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Laurieston Living in Glasgow could soon add more than two dozen new homes to the scope of its ongoing development. Regeneration specialist Urban Union recently submitted a planning application to Glasgow City Council which outlined plans for 28 new units.

A project to deliver 14 cottage flats in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, for Cunninghame Housing Association has now been completed. Spread across three blocks, the one and two-bedroom flats offer tailored elderly amenity accommodation for social rent while integrating with an established neighbourhood.

Construction firm CCG (Scotland) Ltd is working on behalf of Govanhill Housing Association to transform Inglefield Street in the south side of Glasgow. Since commencing works in November 2017, the Glasgow-based firm has made excellent progress on the 22-unit affordable housing development which, upo

Councillors in Dundee are to discuss plans for the latest £1 million phase of an external wall insulation (EWI) programme on another 120 homes throughout the city. The neighbourhood services committee will hear on Monday that the work at Barnes Avenue will provide warmer, more energy efficient home

A highly accessible concept house for people with disability or mobility issues was showcased by Blackwood at its AGM in 2015. Image credit: Lewis & Hickey Ltd Creating more modified homes which encourage older people to keep mentally and physically fit for longer could help save the NHS and soc

A plumber has been fined £3000 for causing a gas explosion which blew up a pensioners’ bungalow and trapped its occupants beneath the rubble. Craig Hall left a gas pipe liable to come loose in Robin and Marion Cunningham’s home in Callander, Perthshire, by crucially failing to solder a vital 90

Almost a fifth of people who seek advice from Scottish CABs say they never use the internet, with more than half unable to apply for jobs or benefits online without help, according to new research published by Citizens Advice Scotland. The data is a concern because many social security and justice s

Older and disabled residents in North Lanarkshire will continue to receive help with small repairs and tasks around the home after the council extended the contract for its Care and Repair handyperson service until April 2019. Link Group Ltd, in association with its subsidiary, Horizon Housing Assoc

North Lanarkshire Federation of Tenants and Residents Associations is holding an open meeting on February 17 to look at North Lanarkshire Council's rent restructure and chairperson's meetings and estate walkabouts. The event will provide opportunities to:

A developer and operator of private rented housing has announced a major brownfield regeneration project right in the heart of Glasgow as its first development in Scotland. PLATFORM_, which already has 580 homes under management in the joint venture in key commuter towns and employment hubs across E

A trail-blazing community group which helps people in need to furnish their homes has launched its new website. Ruchill Furniture has been a huge success and been operating since 1992 by collecting and distributing unwanted furniture to families and individuals.

David Stewart The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called on the Planning (Scotland) Bill to put in place a system to deliver a longer-term increased supply of affordable housing – beyond the lifetime of the current parliament.

Kay Blair The Scottish Housing Regulator has announced the death of its former chair Kay Blair who passed away on Monday after an illness.

Five million households could now save £115 a year on their energy bills after energy watchdog Ofgem announced it is to extend its safeguard tariff to almost one million vulnerable customers. The tariff, which stops suppliers from charging customers too much and ensures any price increase is justif

Harriet Haire MBE It is with great regret that John Munro, chairperson of Trafalgar Housing Association, advises of the death of Harriet Haire MBE on Thursday, 25th January 2018, aged 87.