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The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has completed its first charging exercise involving homes being built using modern methods of construction (MMC) with borrower GreenSquareAccord.

Large increases to energy bills in the spring could see demand for food bank use soar, Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has warned. Analysis of the advice CABs gave during the pandemic found that 30% of clients getting advice around food banks also needed advice around utilities – the majority o

More than three-quarters of those on the governing bodies of community-based housing associations are local people, according to a survey by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). The Forum said the research is very encouraging as a number of associations have been st

Riverside Scotland has handed over the second phase of its modular housing development at Dundonald with a further nine of the 63 homes allocated to waiting list applicants. The ground-breaking £9.8 million project, with support from the Scottish Government, is being delivered by Riverside Sco

Property developer Soller Group has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice to Glasgow City Council for 350 residential apartments at 144 Port Dundas Road.

A total of 36 families have set up new homes in North Lanarkshire thanks to affordable housing developed by Link Group.

The community-led development of five homes and five self-build plots on Raasay has been granted full planning permission. Raasay Development Trust (RDT) is leading the project in the main village of Inverarish with support from the Communities Housing Trust (CHT).

Councillors are being asked to approve two plans for new council housing developments on former school sites in Arbroath and Forfar. Angus Council hopes to deliver around 90 new homes on St Thomas RC primary school in Arbroath’s Seaton Road, and Forfar’s Taylor Street

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has provided funding to Craigmillar Literacy Trust and Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as part of its ongoing commitment to working in partnership with local communities. The company has donated £1,000 to Craigmillar Literacy Trust and £3,300 to SHSS.

CIH Scotland has launched a new guide setting out how landlords can ensure the right to adequate housing is realised for all tenants. The report, Walking the Talk, recognises that human rights is both a rapidly evolving and complex area and it provides information and advice to help housing professi

Aberdeenshire councillors have approved the construction of 37 new affordable housing properties at Kirkton, Fraserburgh.

Disabled people are now able to access a new advocacy service to get help applying for Scottish social security benefits. The support is available to disabled people applying for any of Social Security Scotland’s current and future benefits including Child Disability Payment and Adult Disabili

More elderly and disabled people will be helped to install fire alarms that save lives and meet new building standards rules thanks to an additional £500,000 in funding.

A development comprising 23 new affordable homes has been completed in the Paisley area by The JR Group.

A new report identifying the need for greater balance in the type of land available for housing in Scotland, has been published by planning and development consultancy, Lichfields. The ‘Scotland’s Housing Land Requirement: A lot can happen in a year’ Insight report comes in the wak