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Scotland's electrical sector is expanding the remit and membership of its influential Local Authority Forum to include housing associations, universities and NHS estates. Trade association SELECT, which runs the Forum, said the ambitious recalibration will help the Forum deliver its collec

A new intergenerational neighbourhood in Perth designed by Glasgow architecture firm Anderson Bell + Christie for the Gannochy Trust, has picked up two awards and a commendation at the Scottish Design Awards on Thursday evening.

The former Elms Court Hotel in Ayr is set to be knocked down and converted into 14 flats if new plans are approved. The 19th-century building located on Miller Road was ruined by fire two years ago.

Scotland’s environmental regulator has formed a three-year partnership with one of the largest family-owned construction, housing, infrastructure and support services businesses in the UK to support green recovery and help transform the construction of public and private sector projects across

Climate change targets won’t be delivered unless the home improvements market is overhauled, according to a new report ‘Building on our Strengths’ published jointly today by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS). Th

At its recent Annual General Meeting, NETRALT (North East Tenants, Residents and Landlords Together) appointed Katie Taylor, participation lead at Grampian Housing Association and Catherine Coutts, tenant participation officer at Castlehill Housing Association as new co-chairs. Celebrating its miles

Osprey Housing is marking a highly successful restructure earlier this year with a new video that showcases the group’s strategy and stakeholder commitments.

The last remaining residents of the Bellgrove Hotel in Glasgow have been moved out. It has been confirmed that the final 50 men who were staying in the city's hostel, which was dedicated to housing homeless people, have been relocated.

Centre for Homelessness Impact communications and lived experiences specialist Hannah Green discusses the important role of storytelling in the evidence-led battle to end homelessness. Real stories of homelessness are vitally important pieces of evidence, and they allow us to understand the complex

The Highland Council has welcomed the family of the late Joe Yates to view the completed housing development in Dingwall that bears his name. Joe Yates Court consists of six new flats for rent by the council, forming part of the Scottish Government’s More Homes newbuild target, and funded by t

A developer has failed in its bid to overturn a decision by Glasgow City Council to refuse planning permission for new apartments at a bowling club. Noah Developments wanted to build 40 flats across two blocks of five floors at the Mount Florida Bowling Club site on Carmunnock Road.

Work has started on a new multi-million-pound private development which will see a mix of residential accommodation and commercial space built at Colinton Road, Edinburgh.

A 7.12 acres (2.88 hectares) site in the West End of Greenock is set to change hands as a buyer is sought for former care home Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home and accompanying Mariners’ Court.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has donated a public access defibrillator (PAD) to the Chapelhall Tenants and Residents Association to benefit the community living in and near the sheltered housing complex in the North Lanarkshire town. As part of a joint initiative with the British Heart Foundation (BH

Increased funding for local authorities to deliver more affordable homes has been welcomed but will not be good enough to deliver the number of permanent homes needed across the country, according to Shelter Scotland.