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The South of Scotland’s largest community buyout has been legally completed following one of the most ambitious community fundraising campaigns ever seen and paving the way for the creation of a vast new nature reserve in Dumfries and Galloway. The landmark agreement of £3.8 million for

The desert landscape of California’s Coachella Valley will soon be home to the first US neighbourhood comprised entirely of 3D-printed houses.

Blackwood has officially opened the doors to a collection of 24 homes fitted with cutting-edge technology which transforms lives.

Ayrshire Housing has lodged a planning application for 22 houses at Queen’s Terrace on the edge of Maybole.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has engaged Turner Services to deliver its reactive and void maintenance contract. Turner Services will start to deliver the three-year contract from April 1 and will continue to deliver high levels of service to WSHA tenants and customers it has 

Linstone Housing chief executive, Adele Fraser, sends her congratulations to Scottish Housing News on our 20th anniversary this month. “Scottish Housing News remains a vital platform for news for anyone working in housing in Scotland. The daily bulletin is something all of us at Lins

Property development and construction group Cruden is set to rebrand its Hart Builders division as Cruden Building to further align with and strengthen the Cruden brand name.

Seven landlords across Scotland have come together with housing software solutions provider Housing Online Ltd to develop a new digital lettings service called These Homes. These Homes is a bespoke system designed to easily capture the needs and aspirations of all applicants who only have to registe

A Rothesay woman has played a vital part in providing housing services to individuals in the local community for over a decade and highlights why the community is the best part about the job. Isle and Bute local, Louise Connor, took up the role of development manager at Bield’s Rothesay Court

An increased supply of affordable housing and better data are key to tackling the issues facing Scotland’s housing sector, according to a Scottish Parliament committee. Evidence gathered by the local government and communities committee as part of its scrutiny of the Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill

UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) director Ken Gibb welcomes the launch of the Housing to 2040 roadmap and, after reading it several times, reflects on its intent, actions and aims for positive change. On Thursday, March 18, I participated in a panel session run by the Chartered I

Clackmannanshire Council has approved a revenue budget of £131.868 million to spend on services in 2021/2022 as well as a capital budget programme of £255m for the next 20 years. Earlier this month, councillors agreed to freeze council tax in April and also agreed a net resourc

Almost 8000 new applications for social housing have been received by West Lothian Council in the last three years. The West Lothian Courier submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the local authority and asked a range of questions on the social housing and homelessness waiting lists.

The Scottish Government should carry out a review of planning policy and practice to ensure that the concept of 20 minute neighbourhoods becomes a golden thread running through the planning system, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said. It comes as Scotland embarks on efforts to rebuild

Issues faced by protected and disadvantaged groups should be proactively addressed as the country navigates its post-Covid recovery to ensure that nobody is left behind, according to a report from the equalities and human rights committee. MSPs on the committee are calling on their successor committ