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Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) and McTaggart Construction have unveiled early plans to deliver social homes on a former mill site in Selkirk. The old Heather Mills is located on the southern edge of Selkirk and is bounded by South Bridge Street to the south-west, Whinfield Road to

Plans to limit the Scottish Child Payment to the first two children in a family have been unveiled in a new social security policy paper published by the Scottish Conservatives today.

Kingdom Housing Association’s (KHA) commitment to tackling the housing emergency has received a crucial boost thanks to £13 million of funding arranged by Allia C&C through its Charitable Bond programme in partnership with the Scottish Government. The Charitable Bonds programme provi

Record funding of over £5 billion will support climate action and further develop Scotland’s renewable energy sector, creating green jobs and bringing benefits to communities, climate action and energy secretary Gillian Martin has said. The major investment, unveiled in the draft Scottis

A group of sheltered housing tenants living in Leith have set off on a 3,070-mile walking challenge from Easter Road Stadium.

The Palace of Westminster has recognised the efforts of campaigners in Castlemilk to secure a supermarket for their community. The Castlemilk Housing and Human Rights Lived Experience Board has been presented with the House of Commons Early Day Motion, which recognised their work as human rights def

Wellhouse Housing Association has achieved considerable improvements in rates of tenant satisfaction in a 40% survey of residents recently carried out by Research Resource.

Clackmannanshire Council is to consider a proposal to increase council housing rents by 6%. Following a consultation that sought views on 6%, 7% and 8% increases, the housing service is seeking the go-ahead for the change, which would be effective from March 30 this year.

Harmony Fire has added to its senior leadership team with the appointment of Graham Oliphant as managing director of its consultancy business. Bringing over 23 years of life safety expertise, most recently as director of a UK national fire consultancy, Graham has a proven track record successfully n

Prime minister Keir Starmer has set out a major shake-up of the leasehold system across England and Wales – with ground rents set to be capped at £250 a year, changing to a peppercorn cap after 40 years. 

A long‑vacant former department store on Aberdeen’s Union Street is poised for a major residential-led transformation, with developers bringing forward proposals to convert the upper floors into new homes. The historic Esslemont and MacIntosh building has lain empty since the retailer closed

Affordable housing in Clovullin is among eight community projects in the Lochaber Area that have been awarded funding totalling £270,120.28 from the Highland Council's Community Regeneration Fund (CRF).

Work has started on Forth Housing Association’s £15 million development of 59 new homes at Main Street in Cowie. Carmichael Homes began work on the development this month, which will deliver 43 houses, 12 flats and 4 wheelchair bungalows in Cowie, near Stirling.

A temporary private road upgraded for construction traffic could become a permanent asset for the Gullane community after overwhelming demand from locals.

A range of new protections for households and businesses that get their heating and hot water through a heat network has come into force.