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A project that offers tenement homeowners free advice to tackle problems over communal upkeep is to receive an extra £50,000 from the Scottish Government. An additional £10,000 will support research into potential safety issues, such as electrical fires.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has today launched a new campaign to help people who are struggling to pay their Council Tax bills after new figures revealed Scots owe almost £7 million in arrears. The two-week campaign, Council Tax: Check to Save, urges people to check if they are entitled to

Living Rent has hailed the success of its actions last week after protesters from the tenants’ union shut down a property investment workshop in Edinburgh. The event, which was to be hosted by the BBC’s Martin Roberts, of Homes Under the Hammer fame, boasted that it would teach landlords

Representatives from Aberdeen City Council, Scottish Fire and Rescue Scotland (SFRS) and Police Scotland are to accompany residents as they lead inspections in their own multi-storey buildings.

Fife Council has agreed a one-year rent increase of 3% for council house tenants from April 2020. The announcement comes after the local authority set its budget for the year ahead amid a £15.449 million budget gap.

The 2020/21 budget proposed by Angus Council’s administration was set at a special meeting of full council on Friday, with an agreement reached to raise council tax by 3%. The council said that the equivalent of 269 new houses expected to raise £315k of extra income. It argued that the m

Falkirk Council has set its budget for 2020/21, agreeing on a 4.84% increase in Council Tax for the year which will see an average ‘Band D’ Council Tax figure increase by £56.58 a year. The council has highlighted that despite the increase, council tax in the area remains one of th

Cruden Homes has appointed Rory Stephens as senior land & development manager in the East of Scotland. Rory, a chartered surveyor, will be focusing on sourcing new opportunities across Cruden Group’s core areas of bespoke private residential development, mixed-tenure regeneration and affor

Glasgow-based construction firm City Building celebrated the leap year with a special party for one of its employees.

Alan Benson, the director of Milnbank Housing Association, has criticised the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) for failing to engage with the Association and publishing an engagement plan which he said does not accurately reflect the Association’s regulatory status.

Sanctuary Homes has seen two of its properties achieve the top energy efficiency rating in Scotland as part of a pilot project to deliver sustainable homes for the future. The homes, at Sanctuary’s £25 million Newfield Square development in the Nitshill area of Glasgow, have been built t

Construction has reached a pivotal stage in the creation of a new housing development in Glasgow’s South Side.

CIH Scotland has urged the Scottish Government to maintain at least current levels of investment in affordable housing supply well beyond the current parliament. The Scottish Government launched a discussion in 2019 on the long-term future of the housing sector, setting out a draft vision and set of

The Existing Homes Alliance Scotland (EHAS) has welcomed the £25 million additional investment included in the Scottish Budget for local energy efficiency projects.

HouseMark Scotland has announced a new partnership with the Disruptive Innovators Network (DIN) to bring a year of inspiration, insight and innovation to the Scottish social housing sector for 2020. Building on the success of a one-day event jointly hosted in Edinburgh last November, the two organis