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A 12-year-old schoolgirl from Glasgow has designed a solar-powered heated blanket that aims to help address the impact of homelessness in the UK. Rebecca Young, an S2 pupil at Kelvinside Academy, created the innovative design as part of the UK Primary Engineer competition, where she triumphed over 7

Councillors have formally agreed to introduce Edinburgh’s Visitor Levy scheme.

Savills Residential Research has launched its latest research report highlighting a significant rebound in Scotland’s prime residential market, and highlights the significant resilience and growth of the Glasgow market. The prime residential market in Scotland experienced significant growth in

The nominations deadline for the 2025 Scottish Empty Homes Awards has been extended to midday on Friday 31st January. 

Thirty-nine businesses have been suspended from installing new insulation in people’s homes after UK ministers were alerted to reports of poor-quality work. 

Structural reform of Scotland’s social care system, including legislation to reform integration joint boards and the establishment of a new public body to oversee national improvements, has all but been abandoned, the Scottish Government has announced.

Record homelessness levels are placing the finances of English local authorities under unsustainable pressure, a report by Westminster's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has revealed.

An update on the funding settlement for local government and its implications for East Lothian Council’s 2025/26 budget was provided at a cabinet meeting this week. With full details of the local government settlement still to be confirmed, elected members heard that the council may see a fund

Westpoint Homes is to progress with its plans to replace a redundant Glasgow police station with a residential block following the sale of the site.

Falkirk Council has made a preliminary decision on the proposed Grangemouth Flood Protection Scheme (GFPS) after it considered an update report at its Executive Committee yesterday.

Clearing derelict sites to make way for affordable homes in Dundee is one of a range of regeneration projects set to share £62 million from the 2025-26 draft Scottish Budget.

Apprentices at City Building have renovated FAREPlay Stepford interiors, the home of Easterhouse Football Academy, as part of a project designed to help them grow their skills and contribute to local communities.

Additional funding likely to come to Scotland as a result of a UK government boost to the Rough Sleeping Fund in England must be passed on in full to support those local authorities facing the greatest homelessness pressures in Scotland, Shelter Scotland has said. The UK Government has tripled money

Persimmon North Scotland has kicked off the construction of 125 new energy-efficient homes in Coaltown of Wemyss.

The first tenants have begun moving into their new homes after social landlord Osprey Housing completed a major regeneration project in Aberdeen. A former commercial building which had been unused and lying empty for a number of years has been renovated to create six high-quality flats at the city&r