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Reforming Scotland’s rented sector is a vital way to tackle the cost of living crisis, net zero buildings minister Patrick Harvie has said, calling for greater collaboration to support people in hardship. Speaking ahead of the CIH Scotland's Housing Festival today, Mr Harvie outlined reforms i

Scotland’s skills and training minister visited City Building yesterday to present the Glasgow business with a historic accolade for developing its young workforce. City Building is the first ever construction firm, and only the fourth business in Scotland, to achieve the Investor in Young Peo

New proposals have been unveiled to transform the former Scottish Widows HQ in Edinburgh into 200 homes and modern sustainable offices.

Muir Homes has acquired land to allow the delivery of new family homes at its first development in Kilmarnock. The development will be 4.76 acres in size and the layout is being prepared to give a range of options to families.

A planning application has been submitted to South Lanarkshire Council seeking to change the use of office space to assisted accommodation at Hamilton's New Douglas Park. The application for the Fountain of Youth Stadium intends to develop residential living on the ground and first floor of the Nort

Scotland’s youth homelessness charity Rock Trust is teaming up with a team of Scottish writers with the launch of a new book. ‘All the Way Home’ is a new anthology featuring original pieces by iconic Scottish writers such as Val McDermid, Scabby Queen author Kirstin Innes, and Jame

Fife Council’s Housing Service is asking for Fifers to tell them about their current housing needs and their future housing aspirations.

The Doors Open Days festival, which offers free access to buildings and events across Scotland, will return to Edinburgh and East Lothian on September  24 and 25 with an in-person and online programme. For the first time, the programme will be guest-curated by Under One Roof, Scotland’s c

Robertson Homes is to build 114 new homes in the south west of Inverness after completing the acquisition of a ten-acre site in Torvean.

Reidvale Housing Association has decided to seek a formal partnership through a transfer of engagements to a larger RSL.

Dunfermline has won its bid to have official status city, as part of the civic honours competition to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee in 2022.

The Lomond Group of estate agencies spanning England and Scotland has unveiled that it has joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a ground-breaking training and development strategy. It has sealed a major new agreement designed to nurture the home-grown talent of its 1,000 people employed across

The winners of the RICS Awards 2022 in Scotland have been revealed and some of the most impressive recent building projects from the local area are on the list. Canonmills Garden in Edinburgh has won the residential project award, while Provost Skene's House in Aberdeen won the heritage award and Ca

Scotland’s housing professionals are coming together this week for the country’s biggest housing event.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called for urgent action from both the Scottish and UK governments to prevent worsening levels of fuel poverty amongst social housing tenants after it revealed that its members have reported a worrying increase in tenant fuel debt and