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Places for People has been honoured with a series of awards for its Tornagrain Woodend house type and its 55 Degrees North development in Edinburgh. The company scooped the top national housebuilder award for best design at the Housebuilder Awards which celebrates the very best in UK housebuilding.

North Lanarkshire Council’s housing service is continuing to improve its performance, according to the latest report from the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR). Councillor Heather Brannan-McVey and Stephen Llewellyn

Glasgow City Council has accepted almost £3.7 million in place-based funding to support projects which improve local communities.

Glasgow City Council has continued to reduce the level of vacant and derelict land in the city over although the decrease is lower than average in recent years as a result of the pandemic, a report to councillors has concluded. A council committee met yesterday to receive an update on the

Kensa has announced the creation of a new Social Impact Fund to directly relieve fuel poverty. Around 10,000 people die across the UK every year because they are unable to keep their homes warm. This winter looks to be even more deadly as the increase in energy costs will mean that many low-income a

People on low income can apply for a one-off payment of £88 from the Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee 2021/22 winter payments scheme to help them with their winter fuel bills. Councillor Helen Carmichael, provost and leader of Inverness Area, said: “If you live i

The total debt owed by individuals to local authorities that charged for temporary homeless accommodation in Scotland is in excess of £33 million, new figures have revealed amid suggestions that the practice could be unlawful.

Tenants of Perth-based Fairfield Housing Association yesterday completed their transfer to new landlord Kingdom Housing Association. More than 95% of Fairfield tenants who voted in an independent ballot in September supported the transfer to Kingdom.

The development consortium which owns more than 200 acres of development land in the west of Edinburgh has unveiled its vision for a significant new neighbourhood to be built on the site. New Ingliston Limited has been rebranded as West Town Edinburgh Ltd (WTE) and is now moving forward with its pl

Warmworks Scotland has published a new report which shows that the Scottish Government’s national fuel poverty scheme, Warmer Homes Scotland, has had positive benefits on the health, wellbeing and day-to-day living of its customers. These new findings sit alongside the previously understood po

Wise Group has published a new data-driven report into fuel poverty and net-zero. The report, Lights Off to Lights On, presents solutions to fuel poverty and achieving net-zero. By focussing on the root cause of individuals rationing and self-disconnecting their energy supply, and how vulnerable hou

Berwickshire Housing Association’s BeFriend project is joining forces with Abundant Borders to take its Lunch Plus programme to towns and villages across the district. Villagers enjoy the recent Lunch Plus event held in Grantshouse Village Hall

Dundee City Council’s community benefits policy has created dozens of employment opportunities, apprenticeships and work experience opportunities through major city construction projects, despite the challenges of the pandemic, a report to councillors will highlight next week. Councillors will

A consultation has been launched by the Scottish Government on a new heating benefit that will give around 400,000 low-income households the reassurance of a guaranteed £50 payment every winter. The Low Income Winter Heating Assistance will be introduced from winter 2022 to replace the current

BBC Alba's European current affairs programme Eòrpa has visited Caithness and Sutherland to find out about the impact fuel poverty has on rural Scotland. Around 42% of households in rural Scotland are living in fuel poverty, which is defined as when a person needs to spend more than 10%