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Managers and staff from Cullross, Marshall Construction, JM Architects, Dunbritton and West Dunbartonshire Council on-site at Dumbarton Harbour Dunbritton Housing Association has announced the start of work on a new development that will deliver 150 high-quality affordable homes in Dumbarton town ce

The £315 million Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal was formally signed last January The multi-billion pound City Region Deals across Scotland are suffering from “confused and cluttered” priorities between the Scottish and UK governments and could see rural and remote areas lose out on inv

Christina McKelvie MSP An MSP is calling on Scotland’s biggest energy providers to work with foodbanks to extend a Quick Credit Voucher scheme to tackle fuel poverty.

An MSP has urged on the UK government to finally end the “Highland energy rip-off” which sees customers facing a 2p electricity surcharge despite the region facing some of the highest rates of fuel poverty in the country. Over half of all rural and remote households live in fuel poverty, with fu

Members of Osprey’s Colleague Council celebrate the new award The Osprey Housing Group has achieved the prestigious Investors in People Silver Accreditation, the most successful framework for business improvement through people in the UK.

The former Strathclyde Police headquarters in central Glasgow will be transformed into high-tech rental housing under plans submitted by build-to-rent specialist Moda. The company wants to redevelop the Pitt Street complex into a ‘build-to-rent neighbourhood’, with co-working space for start-ups

Artist's impressions of the interior of a ‘FitHome’ Around £3 million of funding has been agreed for a ground-breaking Highland project that could transform the lives of people with complex health needs as part of the Inverness and Highland City Region Deal.

Angela Constance MSP Scotland’s social enterprise strategy has delivered more than £7 million of investment in its first year and a boost worth billions to the economy.

Artist's impression of the Maidenhill community A legal bid to prevent the development of more than 800 homes at Newton Mearns has been rejected by the Court of Session.

North Lanarkshire Council’s flagship Empty Homes Purchase Scheme has delivered another property for rent in Motherwell as the local authority continues to provide additional affordable housing. The scheme involves the council buying long term privately owned empty houses and flats, refurbishing th

An ageing housing block on the edge of Perth city centre is to be regenerated to complement plans for a nearby £30 million cinema and shopping complex. The Courier has reported that Perth and Kinross Council is planning an overhaul of St Catherine’s Square to ensure it fits in with the Mill Quart

Fresh plans to transform a former auction site and waste land in Moray into a housing complex have failed to address flooding concerns from Scotland’s environmental body. ANM Group has lodged plans to build more than 100 homes and restaurant at the site on Elgin’s Linkwood Road.

A plumber has been found guilty of causing a gas explosion which blew up a pensioners’ bungalow and trapped its occupants beneath the rubble. Craig Hall left a gas pipe liable to come loose in Robin and Marion Cunningham’s home in Callander, Perthshire, by crucially failing to solder a vital 90

Parkhead Housing Association is to recommend a 2.8% rent increase in order to allow the Association to fund its expenditure and maintain a level of reserves for new build projects. The Board of the Association met just before Christmas and considered a range of options with regard to budget and rent

In the aftermath of calls for rough sleepers to be cleared from the streets of Windsor for the royal wedding, Sarah Johnsen and Jenny Wood from the Institute for Social Policy, Housing, and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE) at Heriot-Watt University highlight key conclusions from an international evid