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Caledonia Housing Association celebrated a major award win at The Courier Business Awards 2026 last week, winning the ‘Employer of the Year’ award in recognition of its commitment to creating a strong, supportive and trusted environment for its people across the business.

A scheme helping low-income households avoid homelessness will receive an additional £2 million this year. The Discretionary Housing Payment scheme provides direct financial support to low-income households struggling with housing costs and helps people to retain their tenancy in the rented se

Local authorities, social landlords and other public sector bodies across Scotland can access a major new procurement framework designed to help public bodies deliver construction, refurbishment, infrastructure and facilities management services more efficiently and with greater confidence. The Scot

Plans to deliver around 260 new homes across two key development sites in Orkney have taken a major step forward, with Places for People (PfP) Scotland appointing an architect to help bring the schemes to life.

CIH Scotland has launched a new survey on community cohesion, asking housing professionals across Scotland how community tensions are affecting their organisations, staff and residents. The survey follows recent protests and disorder in Glasgow, and other towns and cities across Scotland, which have

Link Group has welcomed tenants to its new build Glamis Place development.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has been granted planning permission to transform a long-term vacant site in the north of Glasgow into 33 affordable homes. The development, which is located on Allander Street on the edge of Cowlairs Park, will include a mix of terraced houses and cottage

An Edinburgh property firm managing roughly 15,000 properties across Scotland has acquired a new headquarters as it marks five decades in business and eyes more growth. With support from a Building Transition Loan from Bank of Scotland, Trinity Factoring Services Limited, which provides property fac

Falkirk Council chief executive Kenneth Lawrie has announced that on 31 March 2027 he will be retiring, after spending over eight years leading the council.  In August 2018, Lawrie joined the council, having served as Midlothian Council’s chief executive since September 2009. 

MAKAR chief executive officer Neil Edgar has warned that Scotland's efforts to eliminate all risks from housing delivery in turn risk the loss of small firms serving rural and island communities. Through one local-authority route, MAKAR worked through roughly 400 pages of contractual documents. 

Barratt Redrow has reported a resilient performance for the 17-week period ending 25 October 2026, with the housebuilder seeing a greater demand from the private rental sector, despite market conditions facing challenges.  During the timeframe, the housebuilder saw an underlying private reserva

Avant Homes Scotland has submitted planning to deliver the second phase of its £91.5 million, 343 new-home development at Blindwells, near Tranent. The proposed £43.5m, 169-home second phase, which will be called Althamer Gardens, will follow on from the housebuilder’s current &pou

The Scottish Government is taking action to ensure domestic abuse survivors are not unfairly burdened by council tax debt. A statutory exception will be created to the joint and several liability rules to protect those who have faced domestic abuse, with a consultation launching as the first step in

East Lothian Council tenants have been sent a letter or email explaining the proposals for a rent increase for 2027-28 and asking for their feedback.  The council is proposing to increase rents by a minimum of 6.5% (an average weekly increase of £6.09) to continue to provide housing servi

The Association of Safety and Compliance Professionals (ASCP) is inviting everyone involved in social housing to take part in Social Housing Safety Week 2026, taking place from 16 to 27 November.  Now in its fifth year, the initiative began as National Social Housing Safety and Compliance Week.