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By Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician, Scottish Government Looking back

West Lothian Council has launched an update to its Tenant Participation Strategy to include all the ways in which tenants and service users can take part in shaping housing services. Over the course of last year tenants have worked alongside tenant participation staff to review the previous Tenant P

Margaret Ross Margaret Ross has retired as chief executive of Waverley Housing after 24 years’ service.

More than £143 million is set to be invested in housing across the Falkirk Council area in the next three years as part of the local authority’s on-going investment programme. In 2018/19, £13.5m will be spent making improvements to around 5,000 properties across the council area, such as:

The completed homes at Devilla in Kincardine The final phase of a major affordable housing development in Kincardine, Fife, has been completed by Kingdom Housing Association after a multi-million pound construction project.

Douglas McLeod Housebuilder Barratt Developments has announced plans to open 12 new sites creating 2280 new homes across Scotland during the course of 2018.

The Liberal Democrats have urged the Scottish Government to introduce a new loan scheme to help with the cost of renovating empty homes, after the party discovered almost 1,000 properties have lain empty for over a decade. Party leader Willie Rennie made the plea after a Freedom of Information reque

Sprinkler systems are to be featured as standard in all new council houses being built in Perth and Kinross, the local authority has announced. Perth & Kinross Council said sprinklers to suppress fires will be built into all new developments which are currently at design stage and going forward.

Colin Mair The chief executive of the national improvement organisation for councils in Scotland, Colin Mair, has announced he is to retire from local government service.

A charity which supports ex-service men and women has announced plans to build single living apartments on its estate in Bishopton. Erskine is set to deliver 24 apartments for occupation by single ex-service men and women of working age to help with the ever increasing demand for housing for veteran

Youngsters from St Cuthbert’s and Highpark primaries get ready for some healthy eating with Stevie and Emma from ENGIE Schoolchildren in Glasgow got a massive boost this week after healthy eating was put firmly on the menu.

A £65 million urban regeneration on the site of the former Johnnie Walker bottling plant in Kilmarnock’s reached a significant milestone last week when it received the green light from East Ayrshire Council. The HALO project, which includes a provision of affordable housing, could create around 1

New figures have revealed a rise in the number of new homes registered in Scotland last year. The latest statistics from the National House Building Council (NHBC) state 12,785 new homes were registered to be built in the country in 2017, compared with 11,574 in 2016.

Homes set for Blackbyres Road in Barrhead An additional 120 homes for social rent will be built by East Renfrewshire Council over the next five years.

Planning permission for the next phase of regeneration at the Pennywell Living development has been granted by the City of Edinburgh Council. The application from regeneration firm Urban Union and architects and town planners Barton Willmore includes plans for 315 dwellings (175 flats and 140 houses