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Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries is set to be demolished to make way for an £825 million mixed-use transformation, under new proposals for the site. Current owner Landsec is planning to create a new 'urban neighbourhood' complete with homes, retail, restaurants, and office space.

Following a very competitive recruitment process, Trust Housing Association has appointed Iain Forrester as its new head of digital and data. To support the delivery of their new three-year strategy – The Time is Now – Trust has been putting in place a re-shaped leadership team. Iain joi

For the latest episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast, co-hosts Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay are joined by Geraldine Begg, technology enabled care in housing lead at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, and Heather Dorling, the team manager of Loreburn Housing Association&r

Plans to partially demolish Aberdeen’s Quattro House to make way for 96 new flats have failed to gain outline planning permission.

Where help to access food is needed, this should be provided indoors in a way that maximises dignity, choice and reduces future need, according to a joint response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on ending the need for food banks from 36 organisations working in partnership to preven

This winter, Fife Housing Group has made an additional £7,500 of donations to programmes helping some of the most vulnerable people in our communities at what can be a really difficult time of the year. Colleagues visited Levenmouth Foodbank, Dunfermline Foodbank (which also serves Rosyth, Inv

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership has today announced finalists for the Auction House Scotland 11th Scottish Empty Home Awards.

A name synonymous with social housing in Scotland will be no more in April when Scotland’s largest registered social landlord, GHA, is renamed Wheatley Homes Glasgow. The name change – supported by tenants in an independent consultation – follows GHA and Cube Housing Associati

Perth and Kinross Council has unanimously approved a development of 85 homes in Pitlochry.

A record number of Perth & Kinross Council tenants have given their verdict on how much they think their rent should rise by in 2022/23.

Perth and Kinross Council will be asked to consider the sale of six flats in the 250-year-old Category B listed Cumberland Barracks building in Coupar Angus, with a view to reinvesting the proceeds in additional high-quality affordable accommodation. A report to the Housing and Communities Committee

Lloyds Banking Group is considering lending more to mortgage customers whose prospective homes are well-insulated, in an attempt to reflect how energy bills are an increasing burden on household finances.

Construction firm The JR Group has got the ball rolling on the construction of 18 new build social rented homes for Clydebank Housing Association.

Over 380,000 people in Scotland cite their home being hard to heat as a reason for finding their energy bills unaffordable, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) reveals.

Plans to develop the site of the former Killearn Hospital will now be carried out in two separate phases to hasten the transformation of the long-term derelict land, Stirling Council has revealed.