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North Ayrshire Homelessness Prevention Partnership has launched a joint project that will develop new ways to help prevent homelessness in the private sector.

Communities from Shetland to Dumfries & Galloway have benefited from more than £19 million in government funding to help make social housing more energy efficient and cleaner to heat. Allocations from the latest funding round of the Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund show that 27 projects a

Plans to develop a Rural and Island Housing Grant Scheme, with an indicative budget of up to £20 million over four years, have been announced by first minister John Swinney. Designed to help with costs in rural and island communities, the scheme will enable people, including first-time buyers

The City of Edinburgh Council holds no evidence that its Short-Term Let Planning Control Area has delivered any measurable improvement in housing supply, affordability or market outcomes since it was introduced in 2022, the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) has found. In a Freedom

Glasgow City Council has approved the off-market disposal of land at sites in Drumry and Maryhill to Wheatley Group. Approved at the local authority's Contracts & Property Committee last week, the first disposal was for the site of the former Maryhill Hub and adjacent land on Wyndford Road.

A major development in Leith by CCG Homes has been purchased by the City of Edinburgh Council in a £30.5 million deal that will see it repurposed to deliver a much-needed mix of affordable housing tenures.

Preparations are being made ahead of the closure of an Inverclyde temporary accommodation facility, with access to homelessness services now being provided by a 24-hour-a-day phone line. The Inverclyde Centre on Dalrymple Street is currently being wound down as part of a planned shutdown of the buil

Cala Homes (West) has marked progress on the delivery of its new neighbourhood in Bo’ness with a call for local nominations to be part of its dedicated community pledge.

Renfrewshire Council has appointed Clark Contracts to its multi‑trades contractors framework, supporting the delivery of repair, maintenance and refurbishment services to domestic properties across the local authority area.

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has expanded to Scotland. Data from the Bank of Scotland indicates that the average first-time buyer property now costs approximately £194,000, while the average income remains around £30,504. This creates a price-to-income ratio of 6.4x, rising to 7.5x

Almost £1900 of community grants have been awarded to five local groups by South Lanarkshire Council's East Kilbride Area Committee.

The retrofit challenges facing Scotland's private rented sector are the subject of a new research paper from The University of Edinburgh.

Housing secretary Màiri McAllan has called on the UK Government to reverse its decision to extend the freeze on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates, warning that the policy is driving homelessness, worsening child poverty and placing unsustainable pressure on councils. In a letter to UK Housi

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Organisations with proposals to bring vacant and derelict land in Glasgow back into productive use are now invited to apply for funding through the Scottish Government's Vacant and Derelict Land Fund. Glasgow has been allocated £1.907 million by the Scottish Government to support local organis