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The Scottish Government has unveiled more information regarding the affordable housing investment announced in the draft Budget by finance secretary Derek Mackay. In 2018/19, more than £756 million will be made available through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme – 28% higher than the previo

Legislation to set up a Scottish social security agency passed its first hurdle at the Scottish Parliament yesterday as MSPs unanimously agreed the general principles of the Social Security (Scotland) Bill. During the debate, cross party consensus was given for an additional principle in the Bill re

Much-needed new homes are being held up in the planning system because local authorities are increasing the expectations on developers to deliver infrastructure solutions such as new local schools, according to Homes for Scotland. In evidence provided to the Scottish Parliament’s education & s

A total of 41 homes in Galashiels and Innerleithen are to be sold to Eildon Housing to ensure they remain available for affordable rent. The 21 houses and flats at Chris Paterson Place in Galashiels, and 20 flats at James Hogg Court in Innerleithen were developed by Tweed Property Leasing and acquir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQfveSBtsoU With new branding coming in early 2018, a new website by Easter and the beginning of work on new offices and 82 homes for rent in the summer, next year promises to be very exciting for Elderpark Housing Association.

Chairman Sandy Adam, housing minister Kevin Stewart, CEO Innes Smith and group partnership director Tom Leggeat at an affordable housing development in Muirhouse Housebuilder Springfield Properties is making good progress with the five new village style developments it is creating across Scotland an

Charles Craigie Marwick The Lands Tribunal for Scotland (LTS) has announced the appointment of Charles Craigie Marwick BSc (Hons) FRICS as its new surveyor member in succession to the late Douglas Gillespie.

Two aspiring young builders joined experts from Robertson Northern to help lay the first bricks on a new block of homes in Midmills, Inverness. The firm has begun works to transform the area into a development of 31 affordable apartments as part of its £3.6 million contract with Highland Council.

The first phase of the £600 million ‘Reaching 100%’ broadband programme will focus on delivering superfast broadband access to Scotland’s rural and island communities, the Scottish Government has revealed. The procurement will be made up of three regional Lots (North, Central and South), with

Staff members Diane Balfour and Dawn Blackhurst have been visiting local children to deliver their gifts Shire Housing Association has successfully applied to the Cash for Kids’ Christmas Grant Fund securing £725 to help 29 children living across East Ayrshire.

The Scottish Government is unlikely to meet its target of delivering 50,000 new affordable homes by 2021 without reforms to housing procurement, according to a survey of Scotland’s building companies. The latest Scottish Construction Monitor, a quarterly survey of the membership of the Scottish Bu

More than a million adults in Scotland believe that they, or someone they know, could experience homelessness, according to new research. A study into social attitudes to homelessness, commissioned by charity Street Soccer Scotland, found that 31% of Scots (equivalent to around 1.4 million adults),

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter Communities secretary Angela Constance has pledged to learn any possible lessons from the publication of an interim report into UK building regulations and fire safety following the Grenfell Tower fire.

Work has started on Grampian Housing Association’s newest development in Peterhead, where it is building 17 affordable two-bedroom flats on a previously derelict site. The development supports Aberdeenshire Council’s Regeneration Strategy, which aims to drive prosperity by breathing new life int

Hjaltland Housing Association’s Housing Support Services have been given a glowing report by the Care Inspectorate. An inspection of the Association’s sheltered housing support services along with The Hub Project – an initiative jointly ran with Shetland Islands Council to provide transitional