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A new strategy for Scotland’s rented sector will improve accessibility, affordability and standards, as part of a new 20-year route map for housing to be published next week by the Scottish Government. The Rented Sector strategy will be a key element of Housing to 2040 - Scotland’s first

Hanover Scotland has received planning approval from Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park for its first social housing development to be built to Passivhaus standards.

Aberdeen City Council said its new Housing Revenue budget aims to provide respite to tenants by freezing all rents and fees and charges from May 3, for the following two financial years.  

Experts at the University of Stirling are leading a major new research project to create future-proof housing to meet the needs of the world’s ageing population. The project will benefit from the support of international partners including the dementia care foundation established by the Queen

Scottish Housing News has been gratified to receive many endorsements and messages of congratulations for our two decades of daily support to Scotland’s social housing - our next testimonial comes from Hillcrest chief executive Angela Linton.

Link Housing Association is among 173 organisations to benefit from £1.79 million which has been allocated from the Scottish Government active travel budget.

Over 300 operatives from across River Clyde Homes (RCH) and Home Fix Scotland will now have basic but vital first aid advice at their fingertips thanks to the St John’s Ambulance app. The leading first aid charity aims to equip people with basic first aid knowledge for those crucial momen

Linstone Housing and demolition company Reigart are helping youngsters to get into the habit of reading books. Reigart has donated £500 to help widen the reach of Linstone's "Imagination Library" project.

A new housing development in the village of Strathpeffer will include 10 homes for mid-market rent, delivered by not-for-profit development company HHA.

A new repairs contract that aims to improve the service that tenants currently receive has been agreed by Angus Council. Beginning on April 1, the three-year responsive repairs and voids contract could be extended further to 2026. 

A report to Glasgow City Council has outlined how the Affordable Warmth programme in the city has delivered energy-efficiency improvements to homes that will result in a saving of almost 590,000 tonnes in carbon emissions.

A dedicated fund has distributed almost £300,000 to people struggling with fuel poverty during the winter months of lockdown in Dundee. Around 2500 low-income households across the city have been helped by Fuel Well Dundee, which launched at the start of the year.

North Lanarkshire Council has reduced the number of households living in fuel poverty by 4,000 over the past year, improving the lives of its tenants and residents and reducing its carbon emissions This year’s Scottish House Condition Survey results show the significant progress that the counc

Applicants for council and housing association properties in Aberdeenshire are being advised of a temporary pause to online applications as a new system prepares for launch. Currently, applications for accommodation are made via the Apply4Homes website, which handles applications for properties mana

A manifesto to help reduce the number one cause of fires in Scottish homes has been launched ahead of the Scottish Parliament election in May by consumer protection charity Electrical Safety First. Electricity causes nearly three-quarters of all house fires in Scotland each year. In 2019 alone,