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Workloads in Scottish construction fell at a reduced rate at the end of last year compared to the previous two quarters, assisted by a rise in public housing and infrastructure workloads, according to the RICS Construction and Infrastructure Monitor, Q4 2020.

Glasgow-based assistive care technology firm Communicare247 has won funding worth over £130,000 to support the next phase of development of Project Liberty, a new system which will enable the UK’s most vulnerable people to live independently in their own homes and communities for longer.

With Homeless Action Scotland invited to submit evidence at stage one of the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill, communications and engagement manager Garry Burns outlines the charity's concerns in relation to the housing and homelessness element of the legislation.

Councillors in East Renfrewshire have called for parity between councils and housing associations when it comes to the funding provided by the Scottish Government for the supply of affordable housing.

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has been awarded £200,000 by The National Lottery Community Fund to support its very successful BeFriend project for the next three years. Since its inception almost nine years ago, BHA’s BeFriend Project has grown from strength to strength and is n

Many people lost loved ones in 2020. Hillcrest is running a charity raffle in memory of them all, with a special mention to six Hillcrest diamonds who were taken too soon: Caroline Stephen, Ken Birse, Patrick Hunter, Jack Robertson, Irene Heuer and Ann Dickson.

Aberdeen City Council, an Inverness-based building company, a community housing project in Dumfries & Galloway and a Fife Council officer were the winners in the 10th Scottish Empty Homes awards sponsored by Fraser & Fraser Genealogists and International Probate Researchers.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans to build a block of apartments with rooftop gardens at a vacant site in Maryhill.

The £500 Self-Isolation Support Grant is being significantly extended to more people on low incomes. The Scottish Government has announced that the grant will be available to workers earning the Real Living Wage or less, as well as those in receipt of a council tax reduction because of low inc

Around 4,500 properties in Huntly and Keith were without gas overnight following an outage. The outage began early on Tuesday 2 February and SGN engineers are working to restore the supply.

Adults who pay for their residential care in Scotland will be better off from April as a result of a change to the rates of allowances they receive for personal and nursing care. Those who ‘self-fund’ their residential care receive an allowance in recognition of their personal and nursin

Stirling Council planners have rejected plans to knock down a house in Plean and replace it with four new homes. Michael Macritchie had applied to demolish the bungalow at Cedarwood in President Kennedy Drive and build four semi-detached houses.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has written to the Scottish Parliament's local government and communities committee ahead of its evidence session tomorrow when it will consider the short-term lets Licensing Order and Control Area Regulations. Mr Stewart said the letter was required to

Tenants of Maryhill Housing are to have their rents frozen for the next year. The Association’s board said the decision not to increase rents from 1st April 2021 acknowledged the impact that the coronavirus pandemic is having on everyone’s lives.

Smith Scott Mullan Associates has been appointed to the New Gorbals Housing Association Framework, along with six other leading architectural practices, to provide high-quality social housing in a key area of Glasgow.