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River Clyde Homes has won two awards at this year's CIH Scotland Housing Awards.  The event celebrated the outstanding achievements of individuals, organisations, and projects that have significantly impacted the housing sector in Scotland.

The Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee have approved the rural Housing Supplementary Guidance which will now be used to inform all planning advice and decisions. The guidance aims to establish a positive, clear and consistent basis for considering and determining rural hou

Proposals have been tabled for the South Lanarkshire Council's next budget – and residents are being urged to get involved. In particular, views are being sought on 24 options that would save up to £11.894 million in 2025-26.

It’s a double success North Lanarkshire Council's housing team as it scooped two accolades at this year’s Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Awards. 

Ferguslie Park Housing Association (FPHA) has successfully gone live with its new Housing Management Software provided by Rubixx. Following the appointment of Rubixx in November 2023, the Association have been working closely with specialist management consultancy Altair and Rubixx to migrate its ho

A new domestic violence resource called ‘Fresh Thoughts’ has been celebrated by registered women’s charity, Soroptimist International Great Britain & Ireland (SIGBI), at its annual Best Practice Awards.

New figures show that 108,854 households in England have received a Section 21 or ‘no-fault’ eviction notice since April 2019, when the previous Westminster Government first promised to end no-fault evictions. 

Claire Troup, corporate services officer with East Kilbride Housing Association (EKHA), has won a prestigious national award from Investors in People. She was crowned ‘UK Wellbeing Champion of the Year’ at a glittering awards ceremony held in central London. She held off stiff competitio

Affordable housing could be delivered on the site of the former Drummond Arms Hotel in Crieff if Perth & Kinross Council takes ownership of the building, it has been revealed. Perth & Kinross Council’s Finance and Resources Committee is set to consider a proposal to transfer the buildi

Plans to develop the site of a former business park in Livingston into new flats and homes have been backed by West Lothian Council after officials said there was “no realistic opportunity to develop the site for business”.

Newton Property Management has acquired Aberdeen Property Leasing’s (APL) block factoring portfolio. At the start of October, APL transferred all common management responsibilities for 1,400 factored properties to Newton. The deal followed APL’s decision to focus on their core letting se

The introduction of rent controls has received support from the majority of the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. The Housing (Scotland) Bill aims to improve housing outcomes for people who live in private rented accommodation and ensure a fair balance bet

Construction is complete on the first phase of the transformation of Midsteeple Quarter in Dumfries. The first residents have started moving into the flats created at the community-owned High Street building now known as The Standard.

East Lothian Council agreed to declare an Affordable Housing Emergency this week.

Rural business organisation Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) is calling on the housing minister to return more than £100 million to Scotland’s rural communities after it was revealed that funding earmarked for rural housing developments was used to build homes in the cities of Aberdeen