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The ExtraCare Charitable Trust, a not-for-profit developer for the over-55s, has teamed up with Centaur Robotics in a bid to revolutionise the mobility market.

Midlothian Council is on track to meet its five-year target of having 1,000 council homes either built or under construction by the end of March 2022. The council has signed contracts with Dandara and Barratt, who are already on-site delivering 18 council homes in Shawfair and 53 council homes in Ro

The Highland Council is proposing a below-inflation council tax increase of 3% for 2022-23. The increase together with a range of efficiency and management savings will be required to close the budget gap of £34 million.

Miller Homes is to bring 187 new homes, plus 63 affordable homes, to East Lothian with the launch of its brand-new Carberry Grange development in Whitecraig.

Construction work at two sites in Prestonpans has started that will help deliver over 40 much needed affordable homes in East Lothian. The developments by Lar Housing Trust, which has an extensive waiting list in the area, are at Northfields and Jim Bush Drive and will bring the total number of deve

Revised proposals for a residential development on an old industrial site between the Gorbals and Govanhill have been given planning permission.

Plans to convert Aberdeen’s historic Monkey House into new apartments have failed to gain planning permission.

A pensioner who turned 100 this month has shown that age has no limits after revealing his secrets to a long and happy life. Ted Gear, who lives at Bield Housing and Care’s Wheatley Gardens development in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, attributes his long life to working hard and so

Port of Leith Housing Association has been named the 10th best housing association to work for and the 33rd best company to work for in the UK. The landlord was recognised as the 11th best company to work for in Scotland. Based in Leith and providing over 3,000 homes across north Edinburgh, it emplo

A proposal to ask the Scottish Government to designate the City of Edinburgh Council area as a short term let (STL) control area has been approved by councillors.

The Scottish Government has announced its intention to allow the longer notice periods on grounds for eviction, which were introduced at the start of the pandemic, to expire on March 30.

Planning applications to expand a Glasgow hotel and another to transform the site into flats have both gained permission in principle. Last year, hotel owner Ivory Group Ltd had sought consent to the principle of converting The Ivory on Camphill Avenue at Langside Avenue to residentia

Ten-year Island Plans that will form the foundations on which to address long-standing issues faced by Arran and Cumbrae, including affordable and social housing, are set to be launched next month.

The first phase of Stirling Council’s Covid Recovery Community Consultation is underway. Residents can now share their feelings and experiences of living through the Covid-19 Pandemic through a short survey on the council’s Engage platform.

Contractors are being reminded not to disturb existing social alarm systems when installing new interlinked heat, smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in domestic properties. The alert comes after reports of some devices for vulnerable people being removed during the fitting of new systems to compl