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A report recently published by the Accounts Commission on the issues facing local authority housing benefit services across Scotland has demonstrated the good work taking place in West Lothian to help some of its most vulnerable residents. The report highlighted the unprecedented challenges and addi

Over £16 million will be invested in Clackmannanshire's Council housing during the forthcoming financial year, as the council agreed a 3.1% rent increase. The council revealed that the rent rise of 3.1% for 2022/23 will also apply to garages.

Angus Council has approved plans for eight new homes in the village of Monikie.

Ullapool Community Trust (UCT) is launching a survey to inform what housing is needed now and into the future. In partnership with the Communities Housing Trust, UCT is currently seeking to identify possible sites for housing in the Ullapool, Lochbroom and Dundonnell areas. The survey results will h

Six families have moved into their new homes in the Taighean a’ Chaiseil development in Stenscholl, Staffin. The three-bedroom houses are now fully occupied by the residents. It is the first affordable housing development in Staffin since 1999 and was led by the Staffin Community Tru

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA), in partnership with Changeworks, has secured £33,000 in funding from the Scottish Government and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations to support tenants with existing fuel poverty related debts. The fund ensures we can support up to 50 hous

The Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) research and development project is to present its findings and issue a transformation call to the industry next month.

Coltart Earley Architecture has submitted plans for a 15-home social housing development on a vacant brownfield plot in Finnieston on behalf of Glasgow West Housing Association.

A build-to-rent (BTR) platform set up by Macquarie Asset Management has acquired its first site in Scotland to deliver 338 homes for rent.

Tenants of Faifley Housing Association have resoundingly backed the proposed transfer to Caledonia Housing Association with 95.6% voting Yes to the proposal.

Cruden has started work on a new housing development in East Lothian, its fourth active site in the region.

Affordable housing payments are among the developer contributions agreed by Aberdeenshire Council to allow the Trump Organisation to build as many as 500 houses and 50 holiday homes on the Menie Estate, near Balmedie.

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More than two-thirds of Scots are worried about affording their energy bills this year and many already feel cold in their own homes because they are limiting usage, according to a new opinion poll. The Survation poll for Advice Direct Scotland has exposed the scale of the cost-of-living crisis, wit

Ogilvie Homes has failed in its appeal against an Angus Council refusal for more than 80 homes on the outskirts of Forfar.