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Aberdeen City Council has today launched its Budget Consultation 2025/26 – aimed at understanding how potential savings options might affect residents.

More than half a million pounds has been awarded to 36 Scottish organisations, helping to bolster crucial local projects and services across Scotland’s housing sector.

Below is a full transcript of episode 61 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Accessible housing (part 2) with Angela Currie’. Listen to the episode here.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has recently been successful in securing £570,000 in net zero funding from the Scottish Government, enabling a major upgrade of 36 sheltered housing properties in Hill Road, Cumbernauld.

A study into the options available to Aberdeen City Council regarding the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in hundreds of homes in the city has recommended that the buildings should be demolished and replaced.

A comprehensive global overview of the empirical evidence on rent control policies has found that they produce significantly more negative consequences than benefits.

The new owners of Glasgow’s College Street goods yard site have pressed on with development proposals with the submission of a new planning application.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and Caledonian Properties have submitted a joint application for an Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSC) to Glasgow City Council for the provision of 300 new homes located off Robroyston Road in Robroyston.

A summary of responses to a consultation on resourcing Scotland’s planning system has been published by the Scottish Government.

A care home has been fined £500,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a 54-year-old woman. HC-One Limited, who ran Arcadia Gardens Care Home in Glasgow, pled guilty to a health and safety at work breach committed in March 2017.

Fife Council has brought forward plans for 39 new council houses.

Veterans Housing Scotland president and chairman helped RAF, Veteran Joe McCulloch, celebrate his 100th birthday. His Grace The Duke of Hamilton, President of Veterans Housing Scotland (VHS) together with Group Captain Bob Kemp, VHS Chairman and Life President of the 603 Squadron Association led the

Homebuilder Persimmon has announced its premium Charles Church brand is returning to Scotland, with the first site in three years set to open this autumn

The Homeless World Cup co-founder and social entrepreneur Mel Young MBE is to receive the prestigious Edinburgh Award. Mel Young MBE has been selected to receive the accolade from a shortlist of nominations cast by the Edinburgh public. He will receive an engraved Loving Cup from the city’s Lo

Glasgow-based social enterprise MsMissMrs has demonstrated remarkable impact in addressing child poverty and empowering women. In just one year, with an investment of £165,000, it helped over 100 women rebuild their lives, leading to an estimated £3 million in social value, according to