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City of Edinburgh Council has outlined a detailed plan to deliver the first phase of the capital coalition’s commitment to build 20,000 affordable homes over the next ten years. In January 2016, the Council made a commitment with housing association partners to deliver 16,000 homes over the ne

Dundee City Council has allocated land belonging to 19 former schools for housing, the Dundee Evening Telegraph reports. Of the 24 schools lying vacant in the city, 19 of the sites are listed for housing, mostly in the North East, Strathmartine and Lochee council wards.

Hans Grabowski A new associate has been appointed at Dundee-based architecture practice Andrew Black Design.

Pic caption: Michael Melton (left) and Rian Taylor Two of Scottish Borders Housing Association's (SBHA) brightest young people received recognition at the recent Chartered Institute of Housing Excellence Awards.

Hillcrest Housing Association will complete a £4 million development of 40 homes in Dundee by next October, the Dundee Evening Telegraph reports.

Terrie Alafat Ahead of the anniversary of the introduction of the benefit cap, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has warned it is pushing people into poverty and putting them at risk of homelessness.

Link Group Ltd’s development at Eastfields, Carntyne has been officially opened by Cllr Kenny McLean, Glasgow City Council’s convener for neighbourhoods, housing & public realm.

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has published its 2016/17 landlord report, which shows 90 per cent of tenants satisfied with the Association's performance. The landlord report gives details of the Association’s performance in terms of quality and value of the service that should be pro

Eydent Conference at Gailes Hotel Irvine A major housing conference titled Meeting the Challenge will take place in Irvine later this month.

Blocks of flats in Dundee's Murrayfield Drive and Whitfield Avenue are set to be demolished next month after being vacated last year, the Dundee Evening Telegraph reports. Residents in the area have already been advised that the demolition will take place in November.

Social Bite has published a new study focussed on eradicating homelessness in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. The report by researchers at Heriot-Watt University gives a detailed breakdown of homelessness statistics in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee and a clear roadmap of how to co

Professor Gökay Deveci Ugly affordable housing in rural Scotland is damaging tourism, according to a professor of architecture at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.

Shelter Scotland has said the latest Scottish Welfare Fund statistics from the Scottish Government show the human cost of the housing crisis and welfare reform. The latest figures cover the period from April-June 2017 and show a marked increase on the same period last year.

Young Tenant of the Year Chloe Dunn from Rosehearty (left) receives her award from Cllr Anne Stirling, chair of Aberdeenshire Council’s Communities Committee The first winner of an award in memory of Aberdeenshire Council’s former head of housing has been chosen.

Robert Higgins Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) has named Robert Higgins from Stranraer as its chairman and Bill Robertson from New Abbey as vice chairman.