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Construction workers at a Glasgow housing development had an unusual shock when they dug up bones, a skull and wooden coffins last week. The grim discovery of the human remains occurred at the site in Orr Street, Calton, on Tuesday morning.

Knight Property Group has lodged plans to convert an empty Aberdeen office building into affordable homes after failing to rent or sell the building. The firm wants to deliver 26 one-bedroom affordable apartments on the upper floors of the four-storey City Point building on Chapel Str

Build to Rent (BTR) housing provider Sigma Capital has reached a significant milestone with its first development in Scotland underway under its private rental brand Simple Life.

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has published a large-scale international evidence review of rent control, incorporating both economics and wider social sciences literature from 2000 to 2020.

A lack of clear government strategies and insufficient financial incentives are undermining progress on decarbonisation in the residential sector, the Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) upcoming 2022 UK Housing Review has revealed. The UK has the oldest housing stock in Europe. One in five

Community projects by Southside Housing Association and Queens Cross Housing Association are among nine initiatives in Glasgow to have been awarded almost £3.7 million through the Scottish Government's Place Fund after Glasgow City Council approved the funding allocations yesterday. The Place

Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH), the three-year project to support the sector to tackle the UK housing crisis, has developed new housing blueprints for developers, housing associations and SMEs to bring affordable homes to market quickly and cost effectivel

The Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland (CFoIS) is next week hosting the next meeting of the Scottish Public Information Forum (SPIF) that will focus on strengthening access to information rights. CFoIS has published a draft Bill to amend the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 20

Women in Planning is launching a new Central Scotland Branch in direct response to growing interest in the network within Edinburgh.

Fife councillors have approved a budget for 2022-23 which will see council tax will rise by 3% on Band D, to help avoid any cuts to services and allow additional one-off investment of £3.691 million in a range of areas. The council said its budget reinforces its commitment to investing in Fife

The Scottish Government has announced that temporary changes to notice periods, introduced at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, will return to pre-pandemic terms - but Daryl Mcintosh, policy manager at Propertymark, has criticised the continuation of discretionary grounds for possession. The recen

Council tax in Dundee has been increased by 2.9% for the 2022/23 financial year, putting the band D rate at £1,419.03.

Emergency equipment to help during adverse weather conditions has been made available to local community groups across North Lanarkshire. The resilience packs will be available for community groups and organisations to distribute whenever required during wintery or adverse weather, thanks to funding

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has started pre-construction work for its development of 227 new homes off Jackton Road, on the western edge of East Kilbride.

Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has been named as the next chair of Shelter Scotland, with two new members also added to the committee. An existing member of the charity's committee, Ms Dugdale will replace the outgoing Rob Hayward as the committee's chair next month.