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An innovative battery storage project in Dumfries and Galloway has seen energy bills drop by more than half in some households. Warmworks Scotland secured funding from SP Energy Networks’ Green Economy Fund to deliver an innovative battery storage project to help reduce energy costs in 133 hom

Despite a challenging year, where the overall numbers of homes being built fell due to restrictions, one of Scotland’s largest providers of affordable homes, Link features as a new entry on Inside Housing’s list of the UK’s Top 50 Biggest Builders.

A chimney at risk of collapse in Crieff resulted in a race against time recently to move four people with learning disabilities from their supported accommodation into alternative lodgings, with a number of businesses stepping in to help. Hillcrest Homes, which owns the building housing the Hillcres

Berwickshire Housing Association’s Community Food Garden in Duns was officially opened last week and to mark the occasion chief executive Michelle Meldrum planted a fruit tree and unveiled a plaque. The Community Garden at Todlaw has been designed specifically for those living in the area and

Twelve charities across Great Britain are set to receive more than £2.2 million of funding in Round 11 of the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme to support households in reducing their energy bills and carbon emissions.

Glasgow City Council has launched a consultation on a new planning blueprint for a large part of the city’s Inner East over the next ten years.

The review of the Scottish Social Housing Charter was the topic at a busy online meeting of the Edinburgh Tenants Federation, which took place on June 23. The topic holds a lot of interest for Edinburgh’s tenants and as a result, there were some interesting and lively debates.

Aberdeen Cyrenians has announced that it is expanding its volunteering services. The new project starting next month will see street-based volunteers teamed up with support staff to build trusted relationships and enable those with difficulty accessing support, to get the help they need.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured detailed planning permission from North Lanarkshire Council for the provision of 121 new homes on land that forms a key part of the wider development of the former Stoneyetts Hospital site in Moodiesburn.

Edinburgh-based private rental homes specialist Sigma Capital Group has hailed its “continuing good progress” as it prepares to be acquired by a pan-European property specialist. Earlier this month, an agreement was reached on the terms for a recommended cash offer for Sigma by PineBridg

The average residential property price in Scotland has increased by 92% since the start of house price data from Registers of Scotland (RoS) in 2003-04.

Miller Homes is to deliver 63 new homes at Ellismuir Gardens in Broomhouse.

The Citizens Advice network is worth up to £245 million to Scottish society, according to a new analysis published today. The analysis comes from a new independent report from Europe Economics into the economic value of advice provided during the year 2019/20, and includes analysis that the ad

The Baker Hughes Foundation has announced a charitable grant of $50,000 (£36,000) to the local charity and social enterprise, Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE) to support essential services to the local community. The grant will allow the purchase of a refrigerated vehicle and, als

Private and social landlords have signed new joint statements reaffirming their commitment to only take eviction action as a last resort. The statements have been agreed by the Scottish Federation of Housing Association (SFHA), the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWS