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The shortlists for the Women in Housing and Housing Heroes Awards have been confirmed, with Lesley Baird from TPAS Scotland in the running at both ceremonies. Ms Baird has been shortlisted for Woman of the Year and Inspirational Leader of the Year at the respective awards.

Aberdeen City Council is searching for contractors to start work upgrading the travellers’ site at Clinterty. The plots are located nine miles north-west of Aberdeen near the A96 Inverness road in a “rural setting”. There are 21 plots with one fully accessible for people with disab

Scottish Borders Council has approved plans to build two new housing blocks on the site of a former Galashiels church. Twenty affordable homes will be constructed across two separate buildings on a site located in-between Gala Park to the north east and St Andrew’s Street to the west, on land

Thenue Housing has said a fond farewell to its former chief executive Charles Turner who has retired after 17 years. Charles Turner left Thenue this week after two events to mark his retiral – one with the board of management and the second with staff.

The first two phases of development at Edmonstone Estate have been outlined in a new application for matters specified in condition lodged with the City of Edinburgh Council.

Legislation to ban developers from using combustible cladding on high-rise buildings has been laid before the Scottish Parliament today. As reported by Scottish Housing News earlier this month, the Scottish Government wants to ban the use of combustible materials on all new residential and &lsq

Blackwood has drafted in game developers to give a fun and interactive twist to living and working in a trio of its communities. The team at Hyper Luminal normally create entertainment games for Xbox, PlayStation and iPhone - but were challenged to gamify everyday life and encourage thousands o

New plans have been drawn up for a block of flats on the site of a former health centre on behalf of New Gorbals Housing Association.

Inverclyde-based housing association River Clyde Homes has launched a financial wellbeing advice newsletter to help its customers through these challenging times.

The cost of living crisis is fuelling demand for advice and information that, in some cases, have not seen since the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, new data from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has suggested. The charity’s monthly data report for February 2022 reveals that the online adv

Heimstaden Bostad AB has agreed to fund and acquire PLATFORM_’s 464-home residential project in Edinburgh for £124.4 million.

Trust Housing Association has recently completed a refinancing exercise, securing £22 million of bond finance from bLEND Funding Plc to support the delivery of its three-year business strategy, the Time is Now. bLEND is an A2 rated Social Bond programme providing bond finance to housing associ

Glasgow City Council has rejected plans for a block of flats beside the Forth and Clyde Canal near Firhill.

Initial plans have been submitted for a new office block and flats development at Site 6 of the Dundee Waterfront.

The Scottish Government has overruled Perth & Kinross Council to give permission to Ogilvie Homes to build a new housing development in West Kinfauns. Ogilvie Homes initiated an appeal after failing to secure permission for 15 homes at Walnut Grove.