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North Ayrshire Council has been congratulated for its outstanding efforts to bring empty homes back into use. The council’s private sector team was honoured by Shelter Scotland for its work in breathing new life into disused properties.

Children from Dairsie Primary School in North East Fife donned hard-hats and hi-viz vests for a tour of Kingdom Housing Association’s first development in the village before receiving selection boxes as an early Christmas gift from contractor Campion Homes. The mixed-tenure site at Station Roa

Cassiltoun Housing Association has teamed up with its contractors and consultants to pass on some Christmas cheer to its tenants and their children.

An exhibition which invited people from across Scotland to contribute their views on the future of housing finished with a workshop and exhibition in Galashiels this week.

As Scotland marks the centenary of the Land Settlement Act, the Scottish Land Commission has urged that more reform to land ownership and land use is needed, to make the most of Scotland’s land for the benefit of all. This month marks 100 years since the Land Settlement Act in Scotland.

Holmston House in Ayr may yet be transformed into new homes now the building has new owners.

Up to six unaccompanied child asylum seekers are to be brought to East Ayrshire as part of a resettlement deal. East Ayrshire Council's cabinet agreed the proposal after it previously been granted by East Ayrshire's Integrated Joint Board (IJB).

Last week's article in Scottish Housing News highlighting the lack of adequate governance at the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) will be of concern to many in the sector. Effectively, we have a case of "Do as I say, not as I do", writes Bruce Forbes. There are serious issues at play here. The

Most of Scotland’s 32 councils are increasingly relying on money from reserves to keep up with demand for services and balance their budgets, with financial pressures likely to get worse, according to the Accounts Commission. A report today from the local government watchdog found that while d

Scotland’s social housing sector has seen a continued increase in lender and investor confidence and remains financially strong with sufficient access to funding, a new report has found.

The number of homes completed in Scotland reached the highest annual total since 2008 after an 18% increase in new build homes, new figures have shown.

ng homes has appointed Cruden Building to carry out a multi-million-pound project in the north east of Glasgow. The £7.2 million contract will see 49 flats being delivered, along with a commercial unit, within a new iconic building on the site of the former Burgh Halls in Springburn.  &nb

More new homes for Glasgow’s East End are under way as Thenue Housing’s 40th anniversary year draws to a close. (from left) Charles Turner, Allan Callaghan and Eleanor Derbyshire  

Over 40 ex-nurses of the former Sunnyside Royal Hospital near Montrose visited the iconic site on Friday to tour the grounds one last time and cut the turf to mark Sunnyside’s new lease of life as a housing development. During their visit around the grounds of the estate, overlooked by the his

Housing charity LAR has officially opened its newest development and its seventh in East Lothian. The 23 properties were designed and built by CALA Management Ltd at its Castle Bay development near Dunbar. It represents the fourth time LAR has worked on projects with the construction company.