The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published updated advisory guidance for RSL governing bodies during COVID-19. The Regulator’s updates take into account changes introduced by recent legislation to extend the timescales for RSLs to hold virtual Annual General Meetings and Special Genera
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The design and construction of affordable homes in Callandar has won an award for the safety of the site’s COVID-19 arrangements, relationship with neighbouring businesses and the use of effective paving in the design. The Claish Farm site near Callandar won Silver in the Lovell National Healt
Work has started on a project in Ardrossan town centre which will provide Cunninghame Housing Association with a purpose-designed headquarters for its Residents Service tradespersons. A ground breaking ceremony took place on February 25 at the Invincible.scot Ltd site in Bute Terrace.
Link Group has welcomed the publication of the Scottish Government’s First Home Fund evaluation which outlines the impact of the scheme in helping over 8,000 households into home ownership in Scotland.
East Dunbartonshire Council agreed its housing revenue and capital budget for the year ahead at its special council meeting last week after approving a rent increase of just 0.5%. The housing capital budget for 2021/22 is £28.27 million, which includes:
The latest generation of modern and energy-efficient council homes have been completed in North Ayrshire. The £7.66 million project at the site of the former Watt Court in Dalry, sees 49 new units created as part of a wider plan to build 1,575 new homes across North Ayrshire.
Fife Council has agreed a one-year rent increase of 1.5% for council houses from April 2021 – adding £1.13 a week to the average rent cost - to help fund investment of more than £250 million in housing over the next three years. The same increase will apply to service charges,
A £4 million support fund has been launched to help Scots struggling with their energy bills during the coronavirus lockdown. The Scottish Government scheme, which will be administered by national advice service Advice Direct Scotland, is designed to prevent households falling into fuel povert
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is telling MPs ahead of this week’s Budget that the Chancellor must make the £20 uplift to Universal Credit (UC) permanent. In a briefing sent to all Scottish MPs, the charity sets out how without the uplift UC will fall below the rate of inflation and risk
Housing minister Kevin Stewart has written an open letter to the construction industry to thank them for their hard work, and for complying with the lockdown restrictions. In the letter, the minister has asked the industry to keep following the rules to allow construction work to continue safely. On
The developer behind plans to deliver 245 flats at Aberdeen’s historic Rubislaw Quarry has struck a deal with the local authority to pave the way for construction work to commence.
The site of a former power station at Inverkip could provide the location for a new ‘urban village’, subject to the outcome of a planning application submitted to Inverclyde Council by ScottishPower.
A report outlining a revised timetable for the City of Edinburgh Council's City Plan 2030 is set to be considered by councillors on Wednesday March 10.
A significant decrease in arrears for local authorities resulted in a drop in aggregate rent arrears during January, despite arrears for Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) increasing for the first time since August, the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has found. The Regulator noted in&nbs
Partick Housing Association (PHA) has completed its latest new build development at Laurel Street in the heart of Glasgow’s West End.