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The drive to improve future housing options for people living in high-rise homes in North Lanarkshire is continuing as coronavirus restrictions ease. North Lanarkshire Council long-term plans in place to demolish all its tower blocks and a number of low-rise properties and replace them with 5,0

The Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO) and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) are to launch a report on the human right to adequate housing in Scotland next week. When the Scottish Government amended the National performance Framework to include a co

Developers have lodged a bid to overturn the rejection of a major build to rent development on the banks of the canal near Speirs Wharf in Glasgow.

The sale of Kier Group's housebuilding arm to a newly formed company owned by Terra Firma founder and chairman Guy Hands has now been completed.

AIM-listed housebuilder Springfield Properties said today that it expects its 2020/21 results to be significantly ahead of market expectations, reflecting significant year-on-year revenue growth.

More than half (51%) of people who sought debt advice from a Citizens Advice Bureau wish they had done so sooner, new data published by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has revealed. For all clients, four in ten people wish they had sought advice sooner.

Fife Council has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling poverty and food insecurity and has agreed measures to help break the cycle for future generations. Poverty and food insecurity existed before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, however, as a result, more people have been affected. Not only that, they n

Current UK Government support for people experiencing modern slavery is leaving many victims without a safe home, facing life on the streets with no way out and at risk of further exploitation, a new research report led by homeless charity Crisis has shown. The ‘No way out and no way home&rsqu

Temporary measures to protect people experiencing homelessness from coronavirus have been extended for three months. The Unsuitable Accommodation Order, which came into power in 2014, has protected pregnant women and families with children who are homeless from being accommodated in hotels or B&

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has welcomed the First Minister’s statement this week on the Scottish Government’s priorities for this parliament, including its commitment to continue tackling housing need through the delivery of affordable housing. Announcing her

HAUS Collective has unveiled plans for the regeneration of The Shawlands Arcade, a well-known landmark at the heart of Glasgow’s Southside. Originally built in the 1960s, the Arcade is in need of extensive renovation with the HAUS proposal aiming to create a new, vibrant shopping and leis

Plans have been submitted to build 250 new homes in a plan to redevelop the site of the one-time luxury Letham Grange resort hotel in Angus. Previously dubbed the ‘Augusta of the North’, the mansion-house hotel has fallen into increasing disrepair since its closure ten years ago.

Trust Housing Association has been named as the ‘Housing Provider of the Year’ and ranked 12th in the top 100 most inclusive workplaces in the UK at the 2021 FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement) Awards. The organisation, which promotes equality, diversit

An additional 106 properties have been turned into homes for families to rent over the last twelve months as North Lanarkshire Council continues to expand its open market purchase scheme. 

The Covid crisis has shown that Scotland can end homelessness and rough-sleeping in two years, writes Scottish Conservatives' social justice, housing and local government spokesperson Miles Briggs. The Scottish Parliament elections, at the beginning of this month, already feel like a long