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A development of 115 new homes in the Leith area of Edinburgh has been granted planning permission with a number of the units designated for affordable housing. The approval of Barratt Homes’ planning application will result in a mix of one, two and three bedroom apartments and colony homes to the

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter Glasgow City Council has been criticised in the Scottish Parliament, after it emerged that the extent of the combustible cladding used in the city should be known by Friday.

Thirty new legal members and 19 ordinary members have been appointed to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland and assigned to the Housing and Property Chamber. The announcement follows a recruitment round by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland (JABS), which invited applications from any suit

More than 600 new homes will be built by Angus Council and local housing associations in the county over the next five years, with the support of a £25 million Scottish Government funding package. The announcement this week came as the council’s communities committee approved the Local Housing St

Proposals to overhaul the planning system in Scotland are unlikely to have any positive effect in meeting the demands and aspirations of communities and the development industry, councillors have told the Scottish Government. Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee (ISC) has writ

Homeless Action Scotland (HAS) has today announced its support for Shelter Scotland’s Homelessness: Far From Fixed campaign ahead of the two organisations giving evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee on homelessness. HAS is the latest high-profile group to sign up to the campaign after the A

Kingdom Housing Association, together with Curtis Jones Property Developments, has announced its intention to apply for planning permission in the coming weeks for a £4.5 million affordable housing development at Aberdour Road, Dunfermline. The proposal is for some 42 flatted homes for mid-market a

With homelessness moving towards the frontline of Scottish politics, Adam Lang says delivering a ‘Housing First’ model needs sustained support as part of a whole system response and should not be mistaken for a silver bullet. The recently published Programme for Government outlined a pledge to r

Chief executive Bryony Willett addresses the AGM Supporting communities and the people who live there remains the focus for Maryhill Housing as it marked 40 years at its AGM.

Parkhead chief executive Jim Strang Parkhead Housing Association celebrated its birthday at its 40th Annual General Meeting on Scottish Housing Day last week.

Frances Beattie, chair of Larkfield, with new committee member Suzanne Gallagher Larkfield Housing Association celebrated its achievements over the past year at its Annual General Meeting last week.

Victoria Nixon Renters in Edinburgh have topped a list of unclaimed tenancy deposits with the city having twice the number of unclaimed deposits than Glasgow, and three times more than Aberdeen.

(from left) Peter Cameron (West Lothian Council), Craig Jardine (West Dunbartonshire Council), Graham McDowall (River Clyde Homes), Clive Feeney (SPA), Susan Wilson (Cairn HA), Josh Littlejohn (guest speaker from Social Bite), Zoe Fance (South Ayrshire Council), Audrey Faulds (South Lanarkshire Coun

Linkwood View residents with children from Magic Roundabout The first retirees to move into a brand new housing complex for older people in Elgin received an extra special warm welcome when children from the local after school club visited for the afternoon.

The private rented sector now accounts for 15% of all households in Scotland The proportion of households in Scotland’s private rented sector (PRS) continued to grow last year as the social rented sector remained steady, according to new findings.