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A newly-launched community sports hub in Govan is off to a flying start with a £1,000 cash windfall thanks to Elderpark Housing Association. The new Park Villa Community Sports Hub – formerly the Glasgow Club Drumoyne - opened its doors this summer. Now Elderpark Housing and one of its s

Action for Children’s Boycott your Bed marks its return this year and businesses are being encouraged to sign up, team up and sleep out for one night to help raise funds to support the most vulnerable families struggling through the cost of living crisis. After a two-year absence, the live sle

The £2 million council housing development at Mayfield Terrace in Arbroath is now complete and will help to meet demand for one-bedroom properties in the town. The project has revitalised a once empty site that was created when old low-demand flats were cleared away several years ago as a key

Connect Modular Ltd has been appointed to the H2 New Build Housing Construction Framework by the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA). Effective from August 1, the four-year public-sector framework replaces the previous H1 framework and is worth £500 million. Developed by public sector construc

Ogilvie Homes has submitted plans to build nearly 90 homes in Stanley in Perthshire. The developer hopes to erect a series of two, three and four-bedroom homes on land near Mill Brae and King Street.

Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, will visit Scotland in autumn to provide a keynote at Homeless Network Scotland’s annual conference. Ms Farha is global director of The Shift, an international movement to secure the right to housing which works with multi-le

The Scottish Government has announced £16.2 million in funding for five zero-emission heat networks that will cut carbon emissions in homes and commercial properties. Made by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and zero carbon buildings minister Patrick Harvie during a visit to ng homes i

Investors looking for residential investment opportunities should turn their sights to the UK’s regional cities, especially Glasgow and Edinburgh, according to the latest research by Colliers. The commercial real estate firm analysed 20 cities across the UK and found that when focusing on driv

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has published a new paper that examines major policy developments related to domestic abuse and housing in Scotland and England since the Covid-19 pandemic struck. There is growing interest in how policies focused on domestic abuse and ho

Drum Property Group has completed the construction of 324 Build to Rent (BTR) apartments for Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) at Buchanan Wharf on Glasgow’s Clydeside. Named ‘Solasta Riverside’, the 280,000 sq. ft. complex has been purpose designed to meet the incre

An investigation into the alleged mis-selling of leaseholds by Barratt Homes has been closed by the UK competition watchdog after it found “insufficient” evidence against the housebuilder. Four of the UK’s biggest housebuilders came under scrutiny from the Competitio

Grampian Housing Association has completed the handover of its latest 37 energy-efficient homes for social rent in Forres. Set on the south side of the historic town, these new homes are part of a larger tenure-neutral private development by Springfield Properties and consists of 16 bungalows,

The final building in the Crown Street Regeneration Project was officially opened by Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and MSP for Glasgow Southside, on Friday 12th August. Developed by New Gorbals Housing Association, North Gate is located at the junction of Laurieston Road and Crown

A multi-million-pound project to transform a row of historic Paisley town centre tenements into new modern energy-efficient homes for social rent is set to move forward. The initiative will create renovated homes for tenants in a trail-blazing project involving Paisley Housing Association, Renfrewsh

Disabled people, first-time buyers and others on low to medium incomes will have an increased opportunity to buy a home that meets their needs after changes were made to a shared equity scheme. From today, the threshold of the Open Market Shared Equity Scheme – which allows people to buy