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North Lanarkshire Council has approved its budget for 2021/22 with a focus on spending which helps residents and communities rebuild and recover from the worst effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The council agreed to freeze council tax for residents in the next year, and reaffirmed its commitment

Perth & Kinross Council has announced that nearly £2 million will be spent upgrading smoke detectors in thousands of council homes across the area. The improvement scheme is to ensure safety devices meet with stricter Scottish Government legislation expected next year. The new standard wil

East Ayrshire Council has announced that it will be increasing rent prices by 1.15% meaning council tenants will pay £1.12 more per week.  Councillors voted for the rent increase at a full council meeting last Thursday. The council carried out a survey asking residents about the increase

East Lothian Council has announced that council tax will be frozen in the year ahead as it approved its budget for 2021/22. Further investment has been earmarked by the council for Education and Children’s Services – including additional support for learning – and Health and Social

Fife Council has launched a new survey to help with planning for new housing across Fife.

Planning permission in principle is being sought for a mixed-use development that could deliver up to 450 homes next to Dunfermline’s new £180 million super campus.

Developer Modern Spec Ltd has been given the green light to build 138 new homes at the site of the former Carskeoch caravan park in Patna. Buyers will have the option to choose from bungalows and two storey homes at the new development.

Grandhome Trust has unveiled Malcolm Allan Housebuilders as a new homebuilding partner at its community in Aberdeen’s Bridge of Don. The Aberdeenshire-based firm will build approximately 130 homes offering a variety of property types – from flats to detached homes – to first-time b

The team behind the 390-acre Blindwells development in East Lothian has unveiled its latest residential development opportunity.

Over 1,000 of the lowest-paid workers in Dundee City Council’s workforce could be in line for a boost as it is proposed to fully embed the Scottish Local Government Living Wage into its pay and grading structure. Councillors will hear that council officers and the trade unions have been workin

Group Captain Robert Kemp CBE QVRM AE DL has been appointed chairman of Veterans Housing Scotland, succeeding Lieutenant Colonel Richard Callander LVO OBE TD who retired following ten years as chairman. Established in 1915, formerly Scottish Veterans Garden City Association, Edinburgh-based Vet

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) is changing the way it engages with its tenants with the appointment of Kerry Hague, a customer and community engagement officer.  Kerry Hague took up the new role this week and the principle aims of her appointment will be to deliver BHA’s strategic

Clydebank Housing Association has announced it will apply a rent increase of 0.7% across all tenant rents for the year 2021-22. The Association made the announcement after an extensive consultation exercise with its tenants, sharing owners and tenants groups and an overview of its budget settin

A Scottish Parliament Committee has criticised the implementation of the 2015 Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act saying that not enough has been done to empower people from deprived backgrounds to take action in their communities. The report by the Local Government and Communities Committee reflec

Plans are in the pipeline for a mixed-use development including 235 apartments for a large vacant site beside Glasgow's High Street station.