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Members of the Highland Council’s Housing and Property Committee yesterday approved a 4% increase in council house rents for 2023/24. The council said the increase, which is well below the current rate of inflation, will help mitigate the financial challenges faced by tenants affected by the c

Affordable housing specialists Cullross Ltd has submitted plans to build 49 affordable homes just off Lour Road, Forfar.

After seven years of hard work to bring tenant participation up to a high level, Kingdom Housing Association has been awarded Gold Accreditation from TPAS Scotland. Kingdom has undertaken several key areas of review in consultation with tenants, including its new participation strategy, underta

Following the government’s decision to suspend the rent freeze on student accommodation, a new report has revealed what it claims is the "depth of the dysfunction of the student housing market".

Glasgow City Council has approved plans for nearly 80 three-storey houses to be built in the second stage of the huge canal-side quarter in Dundashill.

Surplus Property Solutions Ltd has submitted detailed plans for a major flats complex between two A-listed buildings in Calton. The firm intends to build a seven-storey, T-shaped block in the car park area at the former headquarters of social enterprise organisation The Wise Group in Charlotte Stree

A Wheatley Foundation programme to tackle unemployment in some of Scotland’s most disadvantaged areas has reached a major milestone – with its 3,000th job and training opportunity created.

A total of 220 energy-efficient new homes will be built in West Kilbride after North Ayrshire Council approved Persimmon’s planning application for a new housing development at Portencross.

Councillors have pushed back their decision into whether a former Glasgow convent should be demolished to make way for a new block of apartments so a public hearing can take place into the proposals. Surplus Property Solutions wants to replace the empty villa at 32 Mansionhouse Road, Langs

Whiteburn Projects has lodged its intent to deliver a new housing development on a former woollen mill site in Peebles. The developer pledged to breathe new life into the March Street Mill when it purchased the site from Moorbrook Textiles Limited last year.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published a revised engagement plan for the City of Edinburgh Council that outlines its progress in improving services for people who are homeless, service quality and tenant and resident safety.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has written to the Scottish Government to welcome the removal of the freeze on social rents that was announced last week, but making clear there are still unresolved issues. Following sustained efforts by SFHA, the Scottish Government announced

A total of 18 new affordable homes will be built on the Isle of Arran by the Arran Development Trust (ADT) as part of the Rowarden Affordable Housing Project.

An appeal has gone out for individuals to take part in a working group to help understand the issues being faced by those experiencing poverty and inequality. Aberdeen City Council’s Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee is looking for support from a group of up to 12 individuals for an initia

People struggling to pay their council tax during the cost of living crisis are being encouraged to check if they are eligible for money off their bill.