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Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has received detailed planning consent from West Lothian Council for the provision of 185 new homes located off Longridge Road at Heartlands, near Whitburn. The development will provide a wide range of two and three-bedroom terraced and semi-detached homes as well as thre

Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has invested a further £3.5 million in Homes for Good, Scotland's first social enterprise lettings agency.

Developers have returned with fresh plans for the delivery of community facilities and a residential development at the former Mount Florida Bowling Club in Glasgow after the club agreed to sell the site. Following the previously turned down planning application and subsequent refusal on appeal

Garry Burns from Homeless Action Scotland argues that nobody who is in employment should be over-charged for homeless accommodation. As part of our work in the Scottish Parliamentary election earlier this year we called for the Scottish Government to carry out a number of actions. One of these actio

Kingdom Housing Association's Support & Care subsidiary has launched the Stepping Up initiative as part of its Succession Planning Strategy.

The long-awaited rebirth of a derelict site in the centre of Lanark will begin in earnest early in the new year.

A new economic strategy has been launched today for the Glasgow City Region that aims to tackle climate change, support recovery and reduce inequalities over the next ten years.

North Lanarkshire Council's plans to deliver 5,000 new homes by 2035 are delivering local jobs for local people, providing training and employment opportunities for young people and funding a range of community groups and projects, councillors have heard.

Proposals to provide almost £3 million to help households in fuel poverty in Highland this winter will be considered by members at the meeting of full council on December 9. If agreed, a payment of £180 would be made to around 16,440 eligible Highland households where residents are in re

David Wilson Homes has launched the second phase of its St Clair Mews development in Roslin.

The Bank of England is likely to relax affordability checks for first-time buyers following a review of market restrictions, according to reports. The tighter checks were introduced in 2014 as part of a series of measures aimed at preventing a repeat of the global financial crisis.

Housing charity Shelter Scotland has joined forces with CIH Scotland and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) in an open letter to MSP Kate Forbes, cabinet secretary for finance and the economy, to ask for a guarantee on the social house building commitment ahead of the Scottish Go

Ahead of the Scottish Government consultation on the whole rented sector, CIH Scotland has published a policy paper setting out where it considers the government should focus its reforms.

Trust Housing Association has moved a step closer to completing its new leadership team with the appointment of Calum Boag as head of assets & sustainability. Trust recently launched its bold three-year strategy - The Time is Now - and new operating model. To support the delivery, the

Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P) and its ratings committee have retained Link Group’s financial rating at ‘A’ with a stable outlook. In its research update, S&P highlighted Link’s key role in supporting the Scottish Government in providing 70,000 new s