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A key strategy has been updated to help people across Edinburgh live well locally in places that are healthier, greener, more vibrant and inclusive. The City of Edinburgh Council's initial 20-Minute Neighbourhood Strategy was approved by the Policy and Sustainability Committee on 10 June 2021, outli

Glasgow-based construction and manufacturing group CCG (Scotland) has completed a planned maintenance workstream for Lanarkshire Housing Association in Motherwell.

Plans have been lodged for more than 100 flats on a former Arnold Clark site in Glasgow.

Dumfries and Galloway Council is set to chart the course for sustainable housing development for tears to come with the agreement of its Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP).

Kingdom Initiatives and the University of St Andrews are celebrating the handover of 22 new affordable homes in the town as the first phase of an exciting new ‘university village’ completes. Working in partnership for the first time, this pioneering project at The Grange will offer much-

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