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Climate change targets won’t be delivered unless the home improvements market is overhauled, according to a new report ‘Building on our Strengths’ published jointly today by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS). Th

At its recent Annual General Meeting, NETRALT (North East Tenants, Residents and Landlords Together) appointed Katie Taylor, participation lead at Grampian Housing Association and Catherine Coutts, tenant participation officer at Castlehill Housing Association as new co-chairs. Celebrating its miles

Osprey Housing is marking a highly successful restructure earlier this year with a new video that showcases the group’s strategy and stakeholder commitments.

The last remaining residents of the Bellgrove Hotel in Glasgow have been moved out. It has been confirmed that the final 50 men who were staying in the city's hostel, which was dedicated to housing homeless people, have been relocated.

Centre for Homelessness Impact communications and lived experiences specialist Hannah Green discusses the important role of storytelling in the evidence-led battle to end homelessness. Real stories of homelessness are vitally important pieces of evidence, and they allow us to understand the complex

The Highland Council has welcomed the family of the late Joe Yates to view the completed housing development in Dingwall that bears his name. Joe Yates Court consists of six new flats for rent by the council, forming part of the Scottish Government’s More Homes newbuild target, and funded by t

A developer has failed in its bid to overturn a decision by Glasgow City Council to refuse planning permission for new apartments at a bowling club. Noah Developments wanted to build 40 flats across two blocks of five floors at the Mount Florida Bowling Club site on Carmunnock Road.

Work has started on a new multi-million-pound private development which will see a mix of residential accommodation and commercial space built at Colinton Road, Edinburgh.

A 7.12 acres (2.88 hectares) site in the West End of Greenock is set to change hands as a buyer is sought for former care home Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home and accompanying Mariners’ Court.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has donated a public access defibrillator (PAD) to the Chapelhall Tenants and Residents Association to benefit the community living in and near the sheltered housing complex in the North Lanarkshire town. As part of a joint initiative with the British Heart Foundation (BH

Increased funding for local authorities to deliver more affordable homes has been welcomed but will not be good enough to deliver the number of permanent homes needed across the country, according to Shelter Scotland.

The In-House Repairs Team at Loreburn Housing Association has been announced among the finalists in the Team of the Year category in 2021’s Housing Heroes Awards. The Awards exist to celebrate the unsung heroes of the housing sector, and to highlight the incredible work carried out over t

hub South West will this month oversee the handover of a total of 200 new homes to families and individuals in South Lanarkshire and North Ayrshire.

Stirling Council has secured the future of 118 mid-market homes thanks to Scottish Government funding. Mid-market rented homes are part-furnished homes, which are let for a rent that is higher than council housing, but lower than many properties in the private rented sector.

The further relaxation of COVID restrictions has been greeted with much excitement, yet construction experts claim COVID continues to cast a dark shadow on their industry – and say the knock-on effects of the pandemic will still be felt long after summer is over. The twin perils of a skills sh