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A coalition is urging the Scottish Government to substantially increase the funding available to improve the energy efficiency of Scotland's homes ahead of a debate today in the Scottish Parliament. The Existing Homes Alliance, whose members include WWF Scotland, Changeworks and the National Insulat

Michael Cameron The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a report looking back on landlord performance against the Scottish Social Housing Charter’s first three years.

Scotland’s councils are spending more than half of the money they bring in from Council Tax simply to pay interest on debts, according to the Scottish Greens. A report by the party found that the long-term debt being held by Scotland's 32 local authorities totals £11.5 billion including loans fro

(from left) Richard Jennings from Castle Rock Edinvar, energy minister Paul Wheelhouse and Sunamp’s Andrew Bissell Energy minister Paul Wheelhouse joined representatives from thermal energy storage technology firm Sunamp and Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association at an event to mark the successfu

The Scottish Government has published its analysis of the responses to the formal consultation on the review of the Scottish Social Housing Charter. Generating 106 responses, the consultation found that views on the current Charter were generally positive with the majority of respondents in favour o

Event host Arlene Stuart of Radio Forth (far left) and Ronnie Hayton from award sponsor Click Networks (far right) with the housing team receiving the award (from left) Councillor Barry McCulloch, convener of housing; Lynda Stevenson, service delivery manager; Gillian Whitehead, area manager; Margar

Hallam House A supported housing development for people with disabilities in the Dumfries & Galloway village of Beeswing has scooped a top national housing award from the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland.

(from left) Ainan Groat, housing services team leader, Lee McEwan, housing trainee and Susanne Connell, housing officer Muirhouse Housing Association (MHA) has been named ‘Employer of the Year’ as part of the Port of Leith TOiL (Training Opportunities in Lothian) programme at a ceremony at Edinb

Kingdom Housing Association, together with Robertson Partnership Homes, has announced its intention to apply for planning permission in the coming weeks for an affordable housing development at Banklands in Newburgh. The proposal is for 40 homes for affordable rent, built on a greenfield site on the

A new home built to the latest building regulations can cost half as much to heat as a Victorian house of the same size, according to a new report by the NHBC Foundation. The advantages of new homes is based on a survey of 2,000 people who had recently moved into a new home and were asked what they

Construction works at a new housing development in Dundee is progressing at pace as the first homes near completion at Lochlee Wynd, according to the site’s developers CCG (Scotland) Ltd. CCG commenced preparatory works on its first private development in the city’s west end in August.

The average price of a property in Scotland has increased 3.4 per cent on the previous year and an increase of 0.2 per cent when compared to the previous month, according new figures. The latest UK House Price Index (UK HPI) found that the average price for September 2016 was £143,006 in Scotland.

Giving something back: Gill Henry, Cruden Homes (left) and Nicola Barclay, Homes for Scotland will be utilising their skills to support vulnerable communities during a week-long ‘Women’s Build’ in Mumbai in January Scotland’s home building industry is digging deep this month to support the v

Before and after shots of a renovation of a large empty property in Campbeltown

Landlord services provided by local community controlled housing associations outperform those of other social landlords, according to the latest Charter comparison report from the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). Produced for GWSF by Scotland’s Housing Network, t