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Hillcrest Homes has showcased its plans to transform a former Dundee jute mill into social housing.

Cunninghame Housing Association has marked the completion of its latest social housing development in Annan with a formal ceremony last week.

Construction and residential development company JB Bennett (Contracts) Ltd has ceased trading.

Successful partnership working between UK homebuilder Keepmoat Homes and North Lanarkshire Council is delivering affordable homes for rent to almost a dozen families in the Clyde Valley. The move comes as part of the council’s commitment to deliver 5,000 new homes across North Lanarkshire. Kee

The historic Elderpark Library in Govan is to benefit from a huge funding boost from the Scottish Government with the assistance of Glasgow City Council. It will get a new lease of life and a much-needed refurbishment to equip it as a learning and community hub while continuing its 117-year history

The Scottish Government has published new legislation on the development of heat networks to help meet climate change targets and tackle fuel poverty.

Political leadership, adequate resourcing and delivery of supporting infrastructure are all essential if Scotland is to have the volume and range of quality homes it requires to meet the diverse needs of its population in 20 years’ time, according to Homes for Scotland (HFS). The appeal came i

West Ranga Property Group is to include 31 social housing properties within its development plans for Dundee city centre.

Funding of more than £770,000 has been awarded to the Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) to build family homes for social rent in Ulva Ferry on the Island of Mull. The money comes from the Scottish Government’s Rural and Islands Housing Fund (RIHF), part of a £30 million investme

Glasgow lawyer Mike Dailly has quit the Social Justice Commission set up by the SNP to consider how an independent Scotland could tackle poverty and inequality. Mr Dailly, principal solicitor at Govan Law Centre, was appointed late last year to the body, which was established to build upon the earli

Two ‘strong’ community asset transfer requests have been given the green light by councillors on The Highland Council’s Communities and Place Committee. Unanimous support was given for the sale of land at South Bonar Industrial Estate at Bonar Bridge to Kyle of Sutherland Hub; and

A new tech innovation space for start-ups wanting to enter the social housing sector has been launched by housing technology specialists DtL Creative. From March, DtL Creative’s newly launched Blue Banana will provide a platform in which landlords and IT suppliers can work toget

Plans have been submitted for the third phase of an award-winning development in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.

The Scottish Government’s proposals for a longer-term plan for the housing system are welcome but the success of the current programme – as well as the next – will depend on creating a socially just housing system, maintaining existing levels of investment as well as aligning fundi

The Scottish Government’s Housing to 2040 process needs to combine radical, new approaches with what is already known to work, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). Responding to the consultation, GWSF welcomed the indication that ministers want to