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The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has highlighted a number of difficulties surrounding plans to install sprinklers into all social housing residences and instead called for a holistic approach to be taken to fire safety. A consultation on a potential private members bill from High

Aberdeenshire Council’s latest new-build development has been completed with 16 affordable homes in Inverurie now ready for occupation. The development at North Street, a mix of one and two-bedroom flats for rent, was handed over to the council by contractor Bancon Homes, which designed and built

The latest batch of new affordable homes were opened in Stirling yesterday at the Royal Park View development in Raploch. Local councillors, tenants and invited guests attended the official ribbon cutting ceremony, following the completion of 20 new properties for Stirling Council tenants.

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