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North Ayrshire Council has announced changes to a building repairs grant scheme which will make conservation repairs to historic Millport properties more affordable. Millport Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) is a grant programme providing financial assistance for regeneration of historic

Councillors at a North Yorkshire local authority have given plans to establish a new wholly owned commercial housing company the green light. Harrogate Borough Council said the council-owned housing company, which will build properties available to buy and rent, will allow the council to manoeuvre w

Plans to build an 85-home development in Aberdeen have been withdrawn by Stewart Milne Group after a new developer took over the site.

Plans have been lodged to redevelop a disused garage and warehouse in Edinburgh to create 49 new homes. The proposals, designed by Covell Mathews Architects, will entail the demolition of buildings situated at the junction of Constitution Street and John’s Lane.

Staff from CMS Window Systems joined forces with volunteers from across Fife to provide much-needed food, children’s clothing, toys and gifts to around 1100 hard-pressed families in the annual Christmas delivery day organised by independent charity, the Cottage Family Centre. Based in Kirkcald

Trust Housing Association is building 35 new homes across two sites in East Dunbartonshire. A development at St. Mungo Street in Bishopbriggs comprises 16 two-bedroom flats which will be made available for mid-market rent. A second development on Main Street in Torrance will provide 19 two-bedroom f

Oak Tree Housing Association is set to move into a new Inverclyde headquarters having out-grown its present office space. In an attempt to stay as close to the town centre as possible, the Association has purchased the former Greenock Registry Office building at 40 West Stewart Street from Inverclyd

Social security secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has announced the appointment of Dr Sally Witcher as chair of a new body tasked with scrutinising the Scottish social security system. The Scottish Commission on Social Security will provide independent and expert scrutiny of the Scottish social secu

Former school buildings across Dundee are set to be demolished to make way for housing and community facilities. The buildings to be demolished are the former Frances Wright nursery and the old St Luke’s and St Matthew’s, Longhaugh, St Vincent’s and Rosebank primary schools.

Housing charity Shelter has said it will take an investment of £214 billion into the delivery of three million new homes to solve the social housing crisis in England. A new report from the charity has urged minister to invest in a 20-year building programme and extend the criteria for who is

The Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee will tomorrow take evidence on the Scottish Budget 2019-20.  Cabinet secretary for finance, economy and fair work, Derek Mackay, Cabinet secretary for communities, social security and equalities, Aileen Campbell, COSLA a

A Dundee woman is set to pack her bags for Lebanon, to help refugees fleeing the ongoing conflict in neighbouring Syria. Amera Sajid, a money advice worker for Gowrie Care, which is part of the Hillcrest Group of Companies, will travel to the Middle Eastern country for a week on January 24 with the

Developers have lodged plans to demolish a former printer’s workshop in the centre of Aberdeen and replace it with a block of flats. Aberdeen Capital Investment Ltd has applied for permission to begin work on the proposed development at 15 Maberly Street between George Street and Rosemount Pla

Energy supplier E.ON launched an innovative pilot project to help tackle the blight of long-term empty homes and the current housing shortage that persists across the UK. The firm will work with North East Derbyshire District Council to bring empty homes back into use by offering effective solutions

Aberdeenshire Council has approved planning permission in principle for more than 700 homes and community facilities on the outskirts of Inverurie. Crichie Developments, led by Dandara, is looking to build 737 homes, a primary school and retail development at Crichie, which is just outside the Aberd