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Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has confirmed the completion and handover of 37 affordable homes and apartments for social rent to East Lothian Council.

Legendary Easterhouse anti-poverty campaigner Cathy McCormack has been commemorated with a new £10,000 fund aimed at building local communities. The Cathy McCormack Community Activism Fund was launched this week by Glasgow Community Energy, with the aim of supporting local groups to deliver pr

Tenants in Dalmuir are to get a new seating area and extra whirly gigs following a vote around how to spend almost £3000 in their area.

The Ripple Refillery, created by the The Ripple Project, is a sustainability initiative which aims to give people access to good quality and low-cost food with minimal waste. It is the first community run refillery to open in north east Edinburgh.

Scottish Opera has fleshed out its proposals for a major mixed-use transformation of its current New Rotterdam Wharf site in Glasgow, including multi-storey student accommodation blocks.

A taskforce created to identify and propose solutions to barriers to investing in homes met for the first time yesterday. The first Housing Investment Taskforce meeting was held in London and attended by housing minister Paul McLennan and various stakeholders from housing and finance.

A construction director has warned that building firms may be put off taking on social housing projects after he attributed his company's £3.5 million pre-tax loss to two fixed-price contracts. Perthshire-based Algo signed fixed-price deals to build social housing projects in Kirkcaldy an

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has acquired a Grade B listed former office building in Glasgow city centre for a multi-million-pound conversion to mid-market rent housing.

Early compensation figures for the forced installation of prepayment meters are a "drop in the ocean" compared to the scale of the problem, a charity has said. Figures from Ofgem today reveal that 1,502 customers have received compensation, totalling £342,450. Suppliers are planning more payme

Campion Homes is now onsite to deliver three major affordable housing developments across Fife and Dundee. The family-run housing developer, which will mark 35 years in business this year, will build 99 affordable new homes as part of ongoing partnerships with Angus Housing Association and Kingdom H

East Renfrewshire Council has given consent to Cala Homes (West) to create 346 new homes in Barrhead. Designed to suit a wide range of owners, the new residential-led development will be constructed on land allocated for housing by the local authority adjacent to Balgraystone Road and Springfield Ro

Cala Homes is considering plans to build 55 homes on the demolished Silverburn House site in Bridge of Don. The developer has lodged a building warrant with Aberdeen City Council outlining the £5.5 million cost of a potential development.

Fears that stricter regulations will reduce the supply of rental properties are overblown, according to new research from the Social Market Foundation (SMF) think tank.

Euroroute Ltd has submitted a planning application to Stirling Council to build five new homes on land to the west of 40 Kersie Road.

Three vital causes supporting families and individuals in Edinburgh and the Lothians have been named the first recipients of this year’s Barratt Developments Community Fund. Barratt Developments, which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, currently donates £1,500 per month to l