere in Scotland for 12 months.

Around half of the homes in Edinburgh city centre will be holidays lets by 2050 if current trends continue, the Scottish Green Party has suggested. Concerns have been raised that a sharp rise in holiday lets in the capital is making it more difficult for people to find somewhere to live.

A public health official has called for a ban on smoking in new council houses to protect children from harmful second-hand smoke. Professor John Middleton, president of the Faculty of Public Health, said adults smoking in the home damaged the development of children’s lungs and put babies at risk

A group of friends plan to spend a night sleeping rough to highlight homelessness in Dundee ahead of the general election. Mark Parsons, a pharmacist from Broughty Ferry, has rounded up around 15 of his friends and acquaintances to take part in the initiative.

Phoenix Futures Scotland, a charity and housing association which has been helping people overcome drug and alcohol problems for more than 45 years, is developing new recovery housing schemes and looking for partners, writes Martin Adams. Closing this gap between substance misuse treatment and homel

A developer has unveiled plans to build 43 new homes in Dundee. InverTay Homes wants to construct the houses on a large area of empty land in Summerfield Terrace the Whitfield area of the city.

The Poverty Alliance, which delivers the Scottish Living Wage Accreditation Initiative in partnership with the Living Wage Foundation, has welcomed the news that Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) is now an accredited Living Wage Employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at HHP

Students in Glasgow are being sought to help establish a housing co-operative which provides good quality housing to students at fair rents. A group of about twelve students from the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art are hoping to recruit students from other institutions in the city to

Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick As the Homelessness Reduction Bill gains Royal Assent in England, Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick responds to its significance.

(from left) Andrew Mickel (Mactaggart and Mickel), Kevin Stewart MSP and Bruce Mickel (Mactaggart and Mickel) Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government and housing, has visited the award-winning Polnoon neighbourhood in the village of Eaglesham in East Renfrewshire to see how the design of th

Employees at Nationwide Building Society have raised over £5,300 for Edinburgh-based homeless charity Bethany Christian Trust. The organisation, which is a local partner with Bethany Christian Trust, raised support for the charity’s Care Van and Care Shelter – two services that support hundreds

Social security minister Jeane Freeman on removing the involvement of the private sector in carrying out benefit assessments. Last week in the Scottish Parliament, I ruled out the use of private companies in assessing people for the benefits that will be delivered under Scotland’s new social secur