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A new £4.5 million cashback incentive to help people install renewable and energy efficiency measures in their homes has been announced by the Scottish Government.

Plans have been submitted to bring new homes to a coastal Fife village.

A public consultation has started into plans to build 99 new council homes in Aberdeen.

North Ayrshire Council has confirmed plans for housing regeneration in the Garnock Valley. The local authority is set to demolish 48 flats and invest in brand new high-quality housing.  Historically there has been little or no demand for these flats, as the type of housing no longer meets the a

Regeneration business Peel L&P has launched an online public consultation on plans to deliver 1,100 homes, a 200-bedroom hotel plus a 2,500 sqm for a mix of leisure venues at Yorkhill Quay.

The public will have the chance to view and shape the details of Avant Homes' new residential development in Cairneyhill, Fife.

Residents of Broadstone Garden have praised the work of Home Fix Scotland’s environmental team during the coronavirus pandemic.  The implications of a global pandemic, a national lockdown, social distancing rules, self-isolation and quarantine has taken an enormous toll on everyone&r

Almost two in five people are concerned about their income during the COVID-19 pandemic, research for Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found.

The creation of a comprehensive route-map to a green recovery from COVID-19, with policy and budgetary coherence at its heart, must be a key priority for the Scottish Government, according to Holyrood’s Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee. In its Green Recovery report publish

New affordable homes are to be developed at Water Row in Govan after Glasgow City Council approved the off-market disposal of land to Govan Housing Association. 

Cassiltoun Housing Association has started to welcome tenants to its first new-build project for over 15 years. The ‘Barlia 3’ development is delivering 42 units for social rent. Providing a mixture of apartment flats, cottage flats and three-story townhouses, the project is spread over

Tollcross Housing Association's long-standing management committee member Clare Newton has resigned for personal reasons. Ms Newton has been a volunteer committee member with the association since 2010. The association has grown during this time and she has been a constant member of the staffing sub

A guide for Scotland’s 32 local authorities has been published today summarising more than 100 recommendations from the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) after it was reconvened by the Scottish Government in response to the pandemic. The guide has been developed by Crisis a

New immigration rules targeting people sleeping rough will endanger lives, undermine progress in reducing homelessness and must be reconsidered, a collection of leading homelessness charities have warned in a message being sent to the UK Government. In a letter to home secretary Priti Patel and secr

Shelter Scotland’s lead solicitor Fiona McPhail gives her reaction to the outcome of the Scottish Housing Regulator’s inquiry into Glasgow City Council’s homelessness services. This week, the Scottish Housing Regulator published the report of its inquiry into Glasgow City Coun