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Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) has launched the 2023/24 Development Value for Money report.

Construction work has begun on new affordable homes located in the Gorbals area of Glasgow’s Southside.

The challenges faced by small and medium-sized home builders and the need for urgent regulatory reform to get this crucial part of the Scottish housing market growing again are being spotlighted this week with a range of activities including a special roundtable session with the ministers for housin

The SNP’s failure to plan for the end of temporary rent control has led to rents rising faster in Scotland than in most other parts of the UK, figures obtained by Scottish Labour have indicated. Figures show that average contested rents jumped by 20% following the end of the control period, wi

The City of Edinburgh Council marked the start of construction on a new affordable housing development with a ceremonial sod-cutting event last week.

The remarkable transformation of the historic Orrs Department Store site in Airdrie is now complete with council tenants now enjoying their new surroundings. Located in the heart of South Bridge Street, the £3.2 million housing redevelopment marks a significant milestone in North Lanarkshire C

Bridgewater Housing Association has extended its thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate its recent Gala Day.

The Glasgow Social Enterprise Network (GSEN) has announced its intentions to move to a new home, should proposals for a new development on the site of Portculllis House at Charing Cross in Glasgow be granted. A planning application by developer Watkin Jones Group for student homes at the former

Ten site managers from Taylor Wimpey developments across Scotland are celebrating, having each won a prestigious national housebuilding award – the NHBC Pride in the Job Quality Awards. Now in its 44th year, the Pride in the Job Quality Awards have become the benchmark for exceptional site man

Aberdeen City Council has today launched its Budget Consultation 2025/26 – aimed at understanding how potential savings options might affect residents.

More than half a million pounds has been awarded to 36 Scottish organisations, helping to bolster crucial local projects and services across Scotland’s housing sector.

Below is a full transcript of episode 61 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Accessible housing (part 2) with Angela Currie’. Listen to the episode here.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has recently been successful in securing £570,000 in net zero funding from the Scottish Government, enabling a major upgrade of 36 sheltered housing properties in Hill Road, Cumbernauld.

A study into the options available to Aberdeen City Council regarding the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in hundreds of homes in the city has recommended that the buildings should be demolished and replaced.

A comprehensive global overview of the empirical evidence on rent control policies has found that they produce significantly more negative consequences than benefits.