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The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has secured the prestigious RACE Equality Code Quality Mark in recognition of its commitment to improving equality, diversity and inclusion in the organisation, throughout its membership and across the housing sector. The RACE Code stands for Reporting, Actio

The City of Edinburgh Council has partnered with community councils to ask residents, businesses and other interested groups how they think Seafield could be transformed and regenerated into a vibrant new 20-minute neighbourhood.

The Communities Housing Trust has been awarded £94,490 from the Highland Council’s Community Regeneration Fund to take forward a project to provide new affordable homes and woodland crofts in Glengarry, to help repopulate the glen. The Inverness-based charity and Glengarry Community Wood

Up to £25 million is being made available to help councils identify affordable homes for key workers in rural communities. The five-year initiative, set out in the Scottish Government’s priorities for the next three years, will enable local authorities and registered social landlords to

Not-for-profit framework provider Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has expanded its free-of-charge call off service in response to feedback received from public sector organisations.

Wheatley Group has revealed the eight contractors to have been appointed to a £500 million framework for the provision of housing construction and all other associated construction works.

Tenants are settling into their new homes as North Lanarkshire Council marked the completion of its latest new council house building project at Community Road, Bellshill. The Community Road development, which comprises 29 new homes for rent, is in the heart of the local community and forms part of

Residents living with mobility issues at a Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR) site at Whitefoord House in Edinburgh have received a huge lift from a generous grant provided by ABF The Soldiers' Charity. The £26,000 donation received from ABF allowed the charity to install a new improved lift i

Affordable housing specialists Cullross Ltd has submitted detailed planning for its Newcraighall East development in Musselburgh.

As part of the £11.6 million development for affordable housing currently under construction in Earlston, Eildon Housing Association and Cruden Building have jointly supported the local community by giving something back with the donation of eight new goalposts for Earlston Primary.

The average property to rent in Scotland passed the £1,000 mark for the first time in Q1 2023 and the annual rate of growth has continued to climb Year on Year (YOY), according to new research from Citylets.

A Stranraer tenant has talked about the “huge difference” her new home has made to her life since moving into a £4.75 million development in the town. The homes by Wheatley Homes South at Nursery Avenue include a mix of one, two, three and four-bedroom homes and one larger family h

Ullapool-based hospitality business J&R Group has moved to tackle the region's affordable housing crisis by investing in low-rent accommodations for staff at its Seaforth establishment. With housing shortages impeding its ability to open its seafood restaurant, bar, and fish and chip shop, the c

Solar batteries have been installed at a new affordable housing development in North Lanarkshire in a bid to tackle fuel poverty and climate change. Located at the Holehills Regeneration on Dykehead Road northeast of Airdrie town centre, 150 two and three-bedroom homes for social rent are replacing

Students across Scotland are being encouraged to enter a national award designed to support research that could change the way we own and use land in Scotland.