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Households in Bonnyrigg are set to benefit from warmer homes after Changeworks helped Midlothian Council to secure £695,000 from the Scottish Government’s Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund.

EICC Live, the David Hume Institute and The Open University are to host an anniversary screening of Ken Loach’s Cathy Come Home. First broadcast in November 1966, it reached 16 million people, a quarter of the UK population at the time.

Work is starting this week on an investment project in the north west of Dumfries. The work, carried out by Wheatley, will include replacing roofs and carrying out repairs to the outside of buildings, helping protect homes from the weather and improve their appearance.

Procurement specialist Pagabo is inviting bidders to compete for a place on the new National Framework for Small to Medium Works 2026.

Langstane Housing Association has appointed Mel Booth as its new director of housing and communities, as the organisation prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2027. Mel brings more than 15 years’ experience working in housing across several Scottish local authorities. She currently ma

Kingdom Housing Association has delivered 41 new affordable homes to St Andrews in partnership with Barratt Homes. The latest homes are a mix of two-bed mid-market rent (MMR) flats, plus two-bed cottage flats and two, three and five-bed houses, all for social rent. They are in addition to 63 homes f

Louisa Macdonell has been elected as chair of Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) at the charity’s Annual General Meeting. She replaces Simon Rennie, who stood down at the end of his three-year term.

Scotland’s equalities minister joined leading figures working to prevent homelessness at a landmark conference in Glasgow. Simita Kumar gave the keynote address at the Ask and Act Conference, held by the charity Advice Direct Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Government.

A Glasgow City Council committee has approved the disposal and beginning of land and site negotiations in Daldowie, Easterhouse and Ruchill that could bring a state-of-the-art Scottish Water Bioresource Treatment Centre to the city, as well as 45 new homes and a water vole sanctuary. The committee g

Kingdom Housing Association has completed another affordable living development, this time in Crieff.

Scotland’s Housing Network welcomed housing professionals, sector partners and invited guests from across Scotland to its Annual Gathering and AGM at Trades Hall, Glasgow, on 4 November 2026.

The Highland Council has successfully secured external funding in the region of £5.4 million to support retrofit and decarbonisation programmes for eligible owner occupier, private rented and council-owned houses across the region. The funding for 2026/27 comes as reports presented to mem

Progress has been made on plans to knock down the former Papdale Halls of Residence building in Kirkwall, with elected members approving the award of a contract for the demolition. Last year, Orkney Islands Council gave the green light to the outline business case to knock down the buildings, with w

Enabling works are now underway at Cala Homes (West)'s Blyth Gardens development in Erskine, following the conclusion of a Section 75 Agreement between Cala and Renfrewshire Council and the granting of final planning approval. Located off Florish Road roundabout on the eastern edge of the town, the

Tributes have been paid to a stalwart of Stirlingshire housing, David Frood, who has died at the age of 81. They were led by Rural Stirling Housing Association (RSHA) – an organisation he served with distinction for over 30 years.