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Developers have submitted revised plans for a housing project in Angus following requests for amendments by the local authority and Caledonia Housing Association. Angus Council granted permission in 2015 for 42 homes and 40 flats at the former Taymouth Engineering Works site in Carnoustie.

Eleven more local authorities in Scotland have set their respective budgets for the upcoming year, four of which have opted for a voluntary freeze in Council Tax. Aberdeen City Council set its 2017/18 budget and outlined plans for the next phase of its transformation programme.

The Scottish Government’s 2017-18 Budget has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The budget secures an additional £900 million of expenditure including an additional £160m investment for local authorities to spend on local priorities over the next year, which was agreed at Stage 2 of the Bud

Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government and housing, will outline his commitment to deliver affordable housing in Scotland at Rural Housing Scotland’s annual conference today. Entitled Home Delivery: delivering rural housing across Scotland, the conference at Birnam Conference Centre in P

The findings of an innovative pilot housing brokerage service for younger adults with visual impairment will be launched next month by sight loss charity Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and Housing Options Scotland (HOS). The event in Edinburgh will set out how HOS provided the pilot housing brokerag

Sandra White MSP Serious systematic problems exist with the new Universal Credit system which will only get worse as a result of the UK government’s planned closure of job centres in Scotland, according to a letter issued by a committee of MSPs.

David Melhuish Receipts from the Scottish Government’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) may fall below government estimates at the end of the 2016/17 financial year, according to official statistics.

Janette Oliver West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has presented its first Community Champion award to a tenant who has shown incredible dedication to organising voluntary activities in her area for over 50 years.

West Lothian Council has frozen rent levels and announced plans to spend over £123 million next year on housing. Approved by councillors at a budget meeting earlier this week, the investment includes the council's largest ever investment of £77m on the council's housing capital programme, which is

Plans have been submitted for a £2.6m investment to build 20 new family homes in the South West area of Greenock. River Clyde Homes has drawn up a planning application for 20 terraced and semi-detached homes for the Mallard Crescent area. It comprises 6 x 2-bedroom and 14 x 3-bed homes, designed by

Scottish ministers have yet to reach an agreement with the UK government over a potential reduction in the benefits of claimants in Scotland when the Scottish Government abolishes the ‘bedroom tax’. As part of new social security powers being transferred to Holyrood, the Scottish Government plan

Richard Jennings Castle Rock Edinvar’s Richard Jennings asks how do we innovate to solve the problem of too many people living in cold homes?

Councillor Judy Hamilton and housing manager of Levenmouth Alistair Black A former communal car park in Methil is now the site of much needed new housing for the area.

The number of loans issued to first-time buyers in Scotland has increased by 5%, according to latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). During the fourth quarter of last year, first-time buyers borrowed £910 million, down 3% on the previous quarter but up 5% on same period in 2015.

A private rented sector advice project set up by Govan Law Centre is now offering a financial health check to its clients. Introduced in September 2016, the Private Rented Tenants Team provides a comprehensive, unique and dedicated service to tenants of private landlords in Glasgow.