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MP Mhairi Black meets some young people involved in the Beyond4Walls project New research into the future of housing has revealed that young people want access to good quality homes and to feel safe in their communities.

Sarah Speirs The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has determined that Scottish house prices expected to rise by 4.2% per annum, over the next five years (a cumulative increase of around 25%).

Malcolm Warrack Organisations representing private landlords and investors yesterday appeared before the Scottish Parliament to continue to urge the Infrastructure and Capital Investment committee to work with the private rented sector to create the policies that will protect both tenants and landlo

Ewan Aitken Over the next five years, Cyrenians aims to increase the number of people they support from 4400 to 6000 per year, in a major expansion of their work in Scotland as they respond to a rise in demand from those who feel excluded from family, home, work or community.

Fergus Ewing New figures from the Accountant in Bankruptcy figures show that more than 2,100 people have now completed debt payment programmes set up by the scheme, helping to prevent them from becoming bankrupt.

Residents from Viewpoint and Balgrayhill Multi-storey flats have been enjoying their new community spaces with activities Supported by ng homes' Build, Bridge, Bond project to bring residents together and find out how they would like to see the community spaces used.

A major development of 332 homes in Monifieth could take up to ten years to complete, according to developers Taylor Wimpey.

Ian Brennan, the Regulator’s director of finance & risk The Scottish Housing Regulator has stressed the key role of auditors in registered social landlords' (RSL) risk management and compliance with regulatory standards.

Cllr Dave Doogan Perth & Kinross Council's multi-million pound programme of social housing construction has taken another major step forward with the completion of a new development in Castlemains, Auchterarder.

David Wood, PAS planning and policy manager Community groups, development trusts and members of the public are being urged to sign up for a series of events being held by planning charity PAS, where they can give their views on how they think the Scottish planning system should be reformed.

Alex Johnstone MSP A voluntary code should be adopted by house builders to end ‘rabbit hutch housing’, the Scottish Conservatives have announced.

Eighty-six properties have been completed in the final phase of Sanctuary Scotland's £30 million regeneration of Shortroods, Paisley.

Annie Mauger, director of CIH Scotland The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has reiterated its welcome for targeted rent controls in the wake of the latest private renting statistics published by the Scottish Government today.

Shona Stephen, chief executive at Queen's Cross Housing Association Queen's Cross Housing Association is to spend £13 million to carry out major internal and external improvements to 314 of its properties.

Alison Johnstone Alison Johnstone, Scottish Green MSP for Lothian region, has lodged a motion at the Scottish Parliament calling for financial support for the 200 tenants of Lorne Street in Leith who face being evicted from their homes by the charity that owns their flats.