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Catriona Arbuckle, empty homes officer from North Lanarkshire Council accepts the award from (left) George Clarke, TV architect and Phil Hanson, from Howdens’ Joinery North Lanarkshire Council’s Empty Homes Purchase Scheme has scooped the title of ‘The Howdens Scottish Empty Homes Champion of

East Dunbartonshire Council has unanimously rejected plans to build 140 homes on greenbelt on the outskirts of the village of Torrance. The application by Hallam Land Management to build homes on grazing fields within Tower Farm was contrary to the Local Plan and contrary to Scottish Planning Policy

Simon Rubinsohn House prices in Scotland will see an average increase of 4 per cent over the course of next year and 6 per cent across the UK, according to the RICS housing forecast for 2016.

South Ayrshire Council has agreed a further £1.6 million budget savings for 2016/17-2018/19 after seeking community views on specific proposals earlier in the year. The decision by councillors means that almost £11m of savings have now been identified for this three-year period, with a number of d

River Clyde Homes took part in the annual Doors Open Days festival for the first time this autumn. The Inverclyde based housing association opened a show flat in one of the Broomhill tower blocks in Greenock and hosted an exhibition of photographs by the popular Facebook-based Dark Side o’ Invercl

Aileen Campbell Charities supporting children, families and adult learning have been awarded £12 million, children’s minister Aileen Campbell has announced.

High school students have come together to ensure that the older people in their community have a Christmas to remember. Twelve S6 pupils and three members of staff from Inverclyde Academy have spent the last 5 weeks putting together 119 hampers to hand out to the tenants at five Bield developments

Everton Football Club star Steven Naismith has paid for Christmas dinner for hundreds of homeless people. The Scottish forward sponsored an annual meal in Glasgow organised by the charity, Loaves and Fishes, which helps those sleeping rough in the city.

(left to right) Bill Banks welcoming Declan Whiteford with Sandy Milne, Kingdom’s area maintenance manager A young apprentice who lost his job due to a downturn in business has landed a new apprenticeship just in time for Christmas thanks to Kingdom Housing Association.

An iconic B-listed building in Glasgow’s Tradeston area has been saved from falling into serious disrepair thanks to the building’s factor Speirs Gumley, a dedicated group of home and business owners, and grant funding from Glasgow City Council. The building at 33 Dalintober Street/53 Morrison S

Work has begun on a new development of 525 new homes which will see the expansion of the East Lothian seaside town of Dunbar. Places for People and Castle Rock Edinvar are working in partnership with East Lothian Council and Mansell Homes to build 131 affordable homes as part of the development at H

Caledonia Housing Association staff have been given incident training to receive the essential skills and knowledge that they will need if they are deployed to any emergency. Thirty-five staff attended interactive training during October and November delivered by White Swan Risk Consultants who the

Eildon Housing Association has received another glowing report for the service at Station Avenue in Duns, supporting adults with learning disabilities to live independently. Although this service has received consistently high marks from the Care Inspectorate, the recent report, following an inspect

Confidence within the Scottish construction sector has fallen again back to where it was at the end of 2013. The latest quarterly survey by trade body the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) said that industry employers gave a positive overall confidence rating for the tenth quarter in a row, though

Rosemary Brotchie By Rosemary Brotchie, policy and research manager at Shelter Scotland