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Aberdeen City Council has approved plans for 25 new student flats to be built on Union Street.

Edinburgh developer J Smart & Co (Contractors) PLC has obtained permission to build 143 new homes in Rosyth.

In April this year, Glasgow City Council (GCC) amended its Social Work Services Social Care Charging Policy, increasing the charges it levies on disabled and non-disabled persons who require non-residential social care services, such as home care.

The Highland Council's Housing and Property Committee met yesterday to note the annual performance review of the Highland Housing Register (HHR) Policy for 2022/2023 on housing allocations and discuss the impact that the ‘cost of living’ crisis and other global factors have had on

Moray Council has agreed to invest in the renovation of four unique Elgin properties, currently held in trust, to the tune of £271,000.

More than 20 new build homes will soon be available for rent after an agreement was reached between Dundee City Council and a local housing developer.

West Lothian Council housing tenants will soon be invited to take part in an annual consultation on the council's proposed rent strategy for the year 2024/25. Following approval from Council Executive, the engagement process with tenants will take place over November and December and will include pr

The Scottish Housing News Charity Spotlight feature will highlight the vital work of charities across Scotland each Friday. To include your local charity, whether housing-related or not, send your story and images to us at newsdesk@scottishnews.com. For local football fans, seeing Hibs and Hear

Bancon Group has unveiled a new service that will see the firm provide a comprehensive turn-key solution for retrofitting. The retrofit offering, a key strategic focus of Bancon Group, will be spearheaded by Ray Turner, partnerships director. The new business stream has been established specifically

Midlothian Council’s most ambitious energy-efficient housing development is about to get underway. The £24.038 million project will see 90 Passivhaus homes built on the site of the old Newbattle High School in Easthouses.

Twenty-seven high-quality new homes will help local people in housing need, following the completion of a project involving Persimmon North Scotland and Kingdom Housing Association. The mixture of properties form part of Persimmon North Scotland’s Carnegie Fauld development and have now been t

National charity Sight Scotland and property developer S Harrison Developments have jointly submitted a planning application to redevelop the site of the charity’s former HQ on Gillespie Crescent in Edinburgh, into student homes. The funds released by the sale of the site will enable Sight Sco

Housing secretary Michael Gove risks renters’ rights and wellbeing by delaying a ban on no-fault evictions based on false claims that Britain’s rental sector would collapse, a cross-party think tank has warned.

The Scottish Land Commission is taking a ground-breaking step to ensure the well-being of local communities by introducing fresh guidelines that emphasise the importance of community-centred land use decisions. As demand for rural land in Scotland continues to rise, driven in part by the emerging po

Financial Inclusion for Scotland has appointed Sharon MacPherson to help drive forward its future strategy and improve fair and affordable access to financial services for all. The former CEO of Scotcash, Sharon MacPherson, has joined Financial Inclusion for Scotland – an organisation she help