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Places for People Scotland has today announced the appointment of Katie Smart as its new director. Ms Smart has worked at Places for People for the past 12 years and has been interim director of Places for People Scotland for the past six months.

A letting company that ostensibly rented residential flats in Edinburgh on a holiday letting basis has been refused permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal against a decision that it was in breach of the repairing standard for residential properties.

Soller Group has secured planning approval for Dundas Square, a 357-apartment development in central Glasgow's Cowcaddens district. Designed by Mosaic Architecture + Design, the project will include studio, one, and two-bedroom apartments, as well as rooftop terraces, coworking spaces, a gym, retail

Developers looking to deliver a mixed-use development which includes 453 houses in the village of Banknock have presented more information to Falkirk Council.

A project to deliver a tower block of affordable homes specifically for single women has been granted planning permission.

A campaign aimed at making social housing top of the agenda for the Scottish Government has been launched ahead of a poverty and inequality summit convened by the First Minister tomorrow.

It has been revealed that Scottish entrepreneur and philanthropist John Watson is a major backer of the newest Social Bite cafe in Glasgow.

March 2023 was a month of unprecedented demand for advice across the Citizens Advice network in Scotland. Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABs) helped people more than 100,000 times in a single month, the highest on record for individual pieces of advice given. The month also saw the highest number of peop

Reform Scotland, a public policy institute which works to promote increased economic prosperity, opportunity for all, and more effective public services, labelled the Scottish Government's energy strategy "cluttered and confused."

Rettie & Co’s Investment team has sold a 76-unit, £7.25 million residential portfolio in the Central Belt of Scotland to a local buyer on behalf of Picture Living Investments.

Link Group was presented with a framed shirt by Bathgate Thistle, acknowledging the assistance the team has received from the organisation. Sarah Smith, Link Group’s communities director and CEO of LinkLiving, a trauma-informed Scottish health and wellbeing charity, received the jersey at Bath

Members of the Highland Council's Housing and Property Committee have approved plans which aim to build 3,300 affordable homes over the next five years.

Osprey Housing has received £25,000 in funding from Cycling Scotland’s Social Housing Partnership Fund to cover the cost of installing bicycle stores at two development locations — one in Moray, the other in Aberdeenshire. The new facility in Elgin is now complete, while work on th

Scottish Building Society, celebrating its 175th anniversary, reported a pretax profit of £3.3 million and has steadily grown its customer base. The Society's mortgage assets have increased by £42m to £496m, while its savings balances grew to £418m. Contrary to other financia

The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) has appointed Al Denholm as its new chief executive officer. Mr Denholm, a seasoned asset management professional with over 36 years of experience, previously held executive and senior investment leadership positions at major financial institutions like P