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Fife Council has granted a not-for-profit company planning permission to turn a former hotel in Leslie into homeless accommodation. New Hope Community House Ltd had applied to transform the 15-bedroom Greenside Hotel into a new type of residential care facility that will provide treatment and c

The City of Edinburgh Council has launched a consultation seeking views on a proposal for Edinburgh to be short term let (STL) control area.

A new policy has been introduced to strengthen West Dunbartonshire Council’s approach to preventing and addressing domestic abuse in a housing and homelessness setting. The policy, which was updated to reflect new national legislation, incorporates the existing No Home For Domestic Abuse appro

Craigdale Housing Association has been working with The Lens on innovative Intrapreneurship Programmes where tenants work with staff to develop an idea and pitch for investment. (from left) David Mackenzie (Craigdale), John Masson, Samantha Morton (Craigdale), Jaclyn McMahon (Craigdale), Pat Main an

Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has outlined its intention to work collaboratively with new Green ministers Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater in support of net zero transition ambitions following their appointments earlier this week. Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has been named minis

A block of offices in the centre of Edinburgh could be demolished to make way for 42 new homes, under new plans submitted to the local authority. The Henderson Place Lane site extends over approximately 0.2 hectares and comprises an existing currently unoccupied two-storey office building constructe

Glasgow City Council has approved funding of up to £240,000 for the Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT) to support its work in repairing and restoring historic buildings, bringing such buildings back into use, and repairing buildings at risk. The GCHT was established in 2007, and since the

Tens of thousands of rural and island homes and businesses in Scotland are set to access the UK’s fastest and most reliable broadband. An investment of £384 million by the Scottish Government through the Reaching 100% programme (R100) will see building of full fibre connec

The leader of Glasgow City Council, Susan Aitken, has visited the site of Holland Park, Moda Living’s state of the art build to rent neighbourhood in the city’s cultural district which is currently being built. Holland Park will deliver 433 new high-quality homes for a community of aroun

The Glasgow community of Maryhill is set to get its own flag this October, for the first time in the area’s 200-year history. It follows a unique, year-long competition involving hundreds of individuals, local schools and community groups who were all given the chance to submit a proposed desi

Wheatley Group is to invest £100 million in major glazing, insulation and heating initiatives as part of a green agenda drive.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has launched a new three-year strategy at a virtual event yesterday with cabinet secretary for social justice, housing and local government Shona Robison. 

South Ayrshire Council has launched a new lettings agency to ensure everyone can access better housing. Through its 'Your Choice' social lettings agency, the council's focus is to help those on low incomes or people who have experienced homelessness. This fits in with its wider programme to reduce a

Residential developer HUB and impact investor Bridges Fund Management have acquired the 1.25-acre Beaverhall House site in Canonmills, Edinburgh to progress a mixed-use proposal for the site.

Exemplary new housing projects feature heavily in a list of fourteen new Scottish buildings which been named today as winners of Scotland’s national architecture awards by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). As well as education and healthcare facilities, this year’