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More than 1,300 people fleeing conflict in Ukraine have arrived through Edinburgh’s Welcome Hub, with the significant majority of all arrivals to Scotland coming in through the city.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has appointed a new team of 12 independent, volunteer tenant advisors to help keep tenants’ views at the heart of its work.

Inverness-based investment group GEG Capital Ltd has acquired Highland construction company WGC (Scotland) Ltd. Following the acquisition - which will see WGC continue as a standalone entity within the group - GEG Capital will support the existing management team to target growth in the social housi

Funding will be made available to enable housing associations to buy back factored properties from eligible homeowners if they wish to become tenants, the Scottish Government has confirmed. Local housing associations can utilise funding available through the Scottish Government’s Affordable Ho

Ardenglen Housing Association has appointed David Byfield as its new CEO. Mr Byfield has more than 20 years’ experience in social housing and joined Ardenglen as the director of finance, digital and corporate services in February 2019. He has played a pivotal role in supporting positive and pr

Reforming Scotland’s rented sector is a vital way to tackle the cost of living crisis, net zero buildings minister Patrick Harvie has said, calling for greater collaboration to support people in hardship. Speaking ahead of the CIH Scotland's Housing Festival today, Mr Harvie outlined reforms i

Scotland’s skills and training minister visited City Building yesterday to present the Glasgow business with a historic accolade for developing its young workforce. City Building is the first ever construction firm, and only the fourth business in Scotland, to achieve the Investor in Young Peo

New proposals have been unveiled to transform the former Scottish Widows HQ in Edinburgh into 200 homes and modern sustainable offices.

Muir Homes has acquired land to allow the delivery of new family homes at its first development in Kilmarnock. The development will be 4.76 acres in size and the layout is being prepared to give a range of options to families.

A planning application has been submitted to South Lanarkshire Council seeking to change the use of office space to assisted accommodation at Hamilton's New Douglas Park. The application for the Fountain of Youth Stadium intends to develop residential living on the ground and first floor of the Nort

Scotland’s youth homelessness charity Rock Trust is teaming up with a team of Scottish writers with the launch of a new book. ‘All the Way Home’ is a new anthology featuring original pieces by iconic Scottish writers such as Val McDermid, Scabby Queen author Kirstin Innes, and Jame

Fife Council’s Housing Service is asking for Fifers to tell them about their current housing needs and their future housing aspirations.

The Doors Open Days festival, which offers free access to buildings and events across Scotland, will return to Edinburgh and East Lothian on September  24 and 25 with an in-person and online programme. For the first time, the programme will be guest-curated by Under One Roof, Scotland’s c

Robertson Homes is to build 114 new homes in the south west of Inverness after completing the acquisition of a ten-acre site in Torvean.

Reidvale Housing Association has decided to seek a formal partnership through a transfer of engagements to a larger RSL.