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Urban Union will today hand over its first eight properties on its inaugural fully self-delivered development. The handovers, at Pollokshaws Living in the south side of Glasgow, mark a significant milestone for the developer, which up until 2019 exclusively used its shareholders to deliver its const

A street of new homes within a future phase at Taylor Wimpey’s Hawthorn Gardens in South Queensferry will recognise and provide a lasting legacy to former Lord Provost George Grubb who served the local community as a local Liberal Democrat councillor for 13 years during the period 1999-2012. G

A special online portal has been launched for more than 10,000 Personal Assistants across Scotland to ensure they receive a £500 thank you payment from the Scottish Government. The Personal Assistant workforce are employed directly by disabled people, for whom they provide vital support to ena

Social justice secretary Shona Robison has urged eligible young people to apply for Job Start Payment if they are starting a new job after a period of unemployment. Eligible 16-24-year-olds, who have been on certain benefits for six months or more, can apply for the one-off payment worth £252.

Link Housing, part of the Link group of companies, has recruited David Mackenzie as its new managing director. Mr Mackenzie, who will join Link Housing this September following his role as CEO of Craigdale Housing Association, will succeed June Green who announced her plans to retire last month.

Homelessness services provided by local authorities may be unable to cope with a future spike in homelessness when pandemic restrictions are lifted, housing charity Shelter Scotland has warned. New figures published yesterday show that councils have seen a 10% increase in th

Thenue Housing has praised Glasgow City Council’s "trailblazing" ten-year plan to regenerate the city’s East End. The Association has called on its tenants to take part in the consultation exercise to air their views on how they would like the East End to look.

Members of Kingdom Housing Association’s management team, employee forum and health & wellbeing ambassadors have been treated to a lesson in emotional wellbeing by pupils from a local school.

CCG Homes has unveiled indicative images of its proposed new development at a derelict site in the East End of Glasgow.

Three homes in South Ayrshire will be made available to refugees from Afghanistan The individuals, who had to flee Afghanistan for their own safety, will be offered to help staff who worked for the UK military mostly as interpreters in the country.

The owner of the Seaton Estate in Arbroath is to build 40 residential homes and 100 holiday homes on the site thanks to a £2 million investment. Crown Parks Ltd owner Cresswell Welch said the development will also create new jobs in the area.

Housing secretary Shona Robison said today that ensuring people in temporary accommodation are supported into permanent settled accommodation as soon as possible is the Scottish Government's "utmost objective" after new figures revealed a 12% increase in households in temporary accommodation over th

A new study is being carried out into more environmentally friendly methods for laying housing foundations on peatland that could pave the way for increased economic development in parts of the Highlands and Islands, while mitigating disruption to the natural ecosystem and captured carbon dioxide.

An innovative battery storage project in Dumfries and Galloway has seen energy bills drop by more than half in some households. Warmworks Scotland secured funding from SP Energy Networks’ Green Economy Fund to deliver an innovative battery storage project to help reduce energy costs in 133 hom

Despite a challenging year, where the overall numbers of homes being built fell due to restrictions, one of Scotland’s largest providers of affordable homes, Link features as a new entry on Inside Housing’s list of the UK’s Top 50 Biggest Builders.