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Scottish Housing News' #COP26SHN showcase of the social housing sector's efforts to help tackle the climate crisis continues with Andy Moseley, senior policy officer at the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership, who makes the case for utilising empty homes as a critical tool in terms of minimis

North Ayrshire Council is to build 1,625 new homes across every part of the region by 2027 as part of a newly-approved Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP).

Tollcross Housing Association has been granted planning permission to deliver 43 new homes near Tollcross Road. The vacant brownfield site, in Altyre Street, south of Trainard Avenue, was most recently used as an overflow car park for the 2014 Commonwealth Games after three-storey residential f

Plans to build 1,200 new houses across Fife by 2024 have been agreed by councillors.

Councillors in Glasgow have agreed that a large area of land at Carmyle can be developed for housing. Initial plans lodged by AS Carmyle Ltd and New City Vision (Carmyle) Ltd in 2017 called for the redevelopment of land next to River Road, Kenmuir Road and Clydeford Road. Since then,

PhD researcher Khadijah Naeem from Royal Holloway, University of London, highlights how the Covid-19 disproportionately impacts ethnic minorities in overcrowded households.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused a reclaiming motion by a development company ordered to pay over £200,000 to a project management firm it contracted to manage a development in Aberdeen after being found in breach of contract.

Future steps the Scottish Government should take to deliver a lasting legacy for the energy transition have been outlined in a new publication launched today by industry body Scottish Renewables.

Supply chain disruption, material price inflation and a shortage of skilled labour continued to intensify during the third quarter of 2021, which could challenge strong workloads led by new infrastructure schemes underway across the United Kingdom, according to a survey by the Royal Institution of C

An employment and wellbeing programme for people living in housing associations in the Scottish Borders is among around 500 projects set to benefit from a £200 million boost for local economies from the UK Government's levelling up agenda.

New data released by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has revealed an increasing demand across its network for advice regarding crisis grants from the Scottish Welfare Fund in September.

Wheatley Group has launched its own Sustainable Finance Framework (SFF) that aligns its strategic sustainability priorities with its funding and financial strategy and allows the group to expand its funding base to help achieve its sustainability goals.

Scott Restrick, Link Group energy and sustainability officer, is next up in Scottish Housing News' #COP26SHN showcase of the social housing sector's efforts to help tackle the climate crisis with his take on how the housing sector urgently needs access to a more sophisticated toolkit to respond to t

Proposals to establish a new National Care Service (NCS) for Scotland are a cause for concern for CIH Scotland particularly around the scope and costs of the proposals and lack of clarity on how the housing sector will be involved in the new structure. The Scottish Government’s proposals follo

Hillcrest was named Community Business of the Year at Saturday night’s prestigious The Courier Business Awards 2021 held at the Apex City Quay Hotel in Dundee. The Dundee-based charity achieved the award for its commitment to supporting the community through local employment, partnership worki