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Moray Council is to pilot a new approach to allocating homes in rural areas in a bid to better support local employment, essential services and the long-term sustainability of remote communities.

The winners of the 2026 Scottish Home Awards, sponsored by Ross + Liddell, were revealed on Thursday evening as more than 580 guests from across Scotland’s homebuilding and housing sectors gathered at the Doubletree by Hilton Glasgow Central for the prestigious awards ceremony. 

Sidey has become the first window and door contractor to join the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS).

Places for People has launched a near £300 million national framework renewal hunt for groundworks specialists across England and Scotland for the next four years.

Sidey has secured contracts worth £50 million as part of Falkirk Council’s Phase 2 Window and Door Replacement Programme, strengthening its long-standing partnership with the local authority following the successful completion of Phase 1.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has appointed Karen McGregor as its new director of operations and membership. Karen brings substantial experience, having previously worked at the National Lottery Community Fund, supporting community groups to access vital funding. Then holdin

Plans for a major new community delivering up to 2,800 energy-efficient homes on the west side of Livingston have been unanimously approved by West Lothian Council.

Staff from Kingdom Support and Care (KSC) gathered at the new Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline in May for their annual conference.

World Cup fever came to Drumchapel with a football-themed summer fete courtesy of Drumchapel Housing Co-operative. The annual event for Drumchapel Housing Co-operative tenants took on a football flavour and was the ideal curtain-raiser for Scotland’s magnificent first match win in the tourname

Housing services in Glenrothes are helping more people access homes and supporting tenants across the area, while continuing to respond to high demand and rising needs, Fife Council has revealed. A new update report to the Glenrothes Area Committee highlights steady progress across a range of housin

Communities across Stirling will have the opportunity to suggest which local projects should benefit from contracts awarded to suppliers by Stirling Council with the launch of a new online portal.

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has published draft guidance about how housing providers can prepare for the risks posed to homes and communities by wildfires. CIH is asking the sector and wider stakeholders across the UK for feedback before finalising the guidance in the autumn.

Glasgow City Council has granted permission for the demolition of the B-listed Hillhead Baptist Church, clearing the way for a 32-flat residential development on the site, despite more than 300 objections from the public.

Osprey Housing’s tenancy support service has been helping vulnerable households across the north-east reporting a strong start to 2026/27, with hundreds of cases already supported and more than £79,000 secured for tenants facing hardship. Figures released by the Tenancy Support Team show

Inverness homebuilder MAKAR has been appointed by the Kyle and Lochalsh Community Trust (KLCT) to take forward design and survey work for the proposed Micro-Ecovillage at Ratagan and Saraig, on the shores of Loch Duich. KLCT purchased two sites at Ratagan and Saraig from Forestry and Land Scotland.