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West Dunbartonshire Council has secured two project workers to help drive forward community empowerment in the area. The appointments reaffirm the council’s commitment to delivering real change in communities by helping citizens take control and make decisions for their area to bring lasting i

Kingdom Housing Association has started work on 40 new affordable homes for social rent on the outskirts of St Monans, a coastal village in North East Fife.

The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) has approved affordable housing plans on the site of an old school.

A consortium of researchers is undertaking a project that could pave the way for the mainstream adoption of using digital technologies to remotely inspect construction sites – a move that could underpin a quicker and more efficient sector in Scotland.

The Glasgow Alliance to End Homelessness (GAEH), a unique collaboration that aims to eradicate homelessness in the city, has created an Advisory Council with experts from public health, social policy, housing and the built environment.

Wellhouse Housing Association (WHA) is working in tandem with two local Glaswegian organisations to carry out free cycle repairs for residents to encourage exercise and support wellbeing.

Renfrewshire councillors have given the go-ahead for residents to be asked their views on an ambitious and far-reaching ten-year £100 million transformation of council housing. Renfrewshire Council last year agreed to invest the sum in a housing-led regeneration and renewal programme to delive

Child poverty has risen in every Scottish local authority since 2015, according to new research published today by the End Child Poverty coalition. The new data shows the scale of the challenge faced by UK, Scottish and local government if commitments to end child poverty in Scotland are to be met.

Scarlett Land and Development and Cushman & Wakefield have completed the sale of a portfolio of surplus NHS Lothian properties, generating £5m of much needed revenue for NHS Lothian. The properties located in the prime residential Grange area of Edinburgh have all been acquired by private

Plans 150 new homes on land at Ballumbie Castle Golf Course in Dundee have failed to gain the approval of councillors.

Private sector tenants are leaving London in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research which found that landlords renting properties in the capital were the only ones in the country to report that tenant demand had fallen more than it increased. A survey of National Residential La

Business tycoon Lord Willie Haughey has revealed £1 billion plans for his vision to build 11,000 homes in Scotland during the next nine years. As part of the plan, Scottish property group Ediston has paid £640 million for his 24% stake in City Facilities Management Holdings, which w

The Scottish Government has been urged to extend its temporary ban on evictions as the move to level 2 lockdown measures for most of Scotland sees thousands of tenants unprotected by the current legislation.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has concluded a contract with Dunedin Canmore Housing Association to deliver 38 affordable homes for social rent, which will form part of the wider masterplan vision and framework for the new community that is now emerging in Roslin.

Three hardworking community groups in the East End of Glasgow have been given a bumper cash boost from Thenue Housing. They have received a welcome community benefits £5000 cash windfall thanks to a link-up between construction company Cruden and Thenue Housing as a result of the construction