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CCG and MAST Architects have submitted planning proposals for a new 154 home development at Riverford Road, a former industrial site that is bound by the White Cart River in the south side of Glasgow. The development will comprise a mix of 55 townhouses and 99 flats, offering panoramic views across

Plans have been approved to build a new social housing development in Oban. The application for six two-storey houses east of Hayfield brings the number of units on that site to 18, all of which are affordable - significantly more than the 25 per cent which is required in the council’s local devel

Oak Tree Housing Association (OTHA) has been awarded gold accreditation against the Investors in People Standard for demonstrating a commitment to high performance through good people management. The award, which follows a re-assessment, sees OTHA join the top thirteen per cent of accredited organis

A new strategy has been unveiled on how to develop rural housing and energy on the Orkney Islands. The 'Housing in the Countryside' supplementary guidance and the 'Energy' supplementary guidance were published for public consultation last week.

Roy Overend (centre) is presented with his award by Councillor Judy Hamilton of Fife Council and STV meteorologist and presenter Sean Batty A council manager has been recognised at a national awards ceremony for his work to help make a Gypsy/Traveller site in South Lanarkshire one of the best of its

Pupils Tianna McCoy, Neftali Duran Calderon, Tyler Hamilton, Akram Arshad and Shaakir Abbasi put their mementoes in the time capsule, with Garry Bryce from building contractor G Griggs & Sons, Dunedin Canmore surveyors David Baptie and Stuart Pendreich, Councillor Cammy Day and Dunedin Canmore m

Robertson Partnership Homes is to host ‘Meet the Buyer’ events as part of its plans to deliver affordable housing projects for North Lanarkshire Council during 2017 and 2018. To be delivered through the Scape Framework Agreement, the projects will give rise to extensive opportunities for local p

Shire Housing Association’s staff, management board and contractors have donated over £450 worth of food to the Ayrshire East Foodbank. Association chairperson, Janet Allan, said: “I want to thank our Management Board, the Staff Team, and our contractors for their generosity in supporting many

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay The Scottish Government has reaffirmed its target to build 50,000 affordable homes and pledged more funding to offset the ‘bedroom tax’ though campaigners have criticised the Draft Budget for failing to provide the ambition required to crack the problem of Scotland

Christine Macleod A report by the Scottish Housing Regulator has found that landlords continue to show a strong commitment to accurately measuring and reporting on performance to their tenants and others.

Dundee has topped a UK fuel poverty league table Scottish cities have been ranked the five worst areas of the UK for fuel poverty.

A major new inquiry starting is to investigate the chronic lack of accessible and adaptable housing available for disabled people in Britain. Following research which found that approximately 1.8 million disabled people require suitable housing and approximately 300,000 do not have the adaptations t

Small housing developers in Scotland perceive a very high degree of uncertainty in whether permission for small developments will be granted, new research has found. A study by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) found that its members regularly use phrases like “lottery” and “hit or miss�

DGHP’s community participation officer, Gordon Williamson, and DGHP tenant Dorothy Grant, receiving the gold award from TPAS Dumfries and Galloway Partnership (DGHP) has been recognised as one of the leaders in the country for tenant participation after it successfully achieved the gold standard o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrSOxT6FUPE&feature=youtu.be Shelter Scotland’s Nora Uhrig asks what does the right to housing mean and why is it so important to see housing as a human right.