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A total of 24 energy-efficient new homes are to be built on a vacant site previously occupied by a gym and social work offices in Leven. Kingdom Housing Association has started work on the £3.1 million development that will see a mixture of common access apartments and cottage flats built on S

A new report published by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has found that 55% of housing association and co-operative senior leaders would rate their staff’s digital skill levels as ‘excellent’ or ‘high’.

Link Group has recently engaged with students from the University of Edinburgh Business School as part of an innovative project to tackle fuel poverty in Scotland. Students as Change Agents, created by the University’s Careers Service and hosted within the Data Driven Innovation programme of t

Tenants have moved into phase one in a development of new council flats which are part of a huge programme building 2,000 new council houses across Aberdeen.

The first four homes have been delivered to the country’s largest affordable modular housing development.

A steep decline in resourcing for Scottish planning authorities over the last decade has left the profession in a precarious position, new research by Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland has concluded.

Scottish youth homelessness charity Rock Trust has published its first Green Action Plan 2021-22 to demonstrate its commitment to sustainability and improving the health, wellbeing and prospects for young people affected by homelessness.

A move by the Home Office to house asylum seekers in a "squalid" military barracks in Folkstone was flawed and unlawful, the High Court has found.

Plans have been approved for a new block of 35 flats on the site of a vacant warehouse in Partick.

Tulloch Homes Group has highlighted a return to work to all of its sites and strong buyer interest as reasons to be cheerful after attributing a 50% year-on-year drop in profits to the effects on the industry of the coronavirus pandemic. The private housebuilder saw a “substantial&rd

The prestigious national 2021 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were launched at an online event yesterday in partnership with the Glasgow Canal Co-op and the Year of Coasts and Waters. The event, attended by over 60 guests, included presentations from the Glasgow Canal Regener

Argyll and Bute Council has detailed the progression of the Campbeltown Flood Protection Scheme. The council said that developing a flood protection scheme for Campbeltown will not only cut down on flood risk, but also deliver financial and economic benefits for homeowners and businesses by avoiding

A long-running planning saga regarding the redevelopment of a key development site on Leith Walk looks set for a successful conclusion for Drum Property Group. The company’s latest proposals for Stead’s Place, near the foot of Leith Walk, were today approved by the City of Edin

The City of Edinburgh Council said today it will put the health and wellbeing of tenants at the forefront of an improved process to deal with issues related to excessive dampness, mould and condensation. Enhanced processes are being rolled out from this month to deliver a robust, streamlin

In this blog, Adriana Mihaela Soaita from the University of Glasgow looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic has augmented the importance of a good neighbourhood and a comfortable home to peoples’ health and wellbeing. They have also brought under the spotlight home’s vulnerabilities, which ta