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Planners in Aberdeen have approved plans for a 374-bed student accommodation development on John Street. The scheme, prepared by Fletcher Joseph Associates, is a high-quality development of an empty brownfield site, left derelict following the demise of an originally approved hotel scheme set out by

John Blackwood Scotland’s largest membership organisation for landlords has strongly criticised UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond MP, for not reversing tax changes which will result in a reduced supply of affordable housing in Scotland.

Ian Smith and Councillor McAveety at Dunira Street, Tollcross Tollcross Housing Association has celebrated the start of work on a new £8.5 million project that will provide 47 new high quality affordable flats and houses for rent as well as a new office.

Construction has finished on the first council home to be built in Aberdeen in 10 years. Aberdeen City Council is investing £13 million in a major development of 99 modern homes at the former Smithfield Primary School site in the Middlefield area of the city.

A range of improvements are to be made to homes in the Carstairs Junction area thanks to South Lanarkshire Council’s Housing Investment Programme. The homes in Allison Street will be transformed and upgraded to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard and the Energy Efficiency Standard for Socia

A series of improvements carried out by North Lanarkshire Council at Milton Court in Airdrie are making a positive difference to the environment and to the tenants living there. Leader of North Lanarkshire Council, Councillor Jim Logue, visited the tower to look at the improvements carried out under

East Lothian Council will mark the completion of its latest council housing development when 11 new homes at Dunbar’s Hallhill estate are handed over to the council at the end of March. These latest properties at Hallhill, which is on the outskirts of Dunbar, complete the council’s plan to build

Caroline’s family; Ian Isaacs, Pauline Isaacs, Ian MacAskill, Mame Mackenzie and George MacAskill Cairn Housing Association has renamed its Inverness office in memory of Caroline MacAskill who passed away in October.

Linthouse Housing Association (LHA) took part in this year’s Glasgow Guarantee Jobs Fair event to promote careers in the sector and continue its search for two Modern Apprentices in housing. All of Glasgow’s secondary schools were represented at Tuesday’s event and, while Sir Alan Sugar does n

(from left) Jamielee Daniel, Courtney McMahon, Diane Cooper, Kirsten Walker, Joy Henderson and Kimberley Fulton Housing apprentices, past and present, have given their views as to how the sector can increase its amount of young workers.

Modern Apprentices Shannon McGreechin Ninety young people from some of Scotland’s most deprived communities are being given the chance to kick-start their career through new apprenticeships.

Changes are to be made to the way Moray Council awards additional points to housing applicants who think their current home is not suitable because of their clinical health condition and/or disability. From next month the existing medical assessment process will be replaced by a housing functional a

Ayrshire building services company James Frew is to undertake the complete refurbishment of a sheltered housing development in Kilwinning on behalf of North Ayrshire Council. The £2.6 million refurbishment of Robert Service Court will be undertaken while the residents remain in their homes.

The average price of a home in Scotland fell by almost 2% last year but the total number of sales increased by 3.3%, according to a report. Figures released yesterday by Registers of Scotland (RoS) showed the average price of a residential property in 2016 was just over £166,000, down from just ove

A 22 year old man has been banned for 24 months from disturbing his neighbours by acting in an anti-social manner in and around his Tranent flat. An Anti-Social Behaviour Order was (ASBO) was granted by Edinburgh Sherriff Court on March 2 against Lewis Williams of Northfield, Tranent, following an a