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Ward councillors from Gorebridge and Bonnyrigg have joined Midlothian Council’s cabinet member for housing, Councillor Stuart McKenzie, on tours of two flagship green‑energy housing projects currently under construction.

Regeneration projects are set to deliver 51 new North Lanarkshire Council homes across four sites in Wishaw town centre. 

A new Local Housing Strategy, Common Repairs Policy and domestic abuse policy have all been agreed by Moray Council.

Owners and tenants of 36 empty properties throughout Argyll and Bute have benefited from support from the council’s Empty Business Property Grant Scheme over the last six months. These have ranged from offices, shops, and hospitality premises to residential units, and holiday accommodation.

A man and his two accomplices have been sentenced for their involvement in a sale-and-rent-back scheme.  Rajinder Gill has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for running a sale-and-rent-back scheme without being authorised and illegally providing credit agreements and mortgages.

With housing set to be a defining issue at both the Scottish Parliament and Senedd elections in 2026, Propertymark has published new housing manifestos for Scotland and Wales, calling on the next governments to take decisive action to fix broken housing systems and restore affordability, supply, an

New Gorbals Housing Association (NGHA) has joined the Big Clyde Clean up as part of Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Spring Clean this month.

Millport residents are to benefit from an energy project which will deliver free solar-powered electricity and community benefits to local homes.

A solar-powered heated blanket designed by a Glasgow school pupil is set to move into wider production, after Royal British Veterans Enterprise (RBVE) was given permission to manufacture the blankets.

The Scottish Government is to commit more than £111 million to updated plans to eradicate child poverty. Bringing Hope, Building Futures aims to help keep approximately 100,000 children out of poverty in 2026-27.

Scotland’s leading voices on accessible housing have urged the Scottish Government to put inclusive homes at the heart of its agenda ahead of May’s election, warning that the country is “nowhere near prepared” for the scale of demographic change coming.

Spades are in the ground at a new housing development site which will deliver much-needed new council housing in St Ninians. Construction is underway on the site at Graystale Road which will deliver 44 housing units for Stirling Council. Previously, the site had been vacant since 2012 and planning p

The individuals and organisations shaping Scotland’s housing sector are set to be recognised next month at a prestigious awards dinner celebrating outstanding leadership, innovation and community impact.

A pioneering digital trial has shown how technology can strengthen daily reassurance for older residents while freeing up valuable frontline time for those who need it most.

More than 130 key suppliers and contractors of Wheatley are doing their bit to improve communities across Scotland as part of a Community Benefit programme, which runs from 16 to 20 March. The programme, called Spring into Action, sees volunteers from companies ranging from construction firms to arc