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Redpath Construction has secured its first project with North Ayrshire Council for the refurbishment of Cheviot Court sheltered housing unit in Irvine. The project was awarded via mini competition against the Framework Agreement for the Refurbishment of Sheltered Housing Units in North Ayrshire.

Planning permission has been granted for 128 houses and flats on a 2.5-hectare former ammunition factory in Carntyne.

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board. Fiona MacGregor, chief executive of the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH), becomes the new RSH nominee director. Fiona replaces Will Perry, director of strategy at the RSH, upon the completion of his m

CIH Scotland has published its response to the Scottish Housing Regulator's (SHR) call for views on the regulatory framework with a concern that prioritising regulatory focus could hamper the ability of social landlords to have a flexible approach to meeting the needs of tenants.

A consultation has been launched into a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to regenerate Glasgow's Charing Cross district.

More than 300 additional properties in Dundee are set to benefit from external wall insulation, if a new tender for the work is agreed next week. Members of Dundee City Council’s neighbourhood regeneration, housing and estate management committee are being asked to approve a tender for £

A £3 million development of 18 new flats for affordable social rent has been completed on the site of the former Fairfield Community Centre in Perth. The two-bedroom flats will provide additional, much-needed social housing for tenants in the city.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission, together with a coalition of Scottish Disabled People’s organisations, warns that disabled people are experiencing ‘unrelenting attacks on their human rights’ in reports to the UN. The two parallel reports for the United Nations highlight worse

The Centre for Homelessness Impact (CHI) and Dogs Trust have partnered to create a collection of non-stigmatising images of dog owners who are also experiencing homelessness to help challenge negative stereotypes.

Four Taylor Wimpey site managers from its developments across the west of Scotland region are celebrating having each won a prestigious national housebuilding award.

Fusion21 has appointed Clark Contracts to its £500 million Refurbishment, Construction, New Build and Modular Buildings Framework. The Paisley-based company has been appointed to Lot 1 and 2 for works in Scotland, the West and East Midlands and North East and North West of England. The framewo

A meeting of Falkirk Council’s executive next week will hear how dozens of local community organisations and groups have been helped over the past three years by the Community Choices initiative.

An application by two landlords for permission to appeal a decision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland that they had failed to comply with the terms of a Repairing Standard Enforcement Order has been refused by a sheriff of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland.

Minister of housing Paul McLennan officially opened the second Green Home Festival this week with a call for everyone to play their role to ensure Scotland successfully transitions to net zero The MSP was the keynote speaker at the launch of the five-day renewables jamboree in central Edinburgh

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time in a row since the introduction of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022, according to new figures.