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(from left) Irene Madden, asset officer Osprey Housing Moray area; Allan Liddle, Osprey Housing development officer; Bruce Robertson, Deveron Homes construction director and Peter Hepburn, WSD contract administrator Osprey Housing has accepted the keys to the first phase of a £2 million development

Construction work to deliver 95 new homes at the former Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh is to start within the next few weeks after the site was sold to a national housebuilder. Argyll and Bute Council has granted planning permission for the development of two, three and four bedroom family homes f

Aberdeen City Council has been recognised for “a strong institutional framework” and “strong track record of operating performance” by credit rating agency Moody’s, which has completed its annual assessment of the authority. The credit rating review follows the initial awarding of a credit

Over 100 older people from across Dundee were treated to hot drinks, sweet and savoury snacks, and a dance to some old favourites at a special festive event held in Menzieshill Community Centre. The Festive Tea Dance was free to attend and organised by staff from Hillcrest Housing Association, Helpi

Staff from Cairn Housing Association have smashed through their own fundraising target for Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park event this weekend. The team, one of many housing organisations taking part, has raised over £3,000 towards Social Bite’s ambitious target to eradicate homelessness in Scot

Alex Green The resident of a Hanover Scotland sheltered housing development in Stonehaven and one of Scotland’s greatest exponents of the tin whistler has been inducted into the prestigious Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame, alongside notable names including Billy Connolly and Gaelic singer-

Consumers are twice as likely to be ‘very satisfied’ with the quality of their new home if it was built by a small and medium-sized (SME) house builder, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Key results from the FMB’s research into satisfaction rates among peopl

A Bill for an Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about how land is developed and used has been introduced by cabinet secretary for communities, social security and equalities, Angela Constance MSP. The eagerly awaited Planning (Scotland) Bill follows a wide-ranging consultation earlier

Critics of the Scottish Help to Buy scheme have called for the policy to be scrapped after an investigation revealed just three high volume housebuilders have received around £189 million in subsidised mortgages between them. Freedom of information (FOI) data obtained by investigatory journalism pl

Kevin Scarlett Established in 2015, the Haymarket Group of housing associations joined forces to discuss how to jointly demonstrate and measure efficiency and value for money within the social housing sector.

Glasgow’s Pollokshaws area is a step closer to its next phase of regeneration after developers Urban Union submitted a planning application to Glasgow City Council. Developed with the assistance of architects and town planners Barton Willmore, the application includes plans for 137 residential pro

(from left) Gavin Barrie, housing and economy convenor, City of Edinburgh Council; Helen Kelly, North Sighthill Residents' Association; Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government and housing Construction is underway on a £35 million City of Edinburgh Council-led regeneration project at North

The new homes proposed for Baileyfield South Two new housing developments in East Lothian and the East of Edinburgh have now received planning approval, in a move set to help address local housing shortages.

Work has started on-site at a £20 million waterfront residential development designed by Mosaic Architecture + Design at Granton Harbour in Edinburgh. Plot 27 forms part of the western breakwater edge of the Granton Harbour masterplan. The plot is bounded by the Firth on the west and canals, which

The development forms part of the Dunbeg and Ganavan Masterplan Argyll and Bute Council has been awarded £1.9 million from the Scottish Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund to upgrade Kirk Road.