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West Lothian Council will spend over £109 million over the next two years improving and increasing its council housing stock. Approved at a meeting of the council executive last week, the investment will see over £76m spent on building new council houses.

The board of Fairfield Housing Co-operative has approved a 1.9 per cent increase to rents from April 1st following an extensive consultation with tenants. The consultation, which saw Fairfield use text messaging, feedback forms and e-mail survey links, resulted in 76 per cent of those responding say

Exterior of The View A deal has been agreed between The EDI Group Ltd and housebuilder Cruden Homes to build a further 148 new homes in Craigmillar, Edinburgh.

Marc Giles Marc Giles, planning consultant at Ryden, on the part planning plays in delivering housing and infrastructure.

Graeme Brown A new online hub has been launched to help renters in Scotland’s private rented sector navigate their rights and responsibilities.

A “step-change” is needed in Scotland’s approach to its credit industry to break the cycle of financial exclusion experienced by many of the country’s most deprived citizens, according to a new report. The Carnegie UK Trust’s Affordable Credit Working Group said access to credit in Scotlan

Two of Scotland's cities have been named among the fastest-declining places in the UK by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). A JRF report, titled ‘Uneven growth: tackling city decline’, considered a range of long-term economic factors including population change, unemployment rates, job creati

A campaign to cut the cost of electricity and gas in Scotland using people power is being launched today. One Big Switch has launched the Big Energy Switch in Scotland in response to the current energy affordability crisis gripping Scotland in which one in three Scottish households is suffering from

Renewables has come out top of a new poll that asked people in Scotland which energy source the next Scottish Government should prioritise. As Scotland heads to the polls on May 5, the YouGov survey asked more than 1,000 respondents whether the next government should prioritise the continued develop

The two birthday residents on either side of Janice McDonald from Hanover Hanover Scotland Housing Association organised a special party yesterday for two of its residents who will celebrate their 18thand 23rd birthdays despite being 72 and 92 years old.

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Alex Neil meets apprentices at the Kilsyth development A new £50 million infrastructure fund which aims to speed up the construction of thousands of new affordable and private homes has been unveiled by the Scottish Government.

The Scottish Government has announced a new £25 million fund to help bring an estimated 500 new affordable homes specifically to rural areas. The Rural Housing Fund aims to increase the supply of long term affordable housing in rural areas over the next three years, by assisting the building of new

Stirling Council renewed its commitment to building new homes in 2016/17 at its budget meeting last week. The local authority will be investing over £9 million this year, as part of a programme of new house building which began in 2010/11 and will provide 210 new houses in the area.

Alex Neil The Scottish Government is to set out the key principles that will underpin its approach to welfare following the agreement of the fiscal framework.