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Almost 67,000 properties in Scotland are unoccupied, according to new figures collected by the Scottish Conservative Party.

A total of 43,000 Scots were homeless last Christmas, according to the Scottish Liberal Democrats, who submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to local councils across Scotland.

Glenrothes-based Atmore Easy Living Development (AELD) Ltd has submitted plans to Fife Council to build 80 new homes in Balgonie.

First-time buyers and others on low to medium incomes are being encouraged to take advantage of the Open Market Shared Equity Scheme to help buy a home in 2023. The scheme allows people to buy a home without having to fund its entire cost and is available across Scotland to these priority access gro

A proactive telecare trial by Bield Housing and Care has revealed astonishing results about the impact of proactive intervention for older adults.

Letting agency Homes for Good has won a prestigious Gold World Habitat Award.

Council tax debt in Scotland has increased by almost two-thirds since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thanks to funding from EVH’s Cost of Living Support Grant Scheme, local children in Tollcross were recently thrilled to receive a generous present from Santa.

Army veteran Bobby Jones has hung up his Christmas decorations for the first time in 14 years after finally finding a place to call home in one of the 77 properties built in phase 2 of the Tarryholme development in the North Ayrshire town of Irvine. Bobby Jones is one of 11 veterans housing ass

Developers behind two plans for student accommodation blocks in Dundee have been given more time to get the projects started. Two firms were granted planning permission in April last year by Dundee City Council to build purpose-built premises on sites at Brown Street and at the site of the Shell gar

Network Rail has applied for planning permission in principle for an apartment development on the site of a railway depot in Yorkhill. Indicative proposals show there would be two blocks, containing a total of 49 apartments, at the corner of Kelvinhaugh Street and Sandyford Street.

With funding from the Scottish Government’s Social Housing Fuel Support Fund and working in partnership with a local business, Shire Housing Association has provided energy-saving packs to almost 300 households this month. Shire, which provides social housing across East Ayrshire, is committed

A Syrian refugee is giving back to the community that welcomed him by offering up free Christmas haircuts to tenants at a Port Glasgow housing development. Grateful tenants at Bield’s Crosshill Gardens benefited from a free haircut courtesy of Mounzer Darsani, a Syrian barber who sought refuge

Community groups in Glasgow and the surrounding areas have shared donations totalling more than £1 million from the Glasgow Community Anchors’ Fund, with the latest funding helping to support local people during the cost-of-living crisis. Since launching in 2020, the fund – which i

The Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has worked alongside its repairs contractor, FES FM, to support Third Sector Hebrides in the delivery of food parcels to some of the most vulnerable in the communities in the run up to Christmas.