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The Highland Council is piloting a new open market purchase scheme to buy directly from owners in a bid to bolster its housing stock. The council is asking anyone considering selling a house to contact them and help make to make a difference to families who are in need of a home.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has written to all social landlords inviting them to complete a tenant health and safety survey.

A combination of wall construction membranes from Glidevale Protect has been installed across two social housing developments, designed and built by modular construction specialists Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group. The mix of membranes used included the reflective, low emissivity TF200

Crosslane Residential Developments has unveiled proposals to deliver a new form of residential living with shared social spaces to Edinburgh.

Keepmoat Homes has completed the purchase of Westwood Park in Glenrothes and will shortly embark upon an eight-year building programme to deliver 420 homes.

The ballot of Faifley Housing Association tenants to vote on whether they support the transfer to Caledonia Housing Association has opened this week. Set to close on February 7, the independent ballot allows tenants to easily cast their vote by post, online, phone, text message, or using the se

The City of Edinburgh Council has submitted its plans to deliver affordable housing at its former depot site at Cowan's Close.

The old Alexandra Court care home in Glasgow could be converted into a serviced apartment complex under newly submitted plans.

Fife Housing Group has successfully achieved the prestigious Investors in People (IIP) Platinum Accreditation. For almost three decades Investors in People has been acknowledged internationally as a leading people accreditation, assessing over 50,000 organisations in 66 different countries.

Plans for a new residential and mixed-use development in the heart of Glasgow city centre have failed to gain planning permission.

New figures obtained by The Salvation Army have revealed a drop in the number of people experiencing homelessness in South Ayrshire. The figures, which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, indicate that in 2018/2019 there were 1008 residents in temporary accommodation in South

Mixed-use plans have been submitted to Aberdeen City Council for a former paper mill in Peterculter, which could deliver 16 apartments and one shop.

Hillcrest Futures has secured a donation of £200 from housing management software provider Aareon to provide clothing for homeless people across Edinburgh.

Thenue Housing has been granted planning permission to develop a current gap site between two 100-year-old category ‘C’ listed sandstone tenements in Bridgeton. A five-storey building with 10 one-bedroom flats for elderly tenants will be built at 44 Dalmarnock Road.

Loreburn Housing Association has become the first housing association in Scotland to launch a Futr chatbot.