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The first affordable homes to be built in the Blackford area of Edinburgh for more than 60 years have been completed and handed over. Cala Homes’ (East) 12 energy-efficient apartments have now been passed to Wheatley Group for social rent.

Three Scottish housebuilders have given a cautious welcome to the Scottish Government’s plans to offer interest-free loans of up to £10,000 to first-time buyers. The new First Homes Fund, which will be available from June, applies to properties valued at up to £300,000 and is desig

Domestic abusers will be evicted from social homes in England and victims will be able to stay safely in their communities, under a new landmark Social Housing Bill returning to Parliament for its Second Reading today.

Holyrood has supported a motion calling for the formal transfer of energy policy to Holyrood.

Fife Council’s Cabinet Committee has approved plans to purchase a number of homes to help prevent tenants from becoming homeless. Councillors agreed that the council purchase 26 homes across West Wemyss, Coaltown of Wemyss and Denbeath, helping to protect tenants at risk of losing their homes.

Highland councillors have agreed to take forward a new planning policy aimed at reducing light pollution across the region.

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has celebrated the official opening of its landmark Howdenburn development in Jedburgh, with retiring chief executive Julia Mulloy cutting the ribbon at a special ceremony. The official opening was an opportunity to recognise the many people and organisati

Building materials supplier Travis Perkins Managed Services (TPMS) has brought together suppliers and customers at a special event in Edinburgh to understand better how to combat damp and mould.  As the latest in its innovation forum series, the event was organised to help assist social housing

Oak Tree Housing Association, Cloch Housing Association, River Clyde Homes and Larkfield Housing Association, who together form the Inverclyde Housing Association Forum, have secured £157,117.00 to continue their Energy Advice Service for a further two years.

Renfrewshire Council has approved Taylor Wimpey West Scotland's Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSC) planning application for the company’s final development of new homes within the successful and popular Dargavel Village masterplan in Bishopton.

Loreburn Housing Association has been successful in securing a further two years of Lottery Funding for two Sustaining Communities Officers, covering the East and West of Dumfries and Galloway. Their Sustaining Communities team has supported many of their tenants in the past two years, providing pra

A social housing project in Pollockshields has been named among the ten best new buildings in Scotland by The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).

Lar Housing Trust’s property management arm has been appointed by Octopus Capital to manage its new property portfolio in Scotland.  Octopus’ Affordable Housing Fund recently raised £100 million, including £50m from the Scottish National Investment Bank, to invest in hig

Sustainability for Housing (SfH) has published its 2026 Annual Review, revealing a landmark year for environmental, social and governance (ESG) progress across the UK’s social housing sector.

The public will be enabled to provide newly elected MSPs with a local snapshot of the housing emergency and its impact, thanks to a new interactive digital tool launched by Shelter Scotland and funded by IKEA. The tool will allow residents to directly connect to their MSPs within the first 100