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Scotland's unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage points to 4.5% from April to June this year, leading to further calls for the extension of eviction prevention measures. New labour market figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that the proportion of people aged 16-64 i

Vital funding of £6,304 distributed by Linstone Housing on behalf of the Scottish Government has kept the music playing for Renfrewshire borrowers at Scotland’s 'musical instrument library'. Music Broth is a trailblazing Scottish charity whose inspirational work provides access to a

Highland property developer Allan Munro Construction is set to launch the first five units of a 38-plot development despite months of disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to a six-figure funding package from Bank of Scotland. Allan Munro Construction is a family-owned business that

Build-to-rent property operator Moda Living has announced a partnership with Hamilton-based technology firm Utopi to build a complete digital infrastructure and optimise smart building technology across Moda’s entire development portfolio. The IoT powered software will lower energy c

Economy secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced a £10 million package of measures to recruit and retain apprentices, including additional funding for the Scottish Government’s Adopt an Apprentice programme.

Landlords in Scotland have served 350 notices instructing people to leave their homes since the beginning of lockdown, exacerbating fears of a “tidal wave of evictions” when courts re-open. Documents obtained by independent media platform The Ferret have revealed some eviction notices we

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published updated advice for RSL governing bodies during the coronavirus pandemic.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and Barrhead Housing Association have confirmed that construction work on 12 new affordable homes for social rent, which are located off Neilston Road in Neilston, are now almost complete and just over half the new tenants have now moved into their new home.

CIH Scotland has highlighted the vital contribution that the housing sector can make towards building back better after the pandemic and the steps needed to stop a spike in evictions. In its response to the Scottish Parliament’s finance and constitution committee’s call for evidence as p

Organisations representing the Everyone Home Collective have written to MSPs asking them to back the extension of emergency legislation on evictions to April 2021.

The City of Edinburgh Council and its contractor CCG (Scotland) Ltd have completed the first new affordable homes in Edinburgh since lockdown. The first new neighbours moving into Harewood Road have been visited by the council's housing, homelessness and fair work convener Kate Campbell and depute c

Community groups in Govan have revealed a bumper cash boost of £200,000 from the Scottish Government to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. The boost has meant Govan's funding to fight the virus has doubled to reach £400,000.

The Centre for Homelessness Impact is recruiting local authorities to join its What Works Community: Local Government initiative which will focus on evidence-led methods of ending and preventing homelessness.

Groundwork to prepare the historic IBM Greenock site for a potential £100 million residential and commercial transformation has begun in earnest. The site at Spango Valley, which is owned by Sandy & James Easdale and Advance Construction, is currently subject to a planning application for

Gilberts Architects and CM Roofing and Building have submitted plans to turn a former petrol station on Biggar Road in Midlothian into an apartment block.