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Proposals to purchase new ‘off the shelf’ homes in the heart of Coatbridge were given the green light as North Lanarkshire Council's supply of affordable homes continues to progress.

LAR Housing Trust has officially opened its newest development, which has been transformed for a group of tenants with learning disabilities and autism. The project to completely refurbish a disused block of six two-bed flats in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh will offer a safe environment for tenants

Blackwood Housing and Care has recorded a 96% drop in GP and emergency calls and a 98% customer satisfaction rating after introducing a digital support service providing round the clock support. The service allows people with disabilities to access remote care 24 hours of the day seven days a w

The Centre For Homelessness Impact (CHI) has forged a new partnership with Comic Relief to accelerate its work to bring a ‘what works’ approach to ending homelessness in more communities across the United Kingdom. Comic Relief will put £600,000 towards the partnership over a three-

The Inverclyde Common Housing Register (ICHR), a partnership between Cloch, Oak Tree, Larkfield, Link and Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association, has now let 1,000 properties in Inverclyde through their digital choice based lettings website. The ICHR was established in 2012 and moved to a full

A Bield housing development is restarting its art and recreation activities thanks to a £1000 donation from a local community group.

Fighting poverty is one of the key aims of new-look charity Queens Cross Community Foundation, set up to serve the communities of north west Glasgow. The Queens Cross Community Foundation, formerly the Garscube Community Foundation, aims to have a tighter focus on helping those in greatest need in t

Springfield Properties has reported a 50% increase in revenue and an 81% rise in profit thanks to private and affordable housing sales boosts coupled with a contribution from strategic land offloads. Announcing its final results for the year ended 31 May 2021, the housebuilder said the “signif

Akela Construction has won two major housebuilding contracts in Scotland worth over £15 million.

CIH Scotland has called for the right to adequate housing to be reflected in the outcomes and monitoring framework for the Scottish Social Housing Charter. The Scottish Government has committed to enshrining human rights in Scot’s law but, according to CIH, landlords can take action now to pro

Six existing members were re-elected to the volunteer board of Ayrshire Housing at its AGM last Wednesday with one new member joining the team. A postal ballot for the seven places saw the arrival of new board member Kelsey Kane, the CEO of Ayr-based homelessness charity SeAscape.

Orkney Islands Council is facing significant challenges to permanently rehome households after a major rise in the number of people affected by homelessness during the pandemic. Councillors on the local authority’s education, leisure and housing committee were presented with a r

Members of the Highland Council have agreed to progress a motion to use planning laws to limit the number of short-term lets in communities.

The specialist construction contract advisory team at Harper Macleod has helped Fife Council beat the clock to close a housing deal with Robertson Construction Group Limited for seven sites across the Kingdom. The project will see more than 260 houses built as part of the council’s Affordable

A programme of main infrastructure work at a Taylor Wimpey development in Glenboig will start from September 20 following the successful completion of some pre-construction and preparation works, the hosuebuilder has confirmed. This work is in preparation for construction of its Meadowside developme