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CIH Scotland has expressed its concerns over the inclusion of the Scotland Bill in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. Under the new plans, the Scottish Parliament is to receive new devolved powers to raise 40 per cent of taxes and decide about 60 per cent of public spending.

The UK government unveiled more details of its Housing Bill during the Queen’s Speech yesterday but the plans have been greeted with a mixed reaction. The bill aims to make home ownership an attainable aspiration and contains further measures to deliver an extra 200,000 new homes through the new S

Artist’s impressions showing how the new council homes set to be built at West Main Street, Harthill, for North Lanarkshire Council will look Affordable housing developer Lovell is set to design and build 221 new council homes for North Lanarkshire Council and West Lothian Council at a combined va

from left to right – Matt Lock, Shelter Scotland Edinburgh hub manager, Fiona King, Shelter Scotland campaigns and public affairs manager, councillor Sandy Howat, deputy leader of the City of Edinburgh Council, councillor Andrew Burns, leader of the City of Edinburgh Council and Adam Lang, head of

Average Scottish rents recorded in April increased by 1.6 per cent in a year, according to Your Move’s latest Scottish Rental Index. This is the fastest year-on-year increase in rents since November 2014 when the annual change stood at 2.2 per cent, the data shows.

Karen Campbell Lending to first-time buyers in Scotland was down in both value and volume, according to the latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

(left to right) Nicola Gemmell, River Clyde Homes’ organisational development senior officer, joiner apprentices Chris Gray and Jordan Smyth, Kyle Copeland, IT modern apprentice and Chris McEleny, chairperson of the River Clyde Homes personnel committee River Clyde Homes celebrated Scottish Appren

Homeowners in North Lanarkshire are set for to benefit from warmer homes and cheaper bills after North Lanarkshire Council received £2.9 million to improve energy efficiency following a successful funding bid. Hundreds of homes in Cumbernauld, Coatbridge and Wishaw will benefit from the funding awa

Fife Council is undergoing a programme to install 30,000 Aico Ei414 Fire/Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm Interfaces throughout its housing stock. The Ei414 is a flexible device that provides a dedicated connection between Aico RadioLINK Smoke, Heat and CO alarms with most new and existing Telecare/Warden

Local authorities in Scotland made just over 118,000 awards under the Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) scheme during 2014/15, with a total value of over £50 million granted through to 31st March 2015, new statistics have revealed. The figure was £3m more than the £47.2m initially allocated b

Cllr Dave Doogan Perth & Kinross Council will today be asked to agree proposals to refurbish a row of shops and the flats above them in Perth.

Cumbernauld’s landscape has forever been changed after the demolition of the first high-rise blocks. Bruce House, Buchan House and Douglas House had towered over Seafar since the 1960s but were brought down in less than a month.

Councillor John Alexander signs the pledge Dundee City Council has become the latest organisation to back a campaign calling for reform of the private rented sector.

Councillors Thomas MacLennan (left) and Brian Murphy (third from left) with (second from left) Karen Maclean (The Highland Council) and (left - right) Glenn Harrison, Omar Ricketts, Steve Lauri and Sofia Riaz (all Eon) and Sheena Coull (Lochaber Housing Association) Works have been completed on 181

Home Group has won a coveted contact centre industry award. The national housing provider has been named National Contact Centre team of the year at the UK National Contact Centre Awards which was well attended by the contact centre industry with organisations including: Barclays, O2, British Gas, T