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The Scottish Government has launched a £50 million fund to help boost town centres. The Town Centre Fund, which has been set up in partnership with COSLA, is supporting councils to ensure their high streets are more diverse, sustainable and successful in the face of changing and evolving retai

As ten new Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) homes on the Isle of Lewis near completion, the project’s contractor has made a donation to the local library. Calmax Construction Ltd donated £500 to the Sgoil nan Loch library project as part of HHP’s community benefit requirements.

The number of first-time buyers in Scotland has grown by more than 50% in a decade, according to research. Figures from the Bank of Scotland show there were 34,519 in 2018, compared with 22,100 in 2008.

More than 40 local projects are celebrating after being awarded a share of West Dunbartonshire Council’s Community Budgeting fund. From community orchards to building improvements a vast array of groups and community projects will be supported by the fund.

Residents are set to benefit from an £86.6 million housing investment in Renfrewshire over the next three years. Renfrewshire Council's Housing Capital Investment Plan 2019/20 to 2021/22 will focus on new build homes, regeneration and the maintenance of existing council homes.

Cloch Housing Association has announced a four-year contract with MPS. Previously known as Mitie, the new contractor will handle most of Cloch’s reactive maintenance and voids work across the social landlord’s stock of 1,390 properties and the associated common areas.

Taylor Wimpey has “acknowledged concerns” raised by customers regarding the durability of mortar on a development in the Scottish Borders. The housebuilder said it has identified “a robust technical solution” to the problem and will remediate the homes in Peebles “as so

East Renfrewshire Council has agreed funding for the first new council houses in the area for a generation as part of its budget plan for 2019/20. The funding for 240 new council homes forms part of a significant investment worth a total of £212 million in a range of ambitious infrastructure p

New social enterprise Total Homes Co-operative is to host a launch event in Glasgow. Described as “the circular solution in housing”, Total Homes is a household goods collection service with a difference; collecting, recycling, upcycling and reusing furniture and household items from hou

A public forum is being held to discuss the designation of Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) under Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation. Organisers said the Scottish Public Information Forum (SPIF) is an opportunity for rights holders and duty bearers to meet and discuss access to information i

A Holyrood committee is looking for a wide range of views on the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. The Scottish Parliament’s public audit and post-legislative scrutiny committee launched a public consultation on the Act following concerns about compliance an

Around 250 people have responded to a South Lanarkshire Council consultation exercise on the Local Development Plan (SLLDP) 2. Together they raised 502 ‘valid’ points of representation including objections to, and support for, a broad range of the draft policies and proposals. These have

Every Registered Social Landlord (RSL) in Scotland will be assigned a compliance status regarding its governance and financial viability under new plans unveiled by the Scottish Housing Regulator. Publishing its new Regulatory Framework and statutory guidance for social landlords today, the Reg

Plans to build 185 new houses in Stirling, including 46 affordable homes, have been given the green light. The development at Newpark Farm, St Ninians, will comprise a mixture of bungalows, cottage flats, short terraces, semi-detached and detached properties.

Scotland’s membership organisation for homelessness today called for a ‘national conversation’ to address public perceptions of the causes and realities of homelessness. Homeless Action Scotland highlighted studies that show that whilst the public are sympathetic to homeless people