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West Lothian Council has agreed to sell a 0.72-acre piece of land in Blackridge for £150,000. The site at Allison Gardens will be acquired by Southvale Homes (Lanark) Limited, an adjoining landowner who approached the council to buy the land.

Bovis Homes has completed the acquisition of Galliford Try’s housebuilding arm, creating one of the UK’s top five home building groups. The sale of Linden Homes and Galliford Try Partnerships was achieved in a transaction valued at approximately £1.1 billion, including shares, debt

Scottish social landlords are facing calls for the removal of a potentially dangerous type of cladding from high-rise buildings after a government test which approved the use of the material in some circumstances was labelled "fundamentally flawed". Falkirk Council, Dundee City Council, Fife Council

Care provider Blackwood is harnessing technology to enable its rural tenants with disabilities to take part in key discussion sessions to help improve their service.

Barnardo's Scotland director Martin Crewe talks about the charity’s Gap Homes development for young people leaving care. 

Several local groups have received a “Christmas Bonus” courtesy of the generosity of Ochil View Housing Association staff who have taken time off from their busy workload to deliver some festive cheer to various local organisations during the past week. As part of the Association's

A tenant at a Bield retirement development in Inverclyde has knitted over 100 gifts for a local school band who are performing in the lead up to Christmas. For the past three years, Margaret Sneddon has been making festive themed covers for Terry’s Chocolate Oranges to give to students an

Ardenglen Housing Association has served up a Christmas dinner with a difference. The Association brought the community together once again for a second “murder mystery” Lunch which meant diners tucked into some festive fare and had to solve a whodunnit.

Bellway Homes has launched a bid to overturn a rejection of its plans to provide 165 homes in Thornliebank.

Plans have been submitted to demolish the former function suite of The Kintore Arms Hotel in order to build a block of flats.

Amid rising concerns over the levels of problem debt in Scotland, the Scottish Government has revealed plans to create a new debt advice service. This year, Citizens Advice Scotland has issued 100,000 pieces of debt advice to people living in Scotland, whilst more than 600,000 Scots - 14.2% of the p

As 2019 draws to a close, Scottish Housing News runs through the top ten most read stories of the year.

Port of Leith Housing Association has acquired TB Mackay Energy Services (TB Mackay) following successful negotiations with the owners. The experienced all trades energy services, repairs, and maintenance specialist has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Association and will cont

Dundee City Council has made improvements to its homelessness initiatives in relation to access to services, rough sleeping, lost contacts and its targets for allocating lets to people who are homeless, the Scottish Housing Regulator has revealed.

National homelessness charity Crisis has unearthed shocking findings about the most common yet misunderstood form of homelessness – sofa surfing.