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A new energy project is to be developed in the former mining town of Cumnock, once a powerhouse of coal production in Scotland.

Scots predict the eco homes of the future will have a giant battery to store energy from the sun and include windows which adapt to light to keep your home hot or cold without the need for heating or air conditioning.

Halliday Fraser Munro design associate Isla Jappy discusses the future challenges for affordable housing in Scotland.

Two people have been evicted from Serco properties in Glasgow as the private contractor began its mass lock-change policy on asylum seekers in the city.

Williamsburgh Housing Association said goodbye this week to its first and only director, who has been in the job for a remarkable 40 years. Gordon Williamson is retiring after overseeing the 40th anniversary celebrations for the Association, saying it “was the right time to go”. Gordon h

The Scottish Housing Regulator has today opened recruitment to its list of statutory managers.

Terrie Alafat CBE has today announced she will retire as chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) at the end of November. Current deputy chief executive Gavin Smart will then become CIH’s chief executive.

Councillors are expected to give the green light to mixed-use proposals to regenerate the site of the old Fountainbridge Brewery site in Edinburgh.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP has officially opened Castlehill Housing Association’s development at Maidencraig on the Lang Stracht in Aberdeen. Built by Bancon Homes, the development consists of 36 two and three bed houses with their own garden and ample parking spaces nearby. 

Former National Housing Federation chief executive David Orr has been appointed as the new chair of Clarion’s housing association arm. Clarion Housing is the UK’s largest social landlord, with 125,000 homes and 350,000 residents across the country.

Aberdeenshire housebuilder Snowdrop Developments has joined the growing list of developers to deliver homes at Scotland’s largest planned new town.

Scottish charity Ypeople has announced the appointment of Dr Emily Pathe as a new specialist counselling psychologist to support its work with people experiencing homelessness. Dr Pathe, a member of the health & homelessness team at NHS Lanarkshire, will be based at the charity’s Pathways

Edinburgh-based homelessness charity Cyrenians has set an ambitious target to redistribute more than one million meals through its FareShare depot this year to those most in need.

Older people in Stirlingshire have been tackling loneliness and dementia through the power of sport.

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