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Linstone Housing has revealed the extent of its support for tenants during the coronavirus health emergency. The Association said it was undertaking many "unprecedented measures" and thanked its tenants for their "many acts of kindness which have kept communities going".

Building standards managers have highlighted an increased demand for site inspection work as the sector begins to ease out of lockdown, according to the head of the Scottish Government’s building standards division. In a letter to local authority chief executives, Stephen Garvin said it is lik

An online community consultation has been launched today with the intention of developing a new mixed-use neighbourhood, as part of plans by Edinburgh BioQuarter to create a new Health Innovation District.

North Ayrshire Council’s plans to build the next generation of council homes has continued with an application for 50 homes at the former Towerlands Primary School site in Irvine. Once again led by Mast Architects, and delivered by Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd in partnership with hub South West Sco

City of Edinburgh Council’s housing, homelessness and fair work convener, Councillor Kate Campbell, outlines the phenomenal response from organisations working to prevent homeless during the pandemic. The council’s homelessness service has been working with the Scottish Government, third

The decision on whether to award eight Aberdeen flat blocks 'A-List' protective status has been placed on hold until further notice.

The Scottish Land Fund has awarded the Langholm Initiative charity £1 million towards the purchase of 10,500 acres of Langholm Moor in the south of Scotland, which would see the local community creating a vast new nature reserve.

Midlothian Council has approved plans which could see local community groups turn areas of publicly owned land in places like health centres and parks into growing spaces for food.

More than £78 million is to be invested into the construction sector as part of a new Return to Work package to help stimulate Scotland’s economy following the coronavirus pandemic.

Inverness city centre is set to receive an affordable housing boost after plans to redevelop the former Arnotts building in Union Street were given the green light.

North Ayrshire Council has submitted its plans to deliver 18 new homes on the Isle of Cumbrae. Designed by Mast Architects, the development will occupy greenfield land to the north of Millport at St Beya Gardens.

Funding put in place by North Lanarkshire Council to assist people facing rent arrears during the coronavirus outbreak has helped more than 1,000 council tenants. The council made £300,000 worth of funding available to help tenants whose financial circumstances have been disrupted during

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in care homes have raised “serious human rights concerns” under Article 2 of European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the right to life, the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has stated. The intervention came in response to a letter from Scottish La

Sanctuary Scotland has received nearly £100,000 to support communities through the COVID-19 pandemic. The social housing provider has been awarded £96,000 by the Scottish Government to ensure essential services are available to vulnerable people and those isolated or shielding.

Pensioners in isolation during the coronavirus lockdown have been able to tuck into a weekly nutritional meal generously donated by a local Bield community group. Tenants at Bield’s sheltered housing development, Greenacre Court in Bannockburn, have been served soup and snacks every Tuesday fo