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(from left) Site manager Bill Anderson, David Zwirlein and John Alexander. Photo Credit: Evening Telegraph Funds available for new build council and housing association houses in Dundee are set to go up by over £4 million in the next financial year, the city council has confirmed.

A developer has announced the start on site of a new affordable housing development in Port Glasgow. Working alongside River Clyde Homes, Cullross said the site preparation works have begun to allow the 41 home development at Bay Street to start very soon.

Alex Neil More than 8,000 households have now received support to own their own home through the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme, social justice secretary Alex Neil has announced.

Aileen McLeod Govanhill Housing Association CEO Anne Lear has been announced as one of seven members appointed to the new Scottish Land Fund (SLF) committee.

Proposals have been submitted to Moray Council for the first phase of a development which will eventually bring 1,500 new homes to Findrassie on the northern edge of Elgin. Jointly submitted by Pitgaveny and Robertson Homes, the Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) represents the first phase of an a

The South Fort Street Project at Gowrie Care, which is part of the Hillcrest Group A pioneering initiative to measure the vital impact of housing support services in Scotland has surpassed a milestone after it was revealed more than 12,000 people have used the service.

David Cameron The Scotland Bill has completed its Parliamentary stages and received Royal Assent to become the Scotland Act 2016.

People living in Castlemilk can now make use of a new state-of-the-art digital learning centre providing free internet and computer access at their local library. The computer learning centre at Castlemilk Library is the first ‘Click & Connect’ centre to be opened in one of Glasgow’s libra

Staff from DGHP’s Crichton office supporting the Daffodil Appeal Staff at Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) have been supporting the Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal.

(from left) Ryan Wilson (QS), Jennifer Breaden (Assistant Planner), Jim Ward ( BAM Construction Director), Robin Wallace (Y People), Ross Gunning (Trainee Site Manager), Alex and Carl (bending down) are two young people staying in the shelter. Three graduates from BAM Construction put their entrepre

David Cowans, group chief executive at Places for People and Jenny Laing, Aberdeen City Council leader Places for People has signed a pioneering partnership with Aberdeen City Council which will create 2,000 new homes in the city with the potential to build a further 1,000 properties.

Cllr Margaret Davidson with Keith Brown MSP (left) and Lord Dunlop Inverness is to benefit from a major increase in the city’s homes over the next 20 years following the award of a £315 million City Deal.

Keith Vaz MP A committee of MPs is to launch an inquiry into the Home Office’s outsourcing of asylum seeker housing to private companies across the UK.

Kezia Dugdale A new form of local government tax based on property value will replace the “unfair” council tax under new plans revealed by Scottish Labour.

Cllrs Judy Hamilton & David Ross visit tenant Maria McKenzie The completion of a housing development in Thornton has signalled the halfway stage in Fife Council’s Affordable Housing Programme.