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Councillors have approved plans for 49 new homes in a north east village. Aberdeenshire Council's Garioch Area Committee cleared the way for Kirkwood Homes to build the third and final phase of its Cluny Meadows development.

A report assessing West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing service has highlighted a number of positive improvements in the past year. The Scottish Social Housing Charter Performance report shows the service continues to perform well in a number areas, despite facing significant resource and log

CCG Asset Management has completed the first phase of a multi-million-pound planned maintenance project on behalf of Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing Association.

Homelessness charity Crisis has criticised the UK Government for failing to provide effective support for renters following the end of a coronavirus-linked eviction ban in England after new figures revealed that the number of landlord possessions has soared by 207%.

A riverfront project to build 49 new flats in Edinburgh on the banks of the Water of Leith has been completed as a result of full civil and structural services from the engineering consultancy Will Rudd Davidson.

A bold and ambitious strategy to transform Inverness into the place to live, work, enjoy and do business in Scotland will be presented to the City of Inverness Area Committee next week.

West Dunbartonshire Council's Working4U service has been praised nationally for the high standard of welfare rights and money advice it provides residents. The service successfully gained accreditation in the Scottish National Standards for the Information and Advice Providers (SNSIAP).

The Edinburgh Tenants Federation (ETF) has released its annual report for 2020/2021 showcasing its work to represent tenants throughout the city and ensuring tenant influence in housing policy and service decisions. The primary objective of the umbrella organisation of tenants’ and residents&r

The Scottish Land Commission has strengthened its Good Practice team this month with the appointment of Calum Stewart and Karen Grant as good practice advisers. Calum Stewart and Karen Grant will support the organisation’s work shaping change on the ground to ensure more people benefit fr

The Local Authority Forum of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) in Scotland is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week. It first started out with just three attendees and over the years has grown to more than 25. At the height of the pandemic, the forum went from meeting once a

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) writes in our COP26SHN feature that its members are working to tackle climate change by using sustainable and highly energy efficient methods to build homes. A new survey pubished by SFHA has been published as COP26 turns its attention to the th

Ruth Whatling has joined Homeless Network Scotland in the role of head of policy & equality, a newly created post that speaks to a growing awareness and importance placed on equality considerations in ending homelessness in Scotland. Ms Whatling joins Homelessness Network Scotland on a two-year

Shona Robison, cabinet secretary for social justice, housing and local government, has hailed Wheatley, Scotland’s largest housing, care and property-management group, as a “key and trusted partner”. Ms Robison was addressing Wheatley Group Board during its penultima

Wellhouse Housing Association (WHA) is calling for support to progress ambitious plans to bring new housing to the East End of Glasgow. The forward-thinking housing association is focused on developing 160 homes across three sites, but plans have currently been halted as critical work is required on

The number of homeless people being housed in B&Bs in West Lothian has more than doubled over the last year. West Lothian, which has the second-highest number of homeless presentations in Scotland, had developed a Rapid Rehousing Transition programme (RRTP) that was starting to ease the numbers