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Additional projects to provide more than 460 new homes for tenants and residents across North Lanarkshire have been added to the local authority's five-year Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP).

Tenant organisations, trade unions, built environment bodies and energy companies have combined to criticise Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plans to change some of the UK Government's key green policies, including proposals to water down housing energy efficiency standards and a weakening of targ

Scottish youth homelessness charity Rock Trust has partnered with Glasgow City Council to expand its successful Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) service into the city for the first time. The team began working with young people in Glasgow in summer 2023, and the programme will be officially launched t

Stirling Council’s Housing Service is hosting a Housing Open Day for tenants tomorrow. At the Albert Halls in Stirling between 10am and 2pm, officers will provide advice, information and sources of support with staff from repairs, benefits, income maximisation, housing options and housing mana

The latest provisional statistics from the UK HPI have recorded an average property price in Scotland of £192,000 for July 2023, denoting a 0.1% increase from the previous year. Compared with the preceding month, house prices experienced a 1.1% increase on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, whil

Two tenant participation groups in the north of Scotland joined forces to host their first interactive virtual session centred around the theme of 'Working in Partnership'.

More than 400 tonnes of furniture has been saved from being dumped or going to landfill thanks to a furniture service from Wheatley Group.

Persimmon Homes has donated over 6,000 bricks to Dundee and Angus College to support the next generation of construction workers.

Link’s chief executive Jon Turner celebrated the commitment of staff across the Link group of companies over the last 12 months at the Link AGM. The event also saw four new board member welcomed into their roles.

Kingdom Support & Care staff have been recognised for their outstanding achievements at an award ceremony held at Behind The Wall in Falkirk.

Eildon Housing’s extra care services at Dovecot Court in Peebles and Wilkie Gardens in Galashiels were inspected in August 2023 by the Care Inspectorate and received high praise for the quality of their regulated care and support which forms part of their extra care service. The Care Inspector

The Local Development Framework (LDF) for Glasgow's South Central area has now been adopted.

Young and old came together this week to celebrate the opening of Fife’s first intergenerational care village in Methil. Built on the former site of Kirkland High School, the village includes a 36-bed care home, integrated nursery, extra care housing properties for older people and four specif

Measures to protect tenants through the cost of living crisis, including the 3% rent cap and additional eviction protections, will be extended for a further period of up to six months following a vote by MSPs. The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Act was introduced in October 2022 to protect tenan

A development providing 57 homes for social rent in Penicuik has been completed following a partnership between housebuilder Cala Homes (East) and Wheatley Group. The collection of affordable homes includes 16 cottage flats, 13 terraced homes and 28 apartments – and forms a key element of the