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Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) is planning to deliver new affordable homes in the Glencruitten area of Oban after a development masterplan was approved by the local authority. Argyll and Bute Council’s planning committee last week gave the green light to a masterplan for a develop

The Paisley Centre shopping facility could be repurposed into a new residential quarter under radical new plans to reimagine the town and reverse Scotland’s declining High Streets. How the Paisley Centre entrance could look if the centre was repurposed as a new residential quarter

The number of first-time buyers in Scotland rose to 33,558 in 2019, an increase of more than 90% from 17,580 a decade ago, according to the latest research from Bank of Scotland.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has called for urgent action to resolve an issue which has seen homeowners unable to sell or re-mortgage their homes following the publication of cladding advice from the UK Government.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is calling on people who rely on electricity to heat their homes to seek advice on how they can save on their energy bills as new figures show a jump in the number of electric-only households in fuel poverty.

Glasgow City Mission has introduced a scheme to allow dogs to stay with their owners through the night at its Winter Night Shelter.

Dundee City Council has approved plans to build eight new homes on brownfield land in Dundee.

Springfield Properties is set to deliver nearly 350 homes across two developments in Moray after planning refusals for both applications were overturned by the Scottish Government. Councillors had decided against applications for 316 homes at Ferrylea in Forres and 26 affordable homes Bain Avenue in

Glasgow City Council is to team up with Govan Housing Association to tackle the condition of pre-1919 homes in the city's Ibrox and Cessnock areas.

Kingdom Housing Association's approach to the recruitment, development and retention of young people has been recognised with Gold accreditation status in the Investors in Young People Award. Kingdom employs 170 staff, 50 of whom are classed as ‘Young people and managers/influencers of Young P

A public consultation has been launched into a £3 million Queens Cross Housing Association environmental improvement project to transform the look of the Woodside area of Glasgow.   A successful public consultation session shared ideas for the ‘Making Places in Woodside&rs

Scottish Green MSP Andy Wightman has launched an online tool which allows people to report and track short-term let properties operating in their community.

The City of Edinburgh Council has announced a new timetable to enable councillors to agree a three-year budget on 20 February.

Social Bite and the ongoing drive to defeat homelessness received a financial boost this week from Glasgow’s iconic Western Baths. Members at the Western Baths in Hillhead donated over £1,000 when personal trainer Gary Goldie slept out at December’s event in Edinburgh along with te

Cyrenians has officially launched a new social enterprise offering in the heart of Falkirk at Arnotdale House in Dollar Park. Taking ownership of the building over a year ago, the charity has now launched its ambitious new social enterprise with the opening of a café space and unique function