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The Scottish Government has published a consultation on adding new categories to the definition of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO). The consultation paper is seeking views on adding new categories to the definition of an HMO in relation to accommodation that contract and transient workers stay i

Members of the newly formed Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre hosted a wonderful afternoon at Hawthorn Bowling Club as part of continued efforts to integrate with community members. The event was a huge success with members of the community coming along, as well as ng homes board members.

A decision on plans by the Trump Organisation to build hundreds of new homes in Aberdeenshire has once again been delayed by the local authority. Aberdeenshire Council said a planning application for 550 homes at the Menie Estate, near Balmedie, will now be considered later this year following the r

A local property developer has announced the official launch of a new 97 home development in Dundee. D J Laing Homes has returned to the area, recently crowned Scotland’s best place to live, to start work on its latest development and follow the success of the 200 homes it built previously in

The latest statistics from the UK House Price Index (HPI) show that the average price of a property in Scotland in February 2019 was £145,762 – a decrease of 0.2% on February in the previous year. This is the first annual decrease in the average price of a property in Scotland since Marc

Scottish Churches Housing Action (SCHA) has today announced the appointment of Richard Howat as its new chief executive. Mr Howat will take up the role on May 20, replacing David Cressey who resigned in December.

The Warmer Homes Scotland initiative has awarded a minimum of £38 million to managing agent Warmworks to continue to deliver the Scottish Government’s fuel poverty scheme over the next two years. The announcement comes as the 15,000th Warmer Homes customer welcomed a new gas central heat

New statistics on social tenants and social rented housing in Scotland reflect the Scottish Government’s ongoing commitments to delivering suitable housing, communities secretary Aileen Campbell has said. Social Tenants in Scotland 2017, published yesterday, is the third annual statistical com

The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has demanded “urgent action” from local authorities to tackle the shortage in accessible housing and has also joined a campaign to ban winter evictions. A motion calling for improved access to housing for disabled people was passed at t

After the case to prevent failed asylum seekers being evicted without a court order was dismissed by the Court of Session, our sister publication Scottish Legal News takes a considered look at the judgment.

Students from disadvantaged communities are being offered up to £1,500 a year by Wheatley Group to support them through college or university. The group, which has helped 100 people with their further or higher education studies in the past two years by providing bursaries, is now inviting app

Humza Yousaf MSP has described how he was ‘blown away’ by a pioneering care system after testing it out first-hand during a visit to a service in his Glasgow constituency. The justice secretary visited Blackwood’s Belses Gardens care home in Cardonald to see for himself the revolut

Dundee City Council’s programme of energy efficiency measures will be extended to 350 more council and private homes at a cost of £3 million. Councillors will be told that houses in Benvie Road, Peddie Street, Law Crescent, Brownhill Street and Tummel Place/Dickson Avenue will receive th

Landmark legislation which provided a legal basis for real burdens following the abolition of feudal tenure is too difficult to apply in practice and should be reformed, the Scottish Law Commission has said. The legal reform body has published a new report recommending the replacement of section 53

Scottish homeowners are the least likely in Britain to improve their property after the number of home improvement planning applications decreased last year. The ‘Home Improvers of Great Britain 2019’ report, compiled by construction industry analysts Barbour ABI, found that for every 10