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A new collection of 24 pioneering homes which aim to transform the lives of people with disabilities – including technology which can open doors and adjust the height of kitchen worktops at the touch of a button – is being built in Glasgow. Care and housing provider Blackwood has reveale

How is it possible, as you get bigger, to remain close to your customers and communities and your social purpose? Wheatley Group chief executive Martin Armstrong explains. At the end of November, tenants of Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) voted overwhelmingly to join Wheatley Group.

Collective Architecture has been appointed to develop final proposals for a housing development in Elgin.

New supported housing for adults with a learning disability is to be developed in Forfar after plans were agreed by Angus Council, Angus Health and Social Care Partnership and Caledonia Housing Association. To be built on the site of the previous Gables Care Home, the new facility will replace the e

There is growing evidence that respiratory problems among children may be exacerbated by indoor air pollution in homes, schools and nurseries, according to a joint report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and the Royal College of Physicians.

The first meeting of The Highland Council’s new housing and property committee will take place on Wednesday 29th January following a decision by members in December to approve the establishment of a new strategic committee structure. The first item on the agenda for members will be to confirm

Councillors have approved plans for the development of 175 homes at Leathan Fields in Portlethen. Stewart Milne Homes will build the new homes, 46 of which will be affordable houses, beside Hillside School.

Gourdon-based Fotheringham Homes has signalled its intent to build 70 homes on land at Johnshaven.

Scotland's coastal towns such as Arbroath, Montrose and St Andrews are under threat from rising sea levels, according to leading researcher Professor Jim Hansom.

Osprey Housing has appointed Simpson Buglass and Raymond Edgar to its board as long-term board member Mike Scott also steps up to take the role of non-executive chairman, while Stuart Robertson becomes vice chair. Mike Scott said: “We are delighted to welcome Simpson and Raymond to O

The £4.5 million Third Sector Homelessness Fund is now open for applications. The grant programme is designed to help Scottish charities innovate and transform their homelessness services in line with the Scottish Government’s Ending Homelessness Together Action Plan.

Glasgow City Council is to establish a new Alliance to work towards its aim of achieving a 75% reduction in rough sleeping by the end of the year and ending it completely by 2030.

Legislative measures are required to improve housing outcomes for women and children experiencing domestic abuse, according to CIH Scotland.

New homes can be built more efficiently if all of those involved – councils and housing associations, designers, planners, regulators and builders – sit down together at the beginning of every project, a report has found. CSIC chief executive Stephen Good and housing minister Kevin Stewa

Work has officially completed on a project to bring much-needed quality and affordable social housing to Elgin.