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Persimmon has reported a significant fall in housing completions and warned it expects market conditions to remain “highly uncertain”. 

As the current winter draws on, there will again be plenty of places in and around Perth and Kinross where a warm welcome is guaranteed. After an initial run over the 2022-2023 winter period, the Warm Welcome initiative is back for 2023-2024.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has submitted two Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSC) planning applications to Fife Council as preparations for its Whitefields neighbourhood in Halbeath take a further step forward.

Housing associations are being invited to apply for grants to purchase cycles and equipment for shared use within a community. 

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) is celebrating after two of its teams were recognised at the Scotland Housing Awards 2023. The 'Your Voice Group' tenant scrutiny panel won the Excellence in Tenant Scrutiny Award and the Warm Homes Team won the Net Zero in Housing award for its Whole Hous

A Holyrood Committee has launched a new call for views on legislation which would give Scottish ministers new powers to assess and remediate buildings in Scotland with unsafe cladding, following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire.

North Lanarkshire Council has made an online form available for anyone who needs debt advice.

South Ayrshire Council is working with partners to deliver approximately 861 affordable homes across South Ayrshire by 2029.

Housing emergency declarations could happen anywhere in Scotland because there has been a long-term lack of investment in maintaining the existing stock and growing the social housing sector, according to an estate and letting agency.

Preventing and addressing anti-social behaviour will be the focus of a new independently chaired working group being set up by the Scottish Government. Members will look at the current approach and make recommendations on what long-term changes can be made to reduce such behaviour and support victim

A housing association tenant took his own life after following long-running mental health issues and a nine-month noise nuisance complaint, it has been revealed. The Housing Ombudsman has determined that Clarion’s lack of consideration of the resident’s vulnerability when handl

The Glasgow Care & Repair Service managed and delivered by Southside Housing Association has been awarded a Scottish Quality Mark Accreditation. Funded by Glasgow City Council and Glasgow City Health & Social Care Partnership, the service aims to help keep older and disabled people

Rising demand for renewable energy has seen the Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) expand with the creation of a dedicated air source heat pump division which is set to create up to 15 jobs in the coming year. Graeme Porter has been appointed as operations manager to lead the new arm of the business as

Homeowners in Moray’s conservation areas are being encouraged to apply for grants up to £12,500 to repair or reinstate traditional windows.

A new consultation will give the opportunity to shape Glasgow’s new City Development Plan and so the future use and development of land in the city.