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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHaG_BCFELE Glasgow City Council’s executive committee has approved funding support of up to £10 million for the early delivery of a new rail station for Robroyston, paving the way for the delivery of almost 1,600 homes.

Significant investments in council houses in Perth and Kinross over recent years has seen the percentage of council houses achieving the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) reach an all time high. A positive report on housing conditions will be considered by members of Perth & Kinross Counc

Dundee City Council has approved plans to build 163 homes on the site of two former multis in the city’s Hilltown area. The development by Robertson Partnership Homes, on behalf of the council and Hillcrest Housing Association, will see 123 flats and 40 houses built on land where the Bucklemaker a

Plans have been unveiled to demolish a distillery tower in Dumbarton town centre to make for new affordable homes. Under plans currently being considered by West Dunbartonshire Council, Dunbritton Housing Association will develop 155 affordable homes on the former Ballantine’s Distillery site.

Ian Watt of Rae Place, Perth (left) with Ross Laidlaw from Keepmoat A £6.6 million Perth & Kinross Council investment aimed at eradicating fuel poverty has successfully installed heating systems to over 1,000 homes across the region.

Bob Brownlie, Area Housing Manager; Councillor Heather McVey; Depute Provost, Councillor Jean Jones and Councillor Alan Stevenson mark the official opening of Barrie Street, Kilsyth The official opening of a completed development of North Lanarkshire Council homes has taken place at Barrie Place in

Experts from South Ayrshire Council were on hand to guide more than 80 private landlords through a number of information workshops recently. With the assistance of colleagues from East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Councils, landlords from across Ayrshire learned about their obligations and there were

Average rents in Scotland’s private rented sector fell in the final quarter of 2016 by 0.9 per cent on the year to stand at £739 per month, according to new figures. Citylets reports that the vast majority of the national reduction can be attributed to Aberdeen where average rents fell by 15.4 pe

House prices in Scotland continued to go up last month with further increases expected over the next three months, surveyors have reported. The December Residential Market Survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) found that 32 per cent more chartered surveyors reporting a rise r

(from left) Langstane Housing Association chief executive, Helen Gauld; Moray Fresh Start chairperson, Mrs Catherine Green; Moray Fresh Start convenor, Mrs Mary Nelson and Langstane Housing Association housing services officer, Laura Gavin Staff at Langstane Housing Association have been given the o

Pete Jew was named the UK’s top charity shop worker last year An Edinburgh charity shop has had a record-breaking week of trading thanks to donations of designer, vintage and quirky items.

Angela Constance Sixteen projects across Scotland will share £350,000 to help families access fresh and healthy food, communities secretary Angela Constance has announced.

Rod Ashley Airdrie Savings Bank (ASB), the UK’s last remaining independent savings bank, is to close its doors with seventy jobs likely to be lost.

Artist’s impression of how the development would look Link Group has submitted plans to Argyll and Bute Council to transform the Dunbeg Corridor area with a development of 600 new homes.

Zhan McIntyre Scotland’s social housing sector has said that more affordable housing is desperately required to reverse the 17 per cent increase in the number of children living in temporary accommodation.