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New windows, doors, air source heat pumps and solar panels are all helping to make Ayrshire Housing’s rural homes more energy efficient. Eleven properties in the village of Straiton have recently undergone extensive improvements to help tenants keep energy costs down while keeping their homes

Solicitor firms across the UK are being invited to join the 2025 Will Aid campaign, with two new charity partners announced for this year’s fundraising initiative.  Shelter and Crisis are set to benefit from this year’s scheme, now in its 37th year, and are appealing to solicitors t

Hoko Design, the Glasgow-based architecture practice founded by BBC Scotland’s Home of the Year judge Danny Campbell, has thrown its support behind two new Social Bite villages. The firm has developed a bank of digital assets of the sites as part of the planning and community engagement proces

Riverside Scotland has appointed Gary Naylor as its new managing director, effective from 8 September 2025. Gary joins the organisation with extensive leadership experience across the UK housing sector. Most recently, he served as chief executive of Thenue Housing and has held senior roles at Peaks

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has announced the appointment of Richard Meade as its new chief executive. Richard will join the national housing body on 8 September from his current role as director of devolved nations at Carers UK. He will replace SFHA’s outgoing chief

Members of the local community are being invited to attend pubic consultation events on proposals for purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) at 51 West Campbell Street, Glasgow.

Three Scottish local authorities have been named on a seven-strong shortlist from across the UK for the APSE Overall Council of the Year Award.

Council house tenants in Moray are being asked to help shape local improvements by joining upcoming estate walkabouts with council staff and elected members.

A roofing company from Coatbridge and its director have been served with an Enforcement Order following a high number of consumer complaints.

Detailed plans have now been submitted for new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Glasgow city centre.

Struan Lodge Care Home in Dunoon is to benefit from a £315,000 investment following a decision made by Argyll and Bute Council and the Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) to undertake essential improvement works. The investment, which will be funded by the council, will s

Energy and sustainability consultancy Carbon Futures has been appointed to two newly launched local authority frameworks.

Work has started on a new £7 million housing development in Glasgow to help people aged 55 and over live more independently in their community.

Scottish Borders Council has approved a series of recommendations that will shape the future of care provision in the Hawick and Tweedbank areas. The proposals mark a significant milestone in the development of the two major care developments, aimed at transforming local social care services to bett

Scotland’s Housing Network has published its third annual Development Value for Money (DVfM) Annual Report 2024/25, analysing 52 affordable housing projects completed during 2024/25 by 21 landlords across Scotland. The DVfM service launched in 2022 and meets the condition that landlords requir