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Kingdom Housing Association has reported “excellent progress” on its development of 22 new homes at Paton Street in Dunfermline and announced that completion of the first phase is now expected for May this year.

Jim Rooney Experienced housing practitioner Jim Rooney has been working in asset management for the past 25 years and this year will chair HouseMark Scotland’s new Active Asset Management Specialist Club. He considers the main challenges currently facing registered social landlords in asset manage

The Consumer Futures Unit (CFU) of Citizens Advice Scotland has today published its draft Work Plan for 2017-18. This is the first time the CFU has published a distinct Scottish work plan following the devolution of consumer advocacy powers last year.

A programme to address issues of energy efficiency and fuel poverty in Glasgow over the next five years has been agreed by the local authority. The action plan for Glasgow City Council’s 2017-22 Affordable Warmth Programme has been informed by four key policy themes which are improving Glasgow's h

Residents of three Aberdeen multi-storeys have voted on how £100,000 will be invested in their buildings and surrounding areas. As part of its participatory budgeting programme, known as UDecide, Aberdeen City Council asked occupiers of Promenade, Regent and Linksfield Courts to vote for their top

What support is available to help those in fuel poverty? Lisa Glass blogs on Shelter Scotland’s new guide with Energy Action Scotland. There has been a lot of attention recently on fuel poverty, and 748,000 fuel poor households marked a failed target to eradicate fuel poverty by November 2016. Two

The UK government’s welfare reform measures are set to cost Dundee’s economy almost £100 million every year by 2021, according to new research. A Scottish Government report, conducted by Sheffield Hallam University in 2013, estimated the impact of welfare reform on the city’s economy annually

There's lots of work taking place in the Private Rented Sector in Scotland's cities, writes the Scottish Cities Alliance. The housing market has gone through a sea change in the past few years with the Private Rented Sector emerging as a key trend, for both occupiers and investors.

Clackmannanshire Council’s Home Energy Advice Team (Clacks HEAT) has helped deliver over £1 million in energy savings for local residents. By providing advice and support to tackle high energy costs and fuel debt, the team have assisted vulnerable families to live in more efficient homes which ar

A shortage of supply of homes to buy in Scotland has continued to cause affordability challenges, according to a new survey. The January 2017 UK Residential Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) revealed that 30% of respondents reported a rise in house prices than a

Gill Henry (left) & Nicola Barclay presenting a key to the new home Two leading female figures from Scotland’s home building industry have returned from building a home for a vulnerable family in Mumbai, raising over £10,000 in the process to support charity Habitat for Humanity.

(from left) Jamie McLean, contracts manager at Mactaggart & Mickel Contracts; Terence Morgan, Salvesen Gardens resident and veteran; Peter Minshall, CEO at SVGCA; and Peter Shepherd, director at Mactaggart & Mickel Contracts Work has been completed on a new project in Edinburgh providing vit

Ian Brennan The Scottish Housing Regulator has highlighted to a social housing conference the importance of good governance and risk awareness to successfully building new homes.

Harry Smith Gillespie Macandrew’s housebuilding expert Harry Smith says now is not the time for Scotland’s housebuilders to be cautious.

Cath Johnstone Midlothian and Western Isles councils have become the first local authorities to announce a rise in council tax since 2006, following the Scottish Government’s decision to end the council tax freeze.