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Sector body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced Jane Wood as its new chief executive with effect from June 1. Jane joins HFS from BT where she was group UK nations and regions director and a member of the BT Scotland board, responsible for managing relationships with public bodies, politicians an

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) welcomed minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants’ rights Patrick Harvie MSP to its landmark Passivhaus social housing development in Glasgow’s East End. The development, the largest of its kind in Glasgow, is at an ad

Energy regulator Ofgem is looking to update the price cap on energy bills every three months instead of twice a year to help households see the benefit of price falls much sooner. The watchdog will publish a ‘minded-to’ consultation into the proposal.

Cruden Building has completed the construction of 24 dementia-friendly homes on the site of the former St Stephen’s High School in Port Glasgow, the first homes of their kind in Inverclyde.

A Victorian industrial building near Speirs Wharf could be demolished to make way for build-to-rent flats, under newly lodged plans.

Dundas Estates has launched a new £5,000 community fund to support organisations in and around Musselburgh. The funding will be distributed in £1,000 segments to five businesses, charities or community initiatives local to Musselburgh.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has committed to fighting for the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to be renationalised. The commitment came in the form of a motion passed at the union’s annual conference, the first in-person conference since the pandemic. In the union’s view, BRE&rsq

Blackwood has appointed Marie McQuade to help drive as many entries as possible to its design competition - the Blackwood Design Awards. Highly experienced Marie McQuade will now devote herself to raising awareness of the Blackwood Design Awards, which aim to transform the lives of those who need su

The use of the term ‘affordable’ has been helpful to those who deliver homes in Scotland, but for others, it has become vague and redundant.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has acquired land at Gilmerton Station Road in South Gilmerton, Edinburgh to allow the development of 134 new homes.

Demand for housing advice across the Citizens Advice network is growing as the cost of living crisis intensifies, according to the latest data report from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). In terms of online advice pages, concern around landlords increasing rent continues to grow and is now eight time

Community groups, organisations and businesses are being encouraged to bid for a share of the Levenmouth Reconnected Programme (LRP) £10 million fund, operated by Fife Council.

Kilmac has been awarded a major new contract by AMA Homes to deliver the groundworks and hard landscaping phases for a development of 50 apartments in Edinburgh.

The Queens Cross Group has unveiled its plans on how it will use its combined resources to transform northwest Glasgow by 2025. Its new Business Plan 2025 sets out how the four charities and companies in the group each have something to contribute to help make Queens Cross one of the best places to

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has been appointed by Tom MacLennan, Iain Fraser and Chad Griffin of FRP Advisory, the joint administrators of Countesswells Development Limited (CDL), to market a substantial prime development site in Aberdeen formerly owned by CDL which went into administration at the