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A man has been ordered to demolish a five-bedroom home that was built without planning permission after failing to convince planners that refusing his application breached his human rights.

The Highland Council’s Affordable Housing Supply Programme 2022/23 has delivered over 500 affordable homes across Highland.

Glasgow Credit Union, one of the UK’s largest credit unions, has launched a new podcast to provide no-frills practical financial advice in an easy-to-listen way.

July saw house prices fall 0.2% month on month, according to the latest annual house price index from Nationwide.

An Inverness-based housebuilder that ceased trading earlier this year owed nearly £1 million to creditors Ptarmigan Homes left 25 projects unfinished when it collapsed in April.

The majority of Scots support moves to phase out the use of fossil fuel boilers in existing homes, according to WWF Scotland.

Home in Scotland has appointed a new senior advisor to support the delivery of its strategic priorities. Shona Mitchell comes with a wealth of experience across national and local government priorities, strategies, policy, legislation, and regulation.

Tenants will be handed the keys to 12 new homes in St Ninians this week following almost £2 million worth of investment by Stirling Council and the Scottish Government. The new homes, at Monteith Avenue, are a mix of one-bedroom flats and two and three-bedroom semi-detached houses and add to t

Two sites which will provide additional town centre homes in Airdrie are continuing to make good progress. The regeneration of the former Orrs department store is continuing to take shape, with handover of 20 new homes and two commercial premises scheduled for December this year.

Members of the Craigmillar community banded together to help the Hays Community Pantry meet the increased demand for its services. Places for People Scotland and Community Renewal Trust teamed up with Morrisons supermarket to host a community food drive on Friday 28 July. The proceeds of the drive &

Members of the Living Rent tenants’ union dropped a banner at Victoria Street in Edinburgh to call for the council to keep its commitment to regulate short-term lets (STLs) in the city.

A Glasgow community is going green thanks to an environmental week of action by Wheatley Homes Glasgow. Children from Just Be Kids nursery joined staff from the social landlord and local community groups to plant trees near Cleeves Road, Nitshill.

Businesses across Scotland are being called on to vie for work worth up to £100 million to support the country on its net zero journey. The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) is urging firms of all sizes to apply for its latest framework, offering property refurbishment and modernisation spec

Caledonia Housing Association has published its first Climate and Sustainability Strategy which sets out how it will tackle climate change and meet the Scottish Government’s net-zero target by 2045. Spearheaded by the board of Caledonia Housing Group, which includes Cordale Housing Association

The current framework for regulating social landlords in Scotland was introduced in 2019. Since then, tragic incidents here in the UK and worldwide events have changed how RSLs are expected to operate, possibly forever. So in this episode, we’re asking whether the way RSLs are regulated should