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Planning approval has been achieved for 17 homes for affordable rent on a brownfield site in Falkirk.

Planning permission has been granted to deliver supported living bungalows on the site of a former Aberdeen school.

Housing minister Paul McLennan met Borders Housing Network (BHN) representatives to find out more about the work they are doing in relation to domestic abuse including the challenges they face supporting victims and survivors living in rural communities. Michelle Meldrum, chief executive for Berwick

The chief executive of a housing association in England has been ordered to apologise directly to a resident after her noise nuisance complaints were ignored or not acted effectively on for nearly two years.

A former care home in Glasgow is to be transformed into 18 new apartments. Plans to convert the former Queen Mary Eventide Home in the Queens Park area were granted planning permission by councillors.

Private landlords could play a far greater role in helping to end homelessness in Scotland, according to a new report from a coalition of homelessness and housing experts.

Redpath Construction has secured its first project with North Ayrshire Council for the refurbishment of Cheviot Court sheltered housing unit in Irvine. The project was awarded via mini competition against the Framework Agreement for the Refurbishment of Sheltered Housing Units in North Ayrshire.

Planning permission has been granted for 128 houses and flats on a 2.5-hectare former ammunition factory in Carntyne.

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board. Fiona MacGregor, chief executive of the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH), becomes the new RSH nominee director. Fiona replaces Will Perry, director of strategy at the RSH, upon the completion of his m

CIH Scotland has published its response to the Scottish Housing Regulator's (SHR) call for views on the regulatory framework with a concern that prioritising regulatory focus could hamper the ability of social landlords to have a flexible approach to meeting the needs of tenants.

A consultation has been launched into a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to regenerate Glasgow's Charing Cross district.

More than 300 additional properties in Dundee are set to benefit from external wall insulation, if a new tender for the work is agreed next week. Members of Dundee City Council’s neighbourhood regeneration, housing and estate management committee are being asked to approve a tender for £

A £3 million development of 18 new flats for affordable social rent has been completed on the site of the former Fairfield Community Centre in Perth. The two-bedroom flats will provide additional, much-needed social housing for tenants in the city.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission, together with a coalition of Scottish Disabled People’s organisations, warns that disabled people are experiencing ‘unrelenting attacks on their human rights’ in reports to the UN. The two parallel reports for the United Nations highlight worse

The Centre for Homelessness Impact (CHI) and Dogs Trust have partnered to create a collection of non-stigmatising images of dog owners who are also experiencing homelessness to help challenge negative stereotypes.