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Britain's second-largest homebuilder Persimmon said today it expects to deliver 4-7% more homes this year after it posted a 23% rise in annual profit.

Glasgow City Council’s Empty Homes Strategy has brought back hundreds of empty homes back to use in the city over the past few years, helping to increase the housing supply.

Taking place in person once again after two years online, the annual Housing First Conference on March 31 will hear that Housing First is ‘Here to Stay’ in Scotland, which is also the title of the one-day event at Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) – now open for book

Council workers at Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) are among those to have voted to back strike action in a dispute over equal pay.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has updated its engagement plans for Viewpoint and Falkirk Council.

A clear commitment to protecting local communities has been underlined by South Lanarkshire Council as it launched a new anti-social behaviour policy.

Helping the local Gypsy/Traveller community during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped South Lanarkshire Council receive recognition at a national level. The council’s Housing and Technical Resources and the local Gypsy/Traveller community won this year’s COSLA Excellence Award for ‘E

A council tax increase of 3% and a freeze on council house rents are two key points in the council budget for 2022/23 approved yesterday at a special meeting of East Lothian Council. Despite significant financial challenges including increased National Insurance rates and uncertainties over continue

Plans for 53 homes at Glassgreen in Elgin have been approved.

Brownfield sites in Moray are to be assessed against criteria so that redevelopment of them can be prioritised.

North Lanarkshire Council is continuing essential electrical safety testing in its council homes and around 7,000 tenants will soon receive a letter with an appointment for this to be carried out. The council has said that the safety of its tenants and residents is paramount and these checks allow t

At the meeting of the Highland Council's Sutherland Area Committee, members agreed a one-year Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme that will see £533,000 spent on projects to improve Sutherland Council homes over 2022/23. The HRA Capital Programme 2022-23 has been developed in line with t

A new National Strategy for Economic Transformation, underpinned by detailed analysis of Scotland’s economic strengths and weaknesses, has been published by the Scottish Government. The strategy contains over 70 actions across five key priority programmes that have been identified as having th

A construction firm is appealing the refusal of a second planning application to transform a derelict site in North Lanarkshire into affordable homes.

The major regeneration project at Bellsmyre in Dumbarton is taking shape with four families moving into their new homes and the council giving the green light for the next phase of development.