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Glasgow West Housing Association has been updated to 'compliant' status by the Scottish Housing Regulator following a period of concern regarding its governance and tenant safety. In an updated engagement plan for the landlord, the Regulator said it received information in late February 20

In another in our COP26SHN series of spotlights on how the housing sector is doing its bit to tackle climate change, Scottish Housing News examines the efforts of Linstone Housing with its hugely-popular eco-friendly Car Club. The aim is to free tenants of the burden of car ownership and hire vehicl

West Dunbartonshire Council has invested £82.8 million in new affordable housing over the past seven years. The investment – which has created 467 new homes over 11 developments – makes the council the largest social housing developer in the area.

A multi-storey housing development in Clydebank will be declared as surplus and demolished following consultation with tenants. Future options for the Brunswick, Montreal and Quebec House developments were discussed with tenants after they were identified for review by West Dunbartonshire Council&rs

An electric car club in Glasgow is on the road to success in time for its second anniversary – after customers travelled over 74,000 miles in only two years.

Wellbeing and social care charity LinkLiving launched its first Christmas appeal, Sponsor The Sparkle, this week and is inviting businesses to sponsor a lit Christmas star on the charity’s Fife base at West Bridge Mill in Kirkcaldy.

Plans have been submitted for a narrow block of ten apartments on a brownfield gap site in Glasgow's West End. HJV Consultants has enlisted Elder & Cannon Architects to draw up plans for the seven-storey building at Kelbourne Street.

A property developer plans to add to the regeneration of Aberdeen city centre with the acquisition of 181 Union Street.

The process of planning and paying to build renewable energy schemes in Scotland needs to be simpler and less costly to better tackle the climate challenge, according to a senior lawyer who is advising on a number of schemes across the country, as well as acting for landowners. Susan Law, a partner

A regional prosperity framework (RPF) for the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region was yesterday endorsed by Fife Council. The RPF is the plan for building the economy of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region, looking at a range of important issues, setting an app

Lister Housing Co-operative has appointed John Rankin as its new chief executive due to the imminent retirement of its current director Alistair Cant. Mr Rankin joins with a wealth of social housing experience, most recently as head of business support within Viewpoint Housing Association. Prio

Scottish Housing News' #COP26SHN showcase of the social housing sector's efforts to help tackle the climate crisis continues with Andy Moseley, senior policy officer at the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership, who makes the case for utilising empty homes as a critical tool in terms of minimis

North Ayrshire Council is to build 1,625 new homes across every part of the region by 2027 as part of a newly-approved Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP).

Tollcross Housing Association has been granted planning permission to deliver 43 new homes near Tollcross Road. The vacant brownfield site, in Altyre Street, south of Trainard Avenue, was most recently used as an overflow car park for the 2014 Commonwealth Games after three-storey residential f

Plans to build 1,200 new houses across Fife by 2024 have been agreed by councillors.