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To deliver more homes for rent, North Lanarkshire Council’s open market purchase scheme is on course to deliver 140 homes this year. The council scheme is supported by the Scottish Government and it enables the purchase of properties that are for sale on the open market and are often former co

South Lanarkshire Council has unanimously backed a budget which it said will protect key frontline services while cutting nearly £7 million. The council agreed a total of £6.922 million in cuts for 2020-21 and a 3% increase in Council Tax.

Homeless Network Scotland has hosted a networking event focused on rough sleeping at Glasgow City Chambers. The event brought together representatives of the key organisations concerned with homelessness in the city, including members of the new Glasgow Alliance to End Homelessness, the Glasgow Heal

Katrina Reid, health improvement manager, health and housing at NHS Health Scotland, provides a summary of the Building Foundations for Allocating Healthy Homes seminar held in Glasgow in November.

Southside Housing Association's Care & Repair Handyperson Home & Hospital Service has been awarded a 'highly commended' certificate in the 'Services to Older People' category at the Age Scotland 2019/20 Awards. The service is funded by Glasgow City Council's Health & Social Care Par

Industrial land at Port Dundas, Glasgow, has been earmarked development with Wellwood Leslie Architects intending to build a block of 68 flats for private rent.

Thanks to the launch of a new pay-as-you-go car hire scheme, tenants of Grampian Housing Association can now access electric cars. Grampian Housing Association is the first housing association in Aberdeen to be making the cars available in a partnership project with social enterprise Co-wheels Car C

CALA Homes (West) has lodged an application with Stirling Council for the creation of a residential-led mixed-use development on the former Killearn Hospital site.

Councillors in East Lothian have agreed to spend more than £174 million over the next five years on building new council housing and modernising existing stock.

LAR Housing Trust has submitted plans to transform a fire damaged B-listed tenement building at Glasgow Green into 45 affordable flats. The roof of the former hotel at Greenhead Street, which was known as the Inn on the Green, was destroyed by fire in 2014.

A masterplan detailing proposals for 350 new homes at Auchendinny has been lodged with Midlothian Council.

The parents of an Aberdeenshire boy with complex learning difficulties including Down’s Syndrome are celebrating after being handed the keys to a new-build home which has been specially adapted for them by Osprey Housing Group. Kevin and Patricia Logie moved into their Stonehaven house on 24th

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has created a team of digital champions to help improve tenants’ digital confidence levels. As part of SCVO’s ‘Digital Champions in Social Housing Project’, BHA staff can now support tenants to improve their digital skills, build their c

Work experience pupils from Inverclyde Academy in Greenock showed an impressive range of skills last week as they spent time with Home Fix Scotland (HFS) staff. The initiative is part of the HFS commitment to helping develop skills and experience of young people in the Inverclyde area. The training

A remarkable Bield resident from Melrose showed that age has no limits as she danced the night away during her 105th birthday celebrations. Georgina Paterson celebrated her incredible milestone birthday at Bield’s Priorwood Court, surrounded by friends and family.