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A new fund is being created to help regenerate derelict areas and buildings across North Ayrshire. The Repurposing Property Grant Fund is being created to help support landowners and community groups to bring back vacant land and properties to use.

Shetland residents and communities are being asked for their views on the housing issues that matter most to help inform and shape Shetland Islands Council's Local Housing Strategy for the next five years. The strategy aims to set a new plan for homes and communities in Shetland, setting o

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has confirmed the land for its development of private and affordable homes in Winchburgh has been acquired following this month’s confirmation of detailed planning permission from West Lothian Council.

Council planners in Aberdeen have recommended that proposals for a block of flats to provide support for a charity are refused by the city’s planning committee.

Amy Varle, a homelessness campaigner from Greater Manchester who was awarded a prestigious grant to help tackle homelessness during the Covid-19 pandemic, is launching a digital solution to address the issue at scale across Britain. Ms Varle, who lived in a hostel for young people whilst aged 16, be

Residents on the Isle of Canna are set to take more control of their island in an attempt to double the population, with a Partnership for Canna launched this week. The partnership, which brings together the island owners, the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), and the island community, aims to use

An Edinburgh-based care company that provides housing and community support to those with additional needs has been fined £20,000 for its failure to safeguard a worker who became the victim of abduction, assault and rape. The Action Group pled guilty to health and safety at work breaches commi

Dear Sir, News that 300,000 people in Scotland are unable to their pay rent or mortgage is extremely unsettling. Losing your home is always an emergency and we must prepare for the tsunami of evictions which are inevitable as the additional protections for tenants, introduced in response to the pand

A targeted and coordinated approach to support people facing homelessness in North Lanarkshire has resulted in a substantial reduction in people presenting themselves looking for accommodation over the last year.

Thenue Housing will do ”everything it can” to protect its tenants from what was described at Tuesday’s AGM as a “perfect storm”. As the world emerges slowly from the pandemic, news emerged this week of crippling energy hikes coupled with the scrapping of the Universal C

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has secured an internationally recognised excellence award from the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). EFQM’s Recognised for Excellence status enables organisations to evaluate and demonstrate efforts to improve performance against a ra

A community council is considering taking legal action against a decision to approve a housing development in Glasgow in a case it said has ramifications for sensitive conservation areas across Scotland. Glasgow City Council's planning local review committee granted permission for East Kilbride-base

Residents from the local community in Castlemilk have benefited from the ‘added value’ aspect of the current development programme being progressed by Cassiltoun Housing Association in partnership with Cruden Homes West. Cassiltoun’s CEO Clair Malpas said: “Our development pr

A pilot scheme by the Highland Council to develop housing provision that sits as a 'stepping stone' between living entirely independently in the community and living as a resident in the Telford Centre Care Home in Fort Augustus has been completed. The Telford Centre housing development pilots a new

Places for People Group has launched a new initiative that aims to help young women establish careers in the construction sector.