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Empty homes officer Sean Maxwell at one of the properties being transformed Angus Council and the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership are aiming to encourage owners of long-term empty properties to transform them into homes that people would want to live in.

Angela Constance Communities, social security and equalities secretary Angela Constance looks ahead to the rest of 2017.

Nicola Barclay Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned that the country’s home builders face the prospect of paying a double levy to support apprenticeship training unless funds are ring-fenced to support the sector.

Angus Council has opened its draft local housing strategy for 2017-2022 for consultation. The local housing strategy identifies where links between housing and other services can help achieve wider social outcomes. It also contributes to the effective integration of health and social care, setting o

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is developing a new Local Housing Strategy for the period 2017-2022 and wishes to gather as many views as possible on the priorities it should aim to address. The Strategy covers a five year period and is the sole local authority strategic document for housing in the area.

Kirkwood Homes managing director Colin Crombie (left) and Graham Fiddes BOS relationship manager in front of a Kirkwood site Aberdeen-based housebuilder Kirkwood Homes has announced plans to acquire six new sites in 2017 as it expands its operations to Inverness and Dundee.

Councillor George Paul (second from right) and West Lothian Council planning and co-ordination officer Fiona Taylor (third from right) join the Lovell team on site at Kirkhill to celebrate the community benefits being delivered by the council’s large-scale new-build housing programme West Lothian

(from left) Gerry McHugh (GHA project manager) John Brown (GHA local asset officer) Elaine Boyne (resident) Iain Blackburn (site manager) Kenny Cullen (site manager) City Building is putting its construction skills to a new use by helping to build Glasgow’s swift population.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has welcomed the publication of Scotland’s first ever integrated energy roadmap by the Scottish Government but has called for the strategy to include greater emphasis on increasing the energy efficiency of homes. Published yesterday, the draft

Information on a £5.12 million improvement programme for almost 200 homes in Priesthill was presented to a Glasgow City Council committee yesterday. The council was asked to intervene after concerns had been raised by residents and elected members about the condition of the homes, known locally as

Artist's impressions of the interior of a ‘FIT Home’ A ground breaking new project which aims to develop an effective falls prediction system that can be installed in peoples’ homes has secured almost £100,000 in new funding.

DGHP staff who received awards at the recent DGHP awards ceremony, along with managers, Board members, directors and DGHP’s chief executive Zoe Forster and chairman David McMillan (front centre) Staff from Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) have been congratulated for their hard work

In a guest blog for the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), Shelter Scotland’s Aoife Deery says there are big questions regarding the future affordability of social housing. Four years ago, when the first wave of welfare cuts was breaking, Shelter Scotland ran a high profile campa

A Highland developer in the self-build home sector has gone into administration with the loss of 17 jobs. Inverness-based Roy Homes Ltd, and its sister company Roy Homes Timber Frame Ltd, ceased trading this week amid “serious cash flow problems”.

Douglas McLeod Barratt Developments has announced plans to build 2,480 new homes across 14 new sites throughout Scotland during the course of the year.