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Mac Mic Group and Persimmon Homes East Scotland have completed a land sale agreement for a site in Dennyloanhead, Falkirk. This significant milestone marks the next step in delivering new sustainable homes and local infrastructural improvements to the area.

Higher costs from new levies will add around £40 million in annual costs to Persimmon and add “billions” in expenses across the housebuilding sector, chief executive Dean Finch has warned. He claimed that the taxes would hurt the government’s ambitious target of building 1.5m

Sidey has been awarded a significant contract with North Lanarkshire Council for the design, manufacture, supply, and installation of replacement windows, doors, and screens across council-owned domestic properties. This transformative refurbishment programme, set to be delivered over the next two t

Highlight Housing, the new specialist affordable housing consultancy and managing agent that launched last month, has chosen Alexander Sloan - Accountants and Business Advisors as its representatives.

A petition to rename a bridge in Glasgow in memory of Mary Barbour has been submitted to the local authority. Govan Community Council has submitted paperwork to Glasgow City Council to request the Wellbeing, Equalities, Community, Culture and Engagement City Policy Committee consider the request for

Representatives of the Stornoway Trust, Muaitheabhal Community Wind Farm Trust and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar met on Friday 6th December to begin work to explore how offers of up to 20% community ownership in both the Stornoway Wind Farm and the Uisenis Wind Farm can best be brought into community o

The Scottish Government has awarded £400,000 to Citizens Advice Scotland to improve access to help for people struggling with Council Tax debt.

Highlands mid-market rent (MMR) homes developer HHA has strengthened its partnership with Tulloch Homes in a deal that will create 31 new rental opportunities in Inverness and Conon Bridge. At The Maples, located to the south of the Inverness city centre, Tulloch Homes is underway with the construct

The Highland Council has extended its deadline for council housing tenants to respond to a rent levels review until Monday 23 December.  Every year Highland Council invites all tenants to have their say on the rent levels for the following year. 

Two community councils in the south of Aberdeenshire are the first to submit Local Place Plans which gather ideas, highlight issues and express their communities’ aspirations for the future of their place.

As Christmas approaches, individuals, families and communities are continuing to stay warm, share space and facilities thanks to Aberdeen City Council’s Warm Spaces initiative.

The Scottish Government has laid amendments to the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations to enable the implementation of the Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard and unveiled the timetable for its introduction.

A new report by the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has concluded that the finances of registered social landlords (RSLs) finances have weakened, resulting in less financial headroom, but forecasts have predicted some improvement in the medium term.

A major planning application has been submitted to North Lanarkshire Council for the extraction and remediation works of 200 acres of land at Ravenscraig, marking a major milestone in the regeneration of the former steelworks. Ravenscraig is one of Europe’s largest regeneration and community c

Almost 1,000 Stirling High School pupils gained insight into a career in housing from sector experts recently. Representatives from Link Housing and its property development, management and maintenance partner C~urb were on hand to provide students with information and insights into Link Group.