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Cunninghame Housing Association joined the debate on addressing fuel poverty by announcing fuel poverty performance figures for its three Lemon Aid fuel poverty teams during 2018 and 2019. The teams secured more than £1.8 million in financial savings and debt reduction for clients across Dumfr

Construction and residential development company JB Bennett (Contracts) Ltd is celebrating a series of new contract wins in Scotland’s social housing sector. The Cumbernauld-based firm began work last month on the construction of six residential blocks consisting of 45 units at Dumbarton Harbo

Confirmation of the Scottish Government's single biggest investment towards housing has been welcomed by Edinburgh's housing, homelessness and fair work convener. Following last week’s Scottish Budget, which announced a £17 million increase to support the delivery of 50,000 affordable ho

Keep Scotland Beautiful has presented Queens Cross Housing Association with a silver level National Award for Environmental Excellence - the business standard that enables organisations to benchmark their environmental achievements and improvements.

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) is supporting plans to upscale and evaluate the Hygge Club’s programme in Eyemouth to deliver more groups and involve parents and children. Originating from Scandinavia, the Hygge programme is an activity-based group focusing on aspects of wellbeing and m

Three projects funded by the Social Housing and Green Infrastructure Fund are set to be launched at this year's Scottish Federation of Housing Association's (SFHA) annual Development Conference.

Energy consumers will automatically receive £30 if they experience delays or mistakes when switching supplier from May 1, Ofgem has announced.

Moray Council has announced that its tenants will see a 3% rise in rents after a rent freeze last year.

Members of The Highland Council have hailed the success of both its Syrian refugee settlement programme and its tenant participation and engagement in Badenoch and Strathspey. The council said it is delighted with how well Highland communities have welcomed families who have endured the most horrifi

Professor Alex Marsh and Professor Ken Gibb introduce the new UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) project which will review the rent control literature produced over the last thirty years. 

H&H Properties has submitted plans to Dundee City Council to build 23 new homes on the former site of Downfield Primary School's infant annexe.

The site of a former care home in Clydebank is being sold to be developed into new housing, West Dunbartonshire Council has confirmed.

A bid to transform a former First Bus depot in Glasgow’s East End into 139 new homes has been rejected by the local authority.

Scottish Ministers have rejected an appeal to build houses on the greenbelt in Dalkeith.

Scotland’s build to rent (BTR) residential sector is expected to deliver many years of growth before reaching maturity, according to the results of Ryden’s latest detailed review of the Scottish commercial property market. While relatively new in Scotland with only two schemes completed