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ESPC has announced a free Buy-To-Let webinar on Thursday 25 July, targeted at aspiring property investors and current landlords. Hosted on Zoom, the webinar will allow those thinking about beginning a property portfolio, or expanding their current portfolio, to have their most pressing questions ans

Minister for housing Paul McLennan MSP joined minister for equalities Kaukab Stewart MSP to visit the Gorbals to see the progress of a project to modernise flats for Ukrainian families displaced by war.

It is essential that householders feel confident in the people carrying out retrofit upgrades to their homes if the UK is to deliver the scale of roll-out needed, according to new research. A study has been carried out on behalf of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) by Professor Alice Owen, Uni

An application by West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) for 110 new homes on former railway land in Kelvindale has been approved by city planners.

The School Bank West Lothian has landed on a £5,000 donation from Persimmon East Scotland after being announced as one of the housebuilder’s Community Champions.

Horizon Housing (a partner in Link Group) and Scottish Housing News have confirmed a distinguished line-up of speakers and panellists for the inaugural Housing & Social Care Accessibility Summit which takes place at the V&A in Dundee on September 26th.

Repair systems and patch sizes are amongst the changes being made by A2Dominion following an order by the Housing Ombudsman. The Housing Ombudsman ordered an independent review of A2Dominion’s response to leaks, damp and mould following several severe maladministration findings that have made

Former mining land to the east of Airdrie has been set aside for a large mixed-use expansion of the Central Belt town alongside the East Airdrie Link Road.

Developer Whiteburn Projects’ regeneration of the former March Street Mill in Peebles is underway with a programme of pre-construction demolition works.

New plans have been brought forward for more than 80 homes overlooking Edinburgh Harbour. The application for a site at the major marina development is a separate but similar proposal to one that was earlier rejected.

Loreburn Housing Association has introduced a new retrofit initiative focused on evaluating the benefits and developing a cost-effective, scalable standard for enhancing the energy efficiency of its housing stock. Working alongside Procast Group, Loreburn launched the Smith Way Retrofit Project

Decommissioned data centres and former office sites belonging to Lloyds Banking Group are to be redeveloped into new social housing projects. The group announced today that it plans to identify suitable housing partners in the regions who will be responsible for redeveloping the sites to increase th

Funding cuts to the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) have resulted in more than 1,800 new affordable homes being stalled, according to a new report.

A total of £300 billion is needed to deliver the additional million homes in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) required to meet the future household growth requirements by 2031, Savills has warned. According to the real estate advisor's latest report on the UK Build to Rent (BtR) secto

Link has hailed its Tenant Engagement Team after it won the ‘Tenants Voice’ Award at the TPAS Scotland National Good Practice Awards 2024. The award recognised the high numbers of Link tenants responding to consultations, alongside targeted and local engagement, inclusive involvement and