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Councillor Dave Doogan A shared equity home ownership scheme to help people purchase their own home at an affordable price is being launched by Perth & Kinross Council in selected new housing developments.

John Alexander Council house tenants in Dundee could end up with the second lowest rent increase in the city council’s history if councillors back a consultation on the options next week.

(from left) Bill Banks, Lizzie Guthrie, Elaine Thomson, Emma Matthews, Diane Baxter, Ronel Malan, Norah Smith and Shona Laird Kingdom Housing Association’s Support and Care service, which supports around 260 vulnerable people throughout the towns and villages of Fife and Falkirk, has congratulated

A project which targets some of Glasgow’s most vulnerable citizens who need urgent intervention because they are sleeping rough or at risk of homelessness is successfully helping people in times of crisis, a report has revealed. The ‘Homelessness Rights Hubs’, a joint initiative between Glasgo

The empty schoolhouse in Achiltibuie will soon be transformed into two flats Rural communities struggling to meet demand for local housing are being encouraged to follow in the footsteps of the Highland village of Achiltibuie and apply to a Scottish Government fund to help convert empty properties i

CCG is to begin upgrading 65 homes in Edinburgh for Blackwood. The contractor's Asset Management (AM) division will install new boilers at properties in Charlotte Hill.

More than a third of landlords in Scotland are unaware of their responsibility to check gas appliances, despite dangerous appliances being found in a fifth of privately-rented accommodation, new research has revealed. Campaign body Gas Safe Register found that unsafe gas appliances have been found i

Ed Monaghan By Ed Monaghan, chair of Construction Scotland and CEO of Mactaggart & Mickel Group

The first ever report into Scotland’s Citizens Advice service has found that one million pieces of advice were delivered by the service last year to over 310,000 individuals, equivalent to over one in every 14 adults. Published today by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), the Impact Report revealed th

Ewan MacLeod The real estate and infrastructure practice of Shepherd and Wedderburn has agreed with Homes for Scotland to sponsor its annual conference.

Leonardo DiCaprio Homeless charity sandwich shop Social Bite has launched a competition to win a VIP lunch with Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio.

The average price of a residential property in Scotland has shown an increase of 0.6 per cent during the second quarter of financial year 2016/17 compared with the same period in the previous year, with the highest rise of 9.7 per cent being reported in East Renfrewshire. The area also showed the hi

Jenny Laing Aberdeen City Council could become the first local authority to raise funds on the capital markets as it embarks on a number of major housebuilding and construction projects.

(from left) Nina Sutherland, relationship manager Clydesdale Bank; Les Milne, chairman Partick Housing Association; Elaine Reed, head of social housing, Clydesdale Bank and Eamonn Hughes, financial director, Partick Housing Association Partick Housing Association is to provide over 100 new homes in

Plans have been submitted for a housing development between Dalgety Bay and Inverkeithing which was previously rejected by Fife Council. Taylor Wimpey has lodged a detailed planning application for 295 homes at Hillend Road at the Spencerfield site.