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Plans to reduce poverty, deliver economic growth, tackle climate change and provide high quality public services will be central to First Minister Humza Yousaf’s first Programme for Government, which will be published this week. In a statement to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday, First Minis

Work is underway on a new development of council housing which will provide affordable properties for rent in Cumbernauld.

Subscribers to Scottish Housing News passed the 11k milestone last month with 225 new readers of the free daily newsletter for Scotland's dynamic social housing sector taking the subscribers' total to 11,050. Daily subscribers have grown by an impressive 23% in the last year with 2,076 new read

Glasgow City Council’s ambition to regenerate the Clyde Waterfront took a further step forward with the topping out ceremony for Dandara Living’s new Granary Quay development at Glasgow Harbour. Situated on the site of former grain warehouses, Granary Quay is a build-to-rent development

Progressive technology to allow residents to influence their environment with assistive controls such as eye-gaze technology, wireless switches and voice command have been installed in a concept apartment built in a theatre. Smart home designer Function Control has provided its expertise to adapt a

Castlemilk-based Ardenglen Housing Association has appointed its director of customer service. Suzanne Casey has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis having held it in a temporary capacity for some months.

North Ayrshire Council has launched a new online customer account service to ensure residents can access the services they need as quickly and simply as possible. Since the start of Covid-19, there has been a significant increase in the number of people accessing the council’s online services,

The new boss of family firm McTaggart Construction has been shortlisted twice in the prestigious Scottish Women’s Awards 2023. Managing director Janice Russell has been recognised for her outstanding achievements in the male-dominated world of construction in both the Business of the Year and

Glasgow City Council has announced £5.57 million of funding to regenerate five vacant land projects after a report confirmed the continued fall in derelict sites in the city. The fall in derelict and vacant land between 2021 and 2022 was 32 hectares (4% of the total), down to 848 hec

Scottish housing minister Paul McLennan visited Hillcrest’s Cove development on Tuesday to mark the official opening of another phase of affordable homes. The Cove development, constructed by Stewart Milne Homes and situated with picturesque views overlooking the sea at Falkland Avenue, repres

Members of Link Housing's board and its tenant scrutiny panel have heard directly from tenants about the work of housing staff during a stock tour of developments in and around the Falkirk area. A group of tenants in Williamson Street highlighted how the communal space is being used – arts and

Home buyers in Scotland are sharpening their focus on their income long term when shaping the criteria for their first or next home due to the cost-of-living crisis, a new report from Barratt Developments has found.

The performance of social landlords against the standards and outcomes of the Scottish Social Housing Charter has continued to show positive signs despite the impact of ongoing challenges facing them and their tenants, the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) said today. Publishing findings from its&nbs

Osprey Housing has appointed two new ‘apprentice’ board members to help widen diversity and deepen understanding of the communities it serves. Joining as Osprey’s first non-voting boardroom apprentices are Lauren Allan, an assistant technical co-ordinator with Barratt Developments,

As a registered social landlord you will know that to plan a retrofit programme you need to do a number of things. What you may not be aware of is that you can access free energy efficiency analysis and modelling tools to help you achieve your retrofit targets. Home Analytics and the Portfolio Energ