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

The Scottish Housing Regulator has written to social landlords about making information available for tenants and service users about landlord performance and its work.

Construction and manufacturing firm CCG (Scotland) Ltd has confirmed a substantial pipeline of construction projects scheduled to start in 2026, representing more than £510 million of investment across Scotland and focused primarily on the delivery of affordable and social housing. Reflecting

Debbie Collins, chief executive of Bield, has highlighted how vital digital technology is for supporting older tenants to live well and have connected and independent lives. Speaking at the Digital Health and Social Care Scotland Conference in Edinburgh, Debbie explained that by prioritising a preve

Efforts to regenerate nine towns in the south of Scotland have taken a major step forward with the publication of proposals developed by volunteer-led teams.

Veterans Housing Scotland welcomed its Patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, for a visit to Earl Haig Gardens in Edinburgh last week.

Scottish Borders Council is being asked to consider a report that provides an update on progress with its Care Village programme which covers developments in Tweedbank and Hawick.

Scotland’s most multicultural Burns Supper takes place today as 30 countries and cultures come together to honour the national bard. The Glasgow Afghan United Burns and Rumi Supper will bring together 250 people from countries who now call Scotland their home.

Dundee City Council has been urged to declare a housing emergency and face the reality of rising homelessness throughout the city. The city rejected the chance to make a declaration on two separate occasions in 2024, the first coming just days before the Scottish Government declared a nationwide hou

A specialist wellbeing conference will return for a second year, following a successful inaugural event in 2025 that highlighted the growing importance of workplace wellbeing across housing organisations.

Plans to demolish the former Scottish Law Commission building in Edinburgh to make way for a student accommodation development have been approved.

A proposal for 16 new homes in Dalmally has been formally submitted to Argyll and Bute Council. West Highland Housing Association is seeking permission to build the development on land next to Oakfield at Glenview. The scheme outlines eight semi‑detached houses and eight cottage flats, intended as

Demolition and site clearance works required to facilitate the first phase of the £250 million Charing Cross Gateway masterplan are now underway.

Scotland’s housing bodies have given a broadly positive but pointedly pragmatic response to the First Minister’s plan to create More Homes Scotland, a new national housing agency intended to accelerate delivery across all tenures.

OVO will pay over £2.7 million in redress after failing to provide Warm Home Discount (WHD) rebates to 11,646 customers by the statutory deadline of 31 March 2024. These customers did not receive their rebate until November 2025 – more than 19 months late. The delay meant that some of th