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The Scottish Government has voted to provide an additional £223 million to local authorities to support pay awards to staff as part of the 2023-24 Scottish Budget. Deputy First Minister John Swinney said an improving financial position enabled him to address some pressing asks. The extra money

With the cold winter weather and the cost of living crisis still hitting households hard, Midlothian residents are being reminded that the warm and well hubs are still operating at Lasswade and Newbattle libraries. Part of the #MidlothianCares initiative launched by the council, the hubs offer warm

The Highland Council is to invest over £680,000 this year into carrying out improvements to its housing stock in Ward 5 – Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh At yesterday’s Area Committee, councillors agreed a Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme that will see £653,75

The latest local flood risk management plans for the Scottish Borders have been published, covering the period up to 2028.

A national trade body has reported the highest level of condensation affecting homes in 2022.

MSPs from five different parties have backed the innovative housing-with-care model as key to tackling the challenges of an ageing population.

Four of Scotland’s leading housing organisations have jointly published a new briefing on tackling damp and mould in the social housing sector.

Ediston and EMA Architecture & Design have submitted plans to expand the Fife village of Milton of Balgonie with the addition of 63 new homes. A total of 59 houses and four cottage flats are proposed for arable land located south of Main Street, of which 10% would be classed as affordable.

Plans to convert a former furniture store in Banff into nine flats have been given the green light. The new development will transform the existing shop floor and roof space of the vacant Cruickshanks House Furnishers into a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments.

Tenants have given Ardenglen Housing Association the thumbs up in a wide-ranging endorsement of its work. In a sparkling set of results in its three-yearly tenant satisfaction survey, Castlemilk-based Ardenglen was given a huge vote of satisfaction from customers.

New homes are to be created on the first and second floors of a listed building in Ayr. South Ayrshire Council’s planning department approved designs by LMA Architects for six flats above the former Clinton Cards and Game shops on the High Street.

Springfield Properties has continued its suspension of work on new long-term affordable housing contracts but it expects projects to recommence "when more normal market conditions resume". In its interim results for the six months ended 30 November 2022, the housebuilder said it took the s

Council house rents and housing investment will be discussed at a meeting held by Falkirk Council later this week.

A Scottish Labour government would create a scheme that would acquire empty homes and sell them to future homeowners for just £1, party leader Anas Sarwar has revealed. Labour estimates around 27,000 homes in the country are considered to be empty, and Anas Sarwar used the first day of th

Proposals for 81 new homes and a play area in Stanley look set to be approved this week. Ogilvie Homes hopes to erect a series of two, three and four-bedroom homes on land near Mill Brae and King Street.