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The Scottish Government is at risk of missing a key target of building 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, according to new analysis from Scottish Labour.

The Highland Council has appointed urban regeneration specialist Threesixty Architecture to assist in the preparation of the town centre masterplan for Fort William.

A groundbreaking ceremony for a new housing development on Dundee's Kingsway officially kicked off construction following a visit by Cllr Mark Flynn, convenor of City Development, last week. Cllr Flynn and Robert Patrick, land director of Persimmon North Scotland, jointly broke ground for the n

Aberdeenshire Council's Housing Service is looking for volunteers for tenant working groups to look at future priorities to be included in the Housing Revenue Account business plan. The council plans to run a series of working groups over August and September that will involve tenants and other serv

West Lothian Council has updated its Housing Capital budget with £164 million now set to be invested over the next five years towards the creation and acquisition of new council homes and the ongoing maintenance of quality standards across existing housing stock. Within the updated Housing Cap

After touching on the use of data in a previous episode regarding Fit Homes, the Scottish Housing News Podcast returns to the issue by further considering other ways in which data analysis is helping inform decision-making across all areas of social housing from creating sustainable communities to a

Falkirk Council has handed over the keys to brand new homes in two new developments. Tenants are now enjoying bright new energy efficient homes in a £4.6 million project at Persia Court in Bainsford consisting of 19 new homes, and in a £4.5 million project at Torwood, where there are 24

Colleagues and tenants from Fife Housing Group met with the minister for housing, Paul McLennan, during his visit to the organisation’s brand-new development in Glen Albyn, Kirkcaldy, which consists of 49 energy-efficient affordable homes. The tour included a walk around the development where

JR Scaffold Services has secured an initial two-year contract with Home Fix Scotland to supply ad-hoc scaffolding services across Inverclyde.

The benefits a social energy tariff would provide for social housing providers and their residents have been outlined in a new report by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH).

Sanctuary Scotland has handed over the final set of keys at its new 128-home Anchor Court development in the Yoker area of Glasgow. The £21m development – designed by Glasgow-based MAST Architects and built by contractor CCG – has delivered a range of high-quality one-, two- and th

River Clyde Homes (RCH) has committed to a United Nations standard to deliver high-performance buildings. The Association has joined the Buildings Action Coalition (BAC) in partnership with the Enniscorthy Forum, other coalition members, and the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Al

Plans to replace gas boilers in many of the UK's homes with hydrogen-based alternatives are likely to be scrapped, Grant Shapps, the UK energy minister, has indicated.

Homeowners are being urged to overcome their resistance to heat pumps at the upcoming Green Home Festival after a new poll revealed that there continues to be considerable public reluctance to sustainable heating alternatives. Despite their pivotal role in achieving Scotland’s ambitious net ze

Almost 1,200 long-term homes are being brought back into use for those fleeing the war in Ukraine through an innovative approach.