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A new Active Travel Hub has launched in North Glasgow as part of an ongoing partnership between ng homes and local organisations, including On Bikes based in Provan.

The rise in reliance on familial financial support in the UK housing market has hit record levels, with new research revealing that the so-called 'Bank of Family' is anticipated to facilitate over 318,000 property transactions with support worth around £8.1 billion in 2023.

The story behind Hanover Scotland’s award-winning development in Drymen has many threads.  Not just Hanover’s first certified Passivhaus development, it is located at the very site of its first ever development in Scotland as a separate entity.

Cunninghame Housing Association, in partnership with Miller Homes, has delivered 29 new affordable homes for rent at Irvine Road, Kilmaurs.

Urbanite Living has secured an £18.85 million finance facility from Paragon Bank’s Development Finance division to support the construction of a new Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Glasgow.

An initial assessment of the UK private rental sector suggests a significant minority of landlords and letting agents may not be following consumer protection rules, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said today.

The impact of funding received from the Winter Hardship Fund has been outlined in a new report from the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA).

The Scottish Bed & Breakfast Association has written to the First Minister Humza Yousaf calling for an intervention to save thousands of small tourism accommodation businesses in Scotland by pausing the introduction of short-term let licensing.

Sanctuary Housing has been ordered to pay over £5,600 in compensation for leaving a resident and her child living in damp and mould for years and then failing to provide proper redress for the situation.

Margo Williamson has announced her retirement as chief executive of Angus Council. Margo has worked for Angus Council since 2013, initially as strategic director of people before becoming the first female chief executive in Angus in 2017.

Stirling Council is launching a ‘Big Conversation’ with residents and communities against the backdrop of an estimated budget shortfall of around £13 million next year (2024-25).

Energy regulator Ofgem has today announced a further reduction in the energy price cap for the last quarter of 2023. The change will bring the average dual-fuel energy bill below £2,000 a year for the first time since April 2022, saving households an average of £151 on the previous quart

Southside Housing Association has announced a new approach to its day-to-day repairs service following a successful tender exercise.

The National Retrofit Hub has appointed Simon McWhirter, deputy chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, to its board. He joins a highly experienced team of experts who have over 100 years of combined experience in influential roles within the retrofit housing sector.

Scotland’s second Green Home Festival has been hailed another resounding success – but its organisers have also insisted that government and industry must work closer together to deliver clearer guidance and “myth-bust” the misinformation around low-carbon living.