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A City Deal has been agreed which will deliver inclusive economic growth across Edinburgh and South East Scotland through housing, innovation, transport, skills and culture. A UK government investment of £300 million is being matched by the Scottish Government with contributions from councils and u

Two serviced plots with planning permission at Kilfinan Community Forest have been released for sale to self-builders with the aim of addressing the local affordable housing shortage. Released by Kilfinan Community Forest Company (KCFC), the sites in Tighnabruaich, Argyll, have a sale price of £30k

A programme of tower block structural surveys is to begin in North Lanarkshire. The three-phase initiative will get underway on towers in Motherwell and Airdrie from Monday, 24 July.

Etienne Duval (right) with Borderline volunteer Willie Donnelly. Picture: Mischa Frankl-Duval Etienne Duval, a supporter of Borderline, a charity which helps homeless Scots in London, talks about his passion for the charity’s work and why he felt compelled to leave a gift in his Will.

Jackie Baillie MSP The work of Bellsmyre Housing Association and Cordale Housing has been recognised in two motions lodged at the Scottish Parliament.

Workloads have slowed across most sectors of the construction industry in Scotland with private commercial and the public housing sectors seeing the most significant easing, surveyors have reported. According to the Q2 2017 UK Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey from the Royal Institution

A show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe which is inspired by Ken Loach's famous film Cathy Come Home is to offer £1 tickets for those who have had experience of homelessness. The show, called Cathy, is being staged by the Cardboard Citizens company in the hope of raising the issue of homelessness a

An Aberdeen opticians is encouraging locals to nominate their community hero in the annual Sunday Mail Great Scot Awards. Now in its third year of sponsorship, Specsavers across Aberdeen are supporting the prestigious awards, dubbed the people’s Oscars, which honours the incredible achievements of

Josh Littlejohn outside the new project for Social Bite The houses for Social Bite’s new village are now under construction with members of Edinburgh’s homeless community expected to be onsite before Christmas this year, Social Bite co-founder, Josh Littlejohn MBE, confirmed today.

The organisation behind plans to deliver affordable homes at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh has launched a new bid for a community buyout of the site. Marchmont & Sciennes Development Trust wants to turn the 122-year-old site into a hub for affordable housing, businesses and a

Public bodies in Scotland will become the first in the UK to be legally required to put reducing poverty and inequality at the heart of their decision making, under new proposals outlined by ministers. The Scottish Government is seeking views on how best to apply the duty which will mean public bodi

Shettleston Housing Association residents are to benefit from a number of home repair projects set to be delivered over the coming months. The project team is currently working to prepare for the works which are scheduled for autumn/winter 2017 and spring 2018.

Sheenagh Simpson The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has announced the appointment of Sheenagh Simpson to its public affairs team as a policy lead (maternity cover).

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has joined a list of almost 200 objectors to plans to build 125 new homes on the grounds of a school in Fife. The Courier has reported that the environment watchdog is warning that some of the properties at Hillside School in Aberdour could be at ris

The Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership is holding a consultation on health and social care locality plans which have been developed for Berwickshire, Cheviot, Eildon, Teviot & Liddesdale and Tweeddale. The locality plans focus on recommendations from the Partnership’s Strategi