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Legislation giving Scottish Ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has been unanimously approved in the Scottish Parliament. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill will allow the creation of

Social landlords should expect to put a lot of time and resources into bringing tenants and owners with them on the retrofit journey, if and when funding allows works to progress at scale, according to a new report from the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).

The Scottish Government is set to declare a national housing emergency later today. Social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville will use a Holyrood debate this afternoon on Scottish Labour’s motion on the housing crisis to make the announcement.

The finishing touches on the renovation of the historic Orrs Department Store site in Airdrie are into new council homes nearing completion.

Citizens Advice Scotland has today published new data that shows the huge debts that people in Scotland owe to energy companies.

A team of 14 industry-leading organisations have joined forces to encourage the Scottish Government to take urgent action to strategically tackle the country’s draughty homes challenge.

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has opened a new residential office in Bearsden as its strategic growth plan continues apace. Headed up by Bearsden local, Shepherd residential partner Alan Fleming, the new office is situated at 4 Canniesburn Toll and is the first to present its brand-new signage and sh

A fund to help community groups across Scotland set up renewable energy generation projects has opened for applications.

As part of its ongoing commitment to helping charities, housing associations and local government organisations maximise support to customers, Charis has removed the admin fee from all its retail vouchers distributed through its Charis Shop ecommerce platform. This enables Charis's partners to direc

Wheatley Group has 50 education bursaries available for tenants and customers to go to university and college. The housing, care and property-management group is helping make dreams of further education a reality for people across Scotland.

Qualifying households in Perth and Kinross have saved an average of £2,100 on their bills over the last 12 months thanks to an energy efficiency scheme. Over 150 local properties have benefited from the ECO4 Flex scheme, which saw £3,130,000 of funding secured for energy efficiency work

The first phase of expansion at Selkirk-based Oregon Timber Frame Limited (Oregon) is now underway, as part of a wider £24 million investment by Barratt Developments following its acquisition of the plant.

British Gas Energy Trust, the independent charitable trust funded solely by British Gas, has created £264 million in societal impact – more than £7 million in Scotland – over the past four years, according to new analysis by Oxford Economics.

Muirhouse Housing Association helped serve up a sizzler of summer fun for the local community in Edinburgh at the weekend.

Members of staff from the Perth-based home-builder Persimmon North Scotland are set to soar over the skies of Glenrothes to raise much-needed funds for the children’s charity, CHAS. Persimmon North Scotland recently announced CHAS as its charity of the year for the second year running and is l