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The Highland Council is to invest £1.074 million into carrying out improvements to its housing stock in Caithness over the next 12 months. At a meeting of the Caithness committee, councillors agreed a one-year Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme that will see £940,000 spent on main

The new Adult Disability Payment will open for applications in three pilot areas from 21 March 2022. Legislation unanimously approved by the Scottish Parliament means that working-age disabled people, those with a long-term health condition and people who have a terminal illness should apply for dis

Tenants living in Moray Council-owned homes are increasingly satisfied with housing services, according to the latest tenant survey.

The Scottish Home Awards celebrates its 15th anniversary with the launch of its 2022 programme.

Bridgewater Housing Association has announced the retirement of its first and long-standing chief executive Ian McLean. Ian joined Bridgewater 24 years ago, as a fresh-faced thirty-odd year old, after two years with Dumfries and Galloway Council as a neighbourhood housing manager based in Stranraer

As new heat and smoke alarm regulations come into effect, campaigning trade association SELECT has launched a goodwill initiative that will see its members install free domestic alarm systems for some of Scotland’s most vulnerable people. Sponsored by Aico, the Alarm Ambassadors campaign will

Building work has started on a development of new homes on the site of a former Aberdeen fire station. Housing provider Sanctuary is delivering the project on North Anderson Drive which will create 118 affordable homes for local people.

An application by Barratt Homes to build a new family development is set to go before Dundee City Council's planning committee next week.

Angus Council has decided against a proposed 2% rent rise for council tenants in favour of an increase of 1%.

A third of local authorities in England are subject to penalties to encourage development after new figures revealed they are failing to deliver an adequate number of homes.

Councillors have given their approval for a new student accommodation block in Glasgow city centre following a hearing into the plans.

Children’s charity Barnardo’s Scotland has been granted planning permission for new homes for young people in Stirling. Stirling Council’s planning panel last week unanimously approved an application for four flats and a two-storey house on land behind Braehead House at 14 Cal

Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) is launching an island wide survey to inform what accommodation and range of tenures is required for keyworkers, now and into the future.

Sandy Morrison has officially opened Hebridean Housing Partnership's (HHP) James Place housing development in Tarbert.

Aberdeenshire Council will be asked to consider limiting an increase to rent charges to 1.5% this year to take account of the Covid-19 pandemic and the rising cost of living for tenants. The proposal follows an extensive review of the authority’s Housing Rent Strategy by a working group involv