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McCarthy & Stone has secured planning permission for an assisted living development at Links Road in Prestwick. Designed by Holmes Miller, the four storey building contains 69 independent living flats with common facilities including dining and kitchen.

Garrion People’s Housing Co-operative has appointed CCG Asset Management to a window replacement contract for a further 40 properties throughout South Lanarkshire. The announcement follows the success of the first contract which saw CCG replace windows in 40 properties in Wishaw during the summer.

Money raised from the Sleep in the Park charity sleep-out next month is to go towards ensuring no one has to sleep rough in Edinburgh over the winter, according to organisers. Event organiser Social Bite has donated £25,000 of the funds already accumulated to Bethany Christian Trust's winter care s

A street name that disappeared when two Dundee multi storey blocks were built could be resurrected if councillors back the move next week. Russell Street was wiped from the map in the late 1960s to make way for Bucklemaker and Butterburn courts at the top of the Hilltown.

A new publication from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) explores the concept of Housing First and the principles behind it and looks at how it is being put into practice across the UK and Ireland as a one of a range of approaches to tackling homelessness. Housing First offers permanent accom

Cube launches the new-build development in Main Street, Bonhill Work has started on 75 new affordable homes on two sites in West Dunbartonshire.

Highland Council leader, Councillor Margaret Davidson cuts the turf at Drumnadrochit for new housing with (left to right) Calum Macaulay CEO Albyn Housing Society; Thom Macleod, Compass Construction director and Gail Matheson CEO Highland Housing Alliance Compass Construction has started work on the

(from left) Glenn Adcook, Osprey chief executive; Emma Bugden with Sophia; John Forsyth and housing minister Kevin Stewart Housing minister Kevin Stewart has officially opened the second phase of a popular Aberdeenshire development for Osprey Housing.

SNP MSP Clare Haughey has established a new Cross-Party Group (CPG) aimed at improving consumer protection in the energy market. The new Cross-Party Group on Consumer Protection for Home Energy Efficiency was established after getting the go-ahead from the Scottish Parliament’s Standards Committee

An official opening of North Lanarkshire Council’s latest development of new homes in Coltness took place, marking a significant milestone as the council welcomed its 400th tenant to move in to a council new build home. Coltness is the 18th council housing development completed as part of its NL H

Cruden Building director Gordon Lee and Wendy Kilshaw who has just completed the latest Learning Works course Opportunities for jobless people to learn new skills have been given a £5,000 boost from generous construction firm Cruden Building.

(from left) Back row: Claycot Park residents Bill White, Helen Farrell, May Coutts, Mary Aitchison, Joan Gordon, Liz Mouat and Robert Mouat. Front row: Glyemuir Primary School nursery pupils Jayden, Evie, Olivia, Eve, Rosie, Sophie, Sadie, Finlay, Ari and Struan A six-week pilot project is aiming to

Barratt Homes’ Mill Brae development A home is likely to be the biggest purchase a person will ever make. As such, it’s perfectly understandable that buyers will want every assurance their home is the quality investment they’ve worked so long and hard for.

Residents are being invited to submit their views on the next Local Development Plan (LDP) for the Cairngorms National Park. A 15-week consultation has been launched on the Main Issues Report, which sets out the Park Authority's ideas for how things should look in the future.

Plans have been unveiled to build 120 new affordable flats at an empty site at Dundee’s City Quay. Edinburgh-based JM Architects has submitted a proposal of application notice (PAN) to Dundee City Council for the homes along with parking facilities on an area of land to the west of Thorter Row and