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A final proposal has been lodged for a member’s bill to protect private sector tenants by introducing measures to limit rent increases. An initial draft of the Proposed Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill was lodged by Pauline McNeill MSP in May, a consultation on which closed on August 8.

Places for People Homes Limited has been fined £600,000 after five employees developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). Aylesbury Crown Court heard that between 2009 and 2014 five employees of the property management and development organisation used vibrating powered tools to carry out gro

Queens Cross Housing Association’s Lindsay Roches has been recognised as one of the UK’s young leaders in housing. The top ‘30 under 30’ award highlights the top 30 brightest leaders in the housing sector under the age of 30.

The people of Elgin now have access to a car club which allows members to rent electric cars on a ‘pay as you go’ basis. The initiative comes from Osprey Housing Moray, part of the Osprey Housing Group.

Plans submitted to build 175 new houses in Aberdeenshire include an allocation for 46 affordable houses. Stewart Milne Homes intends to build the new homes beside Hillside School near Portlethen.

Housebuilder Barratt Homes has submitted a planning application to South Ayrshire Council for a proposed residential development of approximately 300 homes in Monkton.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has published the latest update on its ongoing Affordable Housing Programme with ten developments on-site and are due for completion during 2019/20 – 20/21. The Goathill care home, housing and housing with extra care project is now well under way with preliminary engi

Glasgow-based tech company iOpt has made two senior appointments to help facilitate its ambitious plans for growth. (from left) Dane Ralston, founder and managing director; data scientist Lewis Forster; operations director Stewart Curruth and head of technology Jack Slater

The community of West Dunbartonshire came together at a groundbreaking conference designed to raise awareness of and prevent domestic abuse.

A significant area of woodlands on one of Europe’s largest regeneration sites could be set for a new lease of life.

The Scottish Government has come under fire for its "toothless" National Islands Plan which was criticised for a lack of meaningful targets and objectives for improving lives on Scotland's islands.

Scotland’s highest civil court has found that lock-change evictions of asylum seekers without court orders are lawful in a judgment whose implications are "deeply concerning".

Aberdeenshire housebuilder Scotia Homes has confirmed that it is undertaking a review of its business, with the potential for job losses. The firm said “continuing challenges” affecting the property market since the oil industry downturn in 2014 and “heightening uncertainties relat

Barratt Developments Scotland has continued its drive to increase new home completion rates in line with demand with the acquisition of 16 new sites for development. During the first nine months of the year, the housebuilder, which includes both the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, acqui

Dunbritton Housing Association has won the Rural and Islands Housing Association Forum (RIHAF) Development of the Year Award for 2019. This award was made in recognition of Dunbritton’s most recent rural development of 26 social housing properties at Bruce Court, Succoth in the village of