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Latest statistics showing a 26% increase in the total number of new homes completed in the year to end September 2021 compared to the previous 12 months (during which activity was impacted by Covid) have been welcomed as a step in the right direction by sector body Homes for Scotland. With completio

Siobhan Webster, yard manager of Mossburn Community Farm, and Alan Somerville, senior development officer at Cunninghame Cunninghame Housing Association has presented a cheque for £1,000 to Mossburn Community Farm.

More than eight million households across the UK will get a cash payment from July to ease the cost of living pressures, as work and pensions secretary Thérèse Coffey set out detailed plans today.

The discovery of asbestos in Ayr's High Flats is set to ensure the demolition of the three blocks located at Riverside Place. Pre-demolition work has begun on the first of the three blocks, with an asbestos survey completed last week.

Carmichael Homes has submitted plans to Stirling Council for a residential development of 18 dwellings, infrastructure and open space on land south of Plean Parish Church on Main Street. Documents submitted with the application read: “The site has been granted planning permission previously fo

A review of the second Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing (EESSH2) is to be brought forward to commence this year for completion in 2023, the Scottish Government has confirmed. The announcement was made yesterday as part of the Scottish Government’s response to the report, Achi

Supplying Scottish towns and rural communities with sustainable hydrogen gas will be the focus of a new partnership announced by gas distribution company SGN and renewables generator RWE.

Residents are being invited to drop-in events this week as the City of Edinburgh Council gathers views on the ongoing transformation of Powderhall. Detailing early plans for new homes and greenspace on part of the site on Broughton Road, Council officers will be joined by Cruden Building and Smith S

A series of ‘community conversations’ will be held across the country as the transition to a single voice for all social enterprises in Scotland gets underway. Social Enterprise Scotland (SES) is growing a strong, inclusive voice for social enterprise after being chosen by the Scottish G

Early plans are in the pipeline for around 60 new homes for social rent in Dalbeattie. Cunninghame Housing Association plans to build the development on the outskirts of the town across from the learning campus.

Albyn Housing Society has concluded its recruitment process for a new chief executive with the appointment of Kirsty Morrison. Ms Morrison began working as the permanent chief executive at the beginning of this month, having been interim chief executive of the organisation since August last year.

A new tidal flood model has been produced for developers and planners to consider when working near the River Clyde between Dalbeth in Glasgow and Greenock.

The Clyde Valley Group has achieved the milestone of clearing £35,000 of customers’ fuel debt in the latest initiative from its innovative Wellbeing Hub. Clyde Valley was successful in applying for the Social Housing Fuel Support Fund, which is funded by the Scottish Government and admin

On April 11, John Kelly, chairperson of Cunninghame Housing Association presented a cheque for £1,000 to Tom and Les McCammont, committee members of the Ardrossan Highland Games. The Ardrossan Highland Games is organised by a group of hard-working volunteers from Ardrossan who manage to create

Housing secretary Shona Robison has welcomed new figures that show that the Scottish Government's target to deliver 50,000 affordable homes during this Parliament has been exceeded. Affordable Housing Supply statistics, published today, show that 9,757 affordable homes were delivered in th