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The National Retrofit Hub has appointed Rachael Owens and Sara Edmonds as co-directors who take over from Russell Smith, interim director, in mid-July 2023. The two join at a crucial point in the Hub’s progress towards enabling the delivery of housing retrofit at scale in the UK. Working close

Loreburn Housing Association’s Fit for Life initiative, which was launched in 2022, was designed to tackle the impact Covid-19 has had on its tenants by reducing social isolation, improving physical and mental wellbeing, and strengthening its Later Living communities.

Councillors have granted planning permission for an application to build 25 social homes in Tarbolton. The plans, which are part of a wider development, relate to a parcel of land at the Croft Street and the Westport area of the village. Behind the proposals are Hayhill Developments Ltd, of Mau

Cruden Homes has officially begun work on 48 new private homes for sale in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow.

Six Scottish islands have taken a significant step towards a low carbon future by publishing their Community Climate Action Plans, developed as part of the Carbon Neutral Islands (CNI) project. Each island community has developed its own plan, compiling existing knowledge and data, and setting out t

The fund which aims to help landowners bring vacant, derelict and underused land and assets back into productive use in North Ayrshire remains open.

Persimmon Homes is consulting the local community on proposals for the next stage of development at the South Stirling Gateway site which could deliver 364 energy-efficient new homes.

The representative body for the home building sector has called on the Scottish Government to introduce a new National Outcome for housing if progress is to be made in providing enough homes for the people of Scotland. National Outcomes are part of the National Performance Framework, describing what

Warmworks has been successful in its bid to deliver the next phase of the Scottish Government’s £728 million national programme to improve the homes of people living in fuel poverty, following a competitive open tender process. The contract, which has a maximum value of up to £728m

Minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants' rights Patrick Harvie MSP visited Scotland’s largest Passivhaus development in Dundashill with West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) and contractor CCG (Scotland) Ltd. Located on the site of the former Diageo Distillery, the

A fifth of young Scots experience such intense conflict at home that they think about leaving without somewhere to go at least once a month, a national survey has revealed.

A new development in Bathgate can deliver millions of pounds of investment in the local community and create more than 200 new jobs if approved by West Lothian Council later this year, according to the developer behind the plans.

The Edinburgh Integration Joint Board has agreed an ambitious new plan to improve care standards and drive down costs across the capital through smarter, more modern and person-centred care. At the heart of the new plan is to reduce waiting times and improve access to care and support. This can only

A new report which details the Scottish Government's progress to reduce child poverty has highlighted that too many children in Scotland still don’t have access to the basic essentials, according to IPPR Scotland.

Despite various challenges, almost 150 affordable homes have been delivered in the Scottish Borders in 2022/23, along with £1.8 million of investment into energy efficiency measures, councillors have heard.