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Plans to demolish the former Scottish Law Commission building in Edinburgh to make way for a student accommodation development have been approved.

A proposal for 16 new homes in Dalmally has been formally submitted to Argyll and Bute Council. West Highland Housing Association is seeking permission to build the development on land next to Oakfield at Glenview. The scheme outlines eight semi‑detached houses and eight cottage flats, intended as

Demolition and site clearance works required to facilitate the first phase of the £250 million Charing Cross Gateway masterplan are now underway.

Scotland’s housing bodies have given a broadly positive but pointedly pragmatic response to the First Minister’s plan to create More Homes Scotland, a new national housing agency intended to accelerate delivery across all tenures.

OVO will pay over £2.7 million in redress after failing to provide Warm Home Discount (WHD) rebates to 11,646 customers by the statutory deadline of 31 March 2024. These customers did not receive their rebate until November 2025 – more than 19 months late. The delay meant that some of th

The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, Founding Patron for the Warm Welcome Campaign, joined guests and volunteers at the Salvation Army Warm Welcome Space in his hometown of Kirkcaldy. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown made the visit in Warm Welcome Week, a campaign to celebrate the UK’s 6,000+ Warm Welco

Around 12,500 homes and businesses in Dumfries & Galloway are to benefit from gigabit-capable broadband.

Clyde Valley Housing Association, in partnership with Wilson Developments, welcomed Màiri McAllan, cabinet secretary for housing, along with colleagues from the Scottish Government and South Lanarkshire Council, to the redevelopment of the former Lanark Grammar School to see first‑hand the

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations has launched its manifesto ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election with a policy platform that sets out a new vision for housing in Scotland.

Racial inequality is prevalent when it comes to home ownership, and is a root cause of the UK’s decline in owner-occupiers, a new study reveals. The research, led by the University of Stirling, found that, compared to White, Indian and Pakistani communities, Black and Bangladeshi communities a

The Scottish Government intends to establish a new national housing agency with a focus on simplicity, scale and speed to enable the delivery of housing of all types, helping to meet housing need across Scotland. The executive agency will be called ‘More Homes Scotland’ and is expected t

A campaign has been launched to encourage people to make their home in Dumfries and Galloway in response to a population decline that has seen numbers fall from 148,000 to 145,000 in recent years. Latest figures reveal a complex demographic picture. Like many rural areas, the region’s populati

Barrhead Housing has kicked off the new year with the launch of a high-quality affordable housing development with AS Homes Scotland. The start of work on the four-storey block of 12 energy-efficient flats at Cross Arthurlie Street in Barrhead has been welcomed by Councillor Danny Devlin, convenor o

Paid time off to assist with access to housing is among a package of support agreed by councillors for East Lothian Council employees experiencing domestic abuse and gender-based violence. Alongside practical measures to support employees living with domestic abuse and gender-based violence, the loc

Fuel poverty in Scotland may be accelerating, with those under 35 particularly hard hit, according to new findings from Edinburgh-based energy efficiency social enterprise Changeworks.