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Aberdeen City Council has rejected plans to build 17 flats on the site of a former printworks in the city.

Members of Scottish Borders Council will be asked to agree to a detailed review of how services are delivered across the region, focused on how the council can meet the needs of local people in the most effective and sustainable way. It is proposed that local communities, community councils, area pa

Almost £6 million in funding from the Scottish Government will provide friendship and human connection to people at risk of social isolation and loneliness over the winter months. Part of the Scottish Government’s £100m winter package to support people, the funding will ensure serv

Residents of homes for older people in Scotland will begin to receive the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 from today. After more than 5,000 key NHS workers and vaccinators received the vaccine in the first few days of the programme, it is now being extended to include care home staff and residents.

Plans to deliver around 170 affordable homes in Cove have been approved by Aberdeen City Council. Stewart Milne Homes will deliver 167 houses and flats on a site between Falkland Avenue and the Aberdeen to Stonehaven railway line, all of which will be marketed as affordable housing.

Existing hosts of short-term lets will now have until April 2023 to apply for a licence under Scottish Government plans for regulation.  

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has written to secretary of state for work and pensions Thérèse Coffey to urge her to reconsider the decision to freeze Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates for the coming financial year. The Scottish Government said the decision on LHA rates, which i

Thirty-seven young people are to be provided jobs within Link Group as part of the UK Government’s £2 billion Kickstart scheme it was announced this week. By being one of the first Scottish organisations to take part in Kickstart, which will create hundreds of thousands of new and fully

River Clyde Homes is urging customers to get into the Christmas spirit and help spread the festive cheer by taking part in their own alternative Christmas lights switch on, all from the comfort of their own home.  With public events across towns and cities being cancelled due to lockdown restri

A Bield housing development in North Lanarkshire is encouraging the local community to get behind a kindness initiative to bring messages of hope to vulnerable and elderly customers during the festive period. Campsie Gardens, a retirement development managed by Bield Housing and Care in Cumbernauld,

Charities working with children and families on low incomes will receive a share of £3.3 million to help meet the needs of those affected by poverty at Christmas and in the new year. The money forms part of the £100 million winter support package announced by First Minister Nicola Sturge

The 2021 outlook for UK housing associations is stable, balancing high social housing demand, strong liquidity and a supportive policy environment, against a volatile property market, according to a new report from Moody's. Housing Associations - United Kingdom 2021 Outlook found that high dema

The Highland Council’s housing and property committee has approved the budget position for the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Capital Programme Monitoring Report and agreed to the transfer of £1 million from Revenue to Capital for ongoing fire safety works during this financial year and t

As part of the process to begin work on the next Local Development Plan (LDP) and the next Local Housing Strategy (LHS), the planning service at Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar has been in touch with land owners with a view to preparing a Housing Land Audit to ensure there is a sufficient land s

Council house tenants in Moray are being consulted on proposed rent changes. Moray Council continues to have the lowest average weekly rent of all local authorities in Scotland, at £60.02 in 2019-20 compared to the national average for local authorities and housing associations of £81.46