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An international coalition of construction experts has published the world’s first universal standard for reporting carbon dioxide emissions used in the building and lifecycle of structures – also known as ‘embodied and operational carbon’ within the industry.

A symposium hosted by Edinburgh Napier Business School has submitted proposals to the Scottish Government on how small parcels of land in Scotland can become a key revenue source - while enabling Scotland to meet its ambitious carbon reduction targets. The five-point action plan is based on the curr

Scottish Housing News Podcast co-host Jimmy Black gives his take on today's new episode in which Professor Douglas Robertson tells SHN… if we can’t fix leaky roofs in private flats, how will we ever make them carbon neutral? Meantime, Cllr Anne Rendall reflects on £4.4 millio

Councillors have given their approval to a plan that could deliver more than 350 properties built in Orkney over the next five years.

Nearly 100 much-needed new homes have been built in Inverclyde by Sanctuary Group. The social housing provider has delivered 96 homes for social rent across four sites in Port Glasgow and Greenock.

Former chairman of Eildon Housing Association Bill Wilkie MBE officially opened the brand-new extra care development named after him, with a tree-planting ceremony last week. The impressive state-of-the-art development Wilkie Gardens provides 39 one and two-bedroom flats on what was the de

Riverside Scotland handed over the first homes at the nation’s largest affordable modular housing development with four homes being allocated to military veteran households. The ground-breaking £9.8 million project is being delivered by Riverside Scotland and Connect Modular, part of The

Link Group has earned the prestigious title of housing provider of the year following a win at the 2021 CIH Scotland Housing Awards.

Kingdom Housing Association is celebrating a double win at the CIH Scotland Housing Awards, the country’s annual awards for excellence in housing, lifting the top prizes for Excellence in Customer Service and Excellence in Tenant Scrutiny. At a gala event held in Glasgow, the CIH Scotland Hous

The Highland Council has taken possession of a further ten new homes at Kinellan in Strathpeffer. The phased handovers of small groups of properties in the Kinellan development have added a total of twenty-one new homes to the council’s housing stock, including a range of wheelchair accessible

Orkney’s latest social housing development has been officially handed over to the council by its building contractor – with tenants moving in from this week. The £4.7 million, 32-property development at Carness Road in Kirkwall, is a mixture of flats and bungalows – with five

New funding available through Perth & Kinross Council aims to support the completion of important communal repairs in tenement flats.

Homelessness charity Social Bite has launched a new appeal that aims to provide 300,000 gifts, meals and essential items to people experiencing homelessness this Christmas.

Social Investment Scotland (SIS), in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS), has launched a £5 million fund to help social enterprises, charities, and community organisations make the transition to carbon net-zero. The purpose of The Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund is to support

As the country battles with the highest rate of inflation in almost ten years, new research by Action for Children today reveals soaring energy bills and rising prices are the top financial concerns among working parents this Christmas.