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Finding savings is now “increasingly critical” for councils dealing with ongoing reductions in funding while maintaining services for an increasingly ageing population, the Accounts Commission has warned. A report from the local authority watchdog said councils are balancing a real terms funding

A new fund has been launched by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) to invest in the residential sector in Europe’s leading cities. The first open-ended property fund of its kind to invest in the residential sector on a pan-European basis, the European Residential Property Fund will focus on the p

Dozens of young people from Glasgow have benefitted from a Skills Day funded by regeneration specialist Urban Union. The company, which is currently delivering the Laurieston Living development in the Gorbals, is committed to supporting young people into careers in the construction industry.

(from left) Rebecca Ellwood, Macnabs; Sharon Connolly, Macnabs; Gillian Ralph, head of property, Macnabs; Crawford Allan, Macnabs; Brian McCulley, Next Home; John Greener, Next Home; Pam Lindsay, CATH; Blair MacDonald, Macnabs; Ron Wallace Hogg, CATH Perthshire law firm Macnabs and Next Home Estate

Bellsmyre Housing Association’s regulatory engagement had been reduced from “medium” to “low”, the Scottish Housing Regulator has announced. The Regulator has been engaged with Bellsmyre Housing Association since 2012 as the Association focused on improving performance and the quality of s

Marlene Shiels of Capital Credit Union (left) with winners Frederica Valet, Douglas Nairne and Isa Morey with housing and economy convener Kate Campbell (far right) Neighbours who go that extra mile have been thanked at the City of Edinburgh Council’s second Good Neighbour Awards for their inspira

Convener of the council's community and housing services committee, Judy Hamilton Fife Council is to invest more than £86 million in its council homes over the next two years with a further £42m earmarked to fund a new build affordable housing programme in 2019.

An article painting a bleak picture of housing associations in Scotland appeared recently in Bella Caledonia and was republished on the Scottish Community Alliance website. This picture, however, is at odds with the experience of many tenants and communities across Scotland, writes the Scottish Fede

An article painting a bleak picture of housing associations in Scotland appeared recently in Bella Caledonia and was republished on the Scottish Community Alliance website. Here the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations offers a defence of local community-controlled housing asso

Councillors in Fife have discussed moves to protect some of the council’s most vulnerable tenants. At a meeting of the community and housing services committee last week councillors heard about progress on work to reduce the number of children housed in temporary accommodation and how best to prot

A visit has taken place to mark the progress of new build council homes at the site of a former primary school site in Motherwell. The new development being built at the Calder Primary School site in Draffen Street by North Lanarkshire Council consists of 30 units - a mix of cottage flats, both semi

Council Leader Joe Cullinane at the Fullarton flats in Irvine Proposals to transform North Ayrshire’s tower blocks transformed into modern low-rise housing could help trigger a major economic boost for the area with the creation of 1,000 new jobs, according to a new report.

People living in council tower blocks and flats in North Lanarkshire identified for potential demolition will see information packs and surveys delivered through their doors this week. North Lanarkshire Council is seeking the views of every resident who may be affected in the first phase demolition

Five members of staff from Osprey Housing have taken part in a charity sleepout to raise awareness of homelessness in Aberdeen. The organised sleepout aimed to raise funds for local homeless charity Aberdeen Cyrenians and to highlight the issue of rough sleeping in the city.

Home improvement planning applications across Scotland decreased slightly through 2017, one of only two areas across Great Britain to see figures slide, a new study has found. The ‘Home Improvers of Great Britain 2018’ report, compiled by construction industry analysts Barbour ABI, shows that fo