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Scottish youth homelessness charity Rock Trust has partnered with Almond Housing Association to turn an out-of-use care home in West Lothian into affordable housing for young people in the community at risk of and affected by homelessness.

CIH Scotland has called for more government support to help the country reach net-zero emissions. The Scottish Government consultation on a draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan closed yesterday. The document sets out a vision for transforming Scotland’s energy system on the journey t

Plans have been lodged to build 25 social houses on a patch of land 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 Mauchline, and the agents in

Ken Gourlay, currently executive director enterprise & environment, is to take on Fife Council’s top job in July after Steve Grimmond retires as CEO. Fife Council leader, Councillor David Ross, chaired the appointment committee and confirmed the decision.

Goodstone Living and contractor McAleer & Rushe have officially broken ground on the construction of a next-generation build-to-rent neighbourhood in Leith. Once completed the Dockside scheme will supply at least 338 sustainable rental homes across four apartment blocks and provide over an acre

Fresh from the Scottish Government's anti-poverty summit, Shelter Scotland director Alison Watson joins Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black to share to what extent housing was mentioned during the event. The discussion also touches on Alison’s early career, Housing First, the Temporary Accommodatio

Around one-third of the 23,000 Ukrainian refugees who have come to Scotland since Russia’s invasion in February 2022 are still waiting to be given a permanent home, according to new figures.

Housing associations in Northern Ireland have exceeded targets for new homes in the past 12 months after one of the most successful periods for the sector in recent years.

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has published research which outlines the economic and social benefits of housing support. Commissioned by the Housing Support Enabling Unit, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, Scottish Commission for Learning Disabilities, Hanover S

Private renters with a minority ethnic background are 38% more likely to have been threatened with an unaffordable rent increase and 36% more likely to have been threatened with an eviction than white British or Irish renters, according to new Generation Rent research.

Members of the Highland Council's Economy and Infrastructure Committee have agreed to continue to build on the success of the 2022/23 Community Regeneration Programme for 2023/24. Economy and Infrastructure Committee chair, Councillor Ken Gowans, said: “Following a successful first year the ne

L&G is to cease production at its timber-frame modular housing factory and will make the "majority" of its 475 staff redundant following £174 million of losses over seven years. The insurance and pensions firm began building prefab houses at its Sherburn-in-Elmet factory, near Se

Updated plans for hundreds of new homes on the site of the former Snodgrass Flour Mill on Glasgow’s Riverside are being brought forward for public consultation.

Sales rates for homes built by Barratt Developments have been maintained throughout a difficult economic period leading the housebuilder to project that its full year adjusted profit before tax will be in line with current market expectations. In a trading update for the period from 1 Janu

Glasgow City Council has approved the programme for regeneration frameworks for four city centre districts. The plans for Cowcaddens, the Learning Quarter, the Merchant City and Townhead will be delivered over the next decade through District Regeneration Frameworks (DRFs) for each of the areas