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West Lothian Council has received 13 expressions of interest in the potential redevelopment of Linlithgow’s Vennel site. The opening of the Linlithgow Partnership Centre has resulted in a number of properties in and around the Vennel area in Linlithgow becoming vacant and surplus to requi

The next Scottish Government will face immediate trade union pressure to follow through on urgent reform of residential care, the STUC has warned. In its election care briefing, the organisation said service users and workers have been let down by successive Scottish governments and that improving p

Places for People has hailed the success of its 55 Degrees North development in Edinburgh after all the homes were snapped up by homebuyers.

A building in Glasgow city centre which is the subject of an 11-storey residential development proposal was engulfed in a huge fire yesterday. Eleven fire crews — including two high reach units — tackled the fire on the corner of High Street and George Street which was reported around 1.

Scotland’s construction-led economic recovery is threatened by a combination of sharply rising prices, disrupted supply chains and a chronic shortage of labour as the consequences of a no-deal Brexit coupled with the impact of the Covid pandemic.

Construction firm JR Group has been awarded a contract to build new housing in Kirkcaldy on behalf of Fife Housing Group.

Local contractor M&J Ballantyne has started work to create more much-needed affordable housing on the historic site of the former High School in Kelso for Eildon Housing.

Scotland’s first community-based housing association is gearing up to mark its 50th anniversary this year. Govan Housing Association was formed in 1971 in a trail-blazing move that led the way for others to follow.

A school in Cumbernauld has benefitted from new outdoor classrooms thanks to Sanctuary Scotland.

Customers of Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) have a new and improved website where they can report repairs and interact digitally with their landlord.

Scotland’s tenants’ union Living Rent has called on parties and candidates for the upcoming election to back its ‘tenants’ manifesto’, warning that the next parliament cannot simply aim for things to return to how they were before the pandemic. Livin

Hallam Land Management Ltd has unveiled plans to deliver a new residential development of family homes on land at Dullatur Golf Club in Cumbernauld.

Plans to bring around 120 new homes to Symington have been rejected by South Ayrshire councillors. Banks Property had hoped to secure permission for the new development, which included 25 affordable homes, on a 5.6-hectare Stockbridge site to the north of Symington Road South.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans to converted office space in a B-listed city centre building into apartments. The upper floors of premises on the corner of Renfield Street and St Vincent Street will be converted into six flats.

A former care home at 48 Polwarth Terrace in Edinburgh is to be converted into a residential development led by Yeoman McAllister Architects if planning permission is granted. Canal View Care Home is located near the Union Canal within the Merchiston and Greenhill conservation area and constitutes a