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A review of the second Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing (EESSH2) is to be brought forward to commence this year for completion in 2023, the Scottish Government has confirmed. The announcement was made yesterday as part of the Scottish Government’s response to the report, Achi

Supplying Scottish towns and rural communities with sustainable hydrogen gas will be the focus of a new partnership announced by gas distribution company SGN and renewables generator RWE.

Residents are being invited to drop-in events this week as the City of Edinburgh Council gathers views on the ongoing transformation of Powderhall. Detailing early plans for new homes and greenspace on part of the site on Broughton Road, Council officers will be joined by Cruden Building and Smith S

A series of ‘community conversations’ will be held across the country as the transition to a single voice for all social enterprises in Scotland gets underway. Social Enterprise Scotland (SES) is growing a strong, inclusive voice for social enterprise after being chosen by the Scottish G

Early plans are in the pipeline for around 60 new homes for social rent in Dalbeattie. Cunninghame Housing Association plans to build the development on the outskirts of the town across from the learning campus.

Albyn Housing Society has concluded its recruitment process for a new chief executive with the appointment of Kirsty Morrison. Ms Morrison began working as the permanent chief executive at the beginning of this month, having been interim chief executive of the organisation since August last year.

A new tidal flood model has been produced for developers and planners to consider when working near the River Clyde between Dalbeth in Glasgow and Greenock.

The Clyde Valley Group has achieved the milestone of clearing £35,000 of customers’ fuel debt in the latest initiative from its innovative Wellbeing Hub. Clyde Valley was successful in applying for the Social Housing Fuel Support Fund, which is funded by the Scottish Government and admin

On April 11, John Kelly, chairperson of Cunninghame Housing Association presented a cheque for £1,000 to Tom and Les McCammont, committee members of the Ardrossan Highland Games. The Ardrossan Highland Games is organised by a group of hard-working volunteers from Ardrossan who manage to create

Housing secretary Shona Robison has welcomed new figures that show that the Scottish Government's target to deliver 50,000 affordable homes during this Parliament has been exceeded. Affordable Housing Supply statistics, published today, show that 9,757 affordable homes were delivered in th

Unused university campus buildings located at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Thornly Park Campus are to be demolished after a large deliberate fire on Sunday night.

Two-thirds (66%) of people in Scotland do not believe there is enough good quality low-cost housing available for rent in their local area, a new survey released today by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and conducted by YouGov has found.

A professor of fire and structures at the University of Edinburgh has published a new report which details the flaws with the government’s former safety research and testing body that ultimately led to the death of 72 people following the Grenfell Tower fire five years ago today

Dundee-based social care provider Hillcrest Futures has held a ‘Picnic in the Park’ festival following two years of postponements due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Consultations have started for two proposed sites for new council houses in Aberdeen which are both in an area already zoned for housing near Newhills, Northfield, and Kingswells. The Greenferns and Greenferns Landward developments are both on land already owned by Aberdeen City Council and both wou