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Almond Housing Association has been successful in securing continued Scottish Government People and Communities Funding for its energy advice project. The funding extension allows the Association to offer the Almond Energy Action service to tenants for another year.

Lesley Palmer, chief architect at Stirling University’s Dementia Services Development Centre, considers the importance of the ‘Older Persons' Walkable Neighbourhood’ when considering Housing Land Audits and the allocation of development sites for older people housing. As an Architect with a Ma

A new community on the site of a former brickworks outside Falkirk has been abandoned by developers. The project to build 200 homes at the site of the Manuel Works, to the east of Whitecross, had outline planning permission from Falkirk Council.

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said today that the Scottish Government is set to bring forward legislation to tackle the deep-rooted causes of child poverty for the first time in its history.

Meg Hillier The design and implementation of the Green Deal and the complementary Energy Company Obligation (ECO) put public money at risk and must not be repeated, MPs said today.

The only long-term solution for Scotland to help its struggling first time buyers is to build vastly more affordable, quality housing in the places where people want to live, a new report has found. A study into Scotland’s economic outlook in the aftermath of Brexit by accountancy firm PwC, descri

The Scottish Government has unveiled £420 million plans to protect 10,000 homes from flooding over the next 10 years. The scheme will aim to deliver 40 new flood protection projects over the next decade and follows an agreement reached between the government and the Convention of Scottish Local Aut

Work has begun on a project to turn a former medical centre in Fort William into accommodation for rent. Highland Council is working with Lochaber Housing Association on the £1.6 million project involving the Belhaven Ward, which closed in 2013.

Gavin McEwan Gavin McEwan, partner and head of charities at Turcan Connell, writes about the changes charities will see after Brexit.

The average price of a property in Scotland has increased by 4.0 per cent on the previous year, according to new figures. The UK House Price Index Scotland: May 2016 found that the average home during the month was worth £141,142, an increase of 2.8 per cent when compared to the previous month.

Board chair Amanda Britain welcomes housing minister Kevin Stewart to CIH Scotland's new office CIH Scotland has moved office and can now be found at Suite L2B, 160 Dundee Street Edinburgh EH11 1DQ.

The winning MMS team from the energy heat The housing and property heat of Scotland’s national business five-a-side tournament kicks off at the end of July with industry support from the Scottish Property Federation.

Westbridge Mill LinkLiving Ltd (part of the Link group of social enterprises) re-launched its multi- purpose building at West Bridge Mill, Kirkcaldy on Friday following an extensive refurbishment.

Two of Edinburgh’s leading private letting agents, Umega Lettings and Murray & Currie, have chosen to switch from their current tenancy deposit schemes to SafeDeposits Scotland, the country’s largest provider. The combined value of deposits transferred to SafeDeposits Scotland by the two com

The creation of over 200 affordable and private homes in Perth came a step closer today with the approval of planning permission for the multi-million pound Muirton development.