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The Hillcrest Energy Advice Team (HEAT) gave 1,000 struggling Dundee households a welcome boost, providing emergency top-ups for their energy meters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 1,000 households, only 200 were Hillcrest Homes tenants, with the rest being a mixture of other housing assoc

Fife Council has welcomed the return to mainstream housing allocations after senior politicians agreed to the Allocations Recovery Plan to increase housing options for a range of tenants and applicants in need. The local authority has added an additional £150,000 this year to its Tra

Cat Browne, finance and asset management administrator at Orkney Housing Association, has completed a charity walking challenge. Ms Browne was set to take on the trip of a lifetime walking the foothills of the Himalaya to Everest Base Camp this October.

Repairs and maintenance contractor Home Fix Scotland (HFS) is creating new opportunities for people in the construction industry.

Work has commenced on Glasgow's City Garden Apartments development as demolition begins at the site on St Georges Road.

Maryhill Housing is to take forward a number of improvement actions following the completion of its investigation into potential breaches of its code of conduct and the review of how it dealt with breach allegations.  The Association said in July it had commissioned an investigation into &ldquo

The UK Government's plans to ensure trade can be carried on unhindered in each of the four home nations once the UK severs its ties to the EU will weaken Scottish building standards designed to prevent Grenfell-like disasters, a leading architect has warned. Peter Drummond, a senior member of the Ro

Linstone Housing is doing all it can to help people cope with the coronavirus health emergency, its AGM has been told. Alongside other housing associations across the country, Linstone continues to combat the devastating effects of the pandemic on local lives. That was the positive message from Lins

Work is now under way on the latest new build council housing development planned for the site of the former Belhaven House care home in Wishaw.

Govan Housing Association is leading the way in helping deliver a digital future for one Glasgow community. The Association is spearheading an unprecedented community effort to equip people with digital skills and even lend them devices to get online.

The ground has been broken on South Lanarkshire Council’s latest new-build housing site in Cambuslang.

EU member states can regulate Airbnb-style short-term lets to combat long-term rental housing shortages, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled.

A surge in pent-up demand has enabled the Highlands’ largest housebuilder to take its 150 employees fully off furlough and bring back its local sub-contractors. Tulloch Homes has reported that sales for the past eight weeks are now 28% up on the same time last year.

Glasgow-based residential architecture start-up HOKO, is set to begin an ambitious UK expansion plan after securing £400,000 from investors. The funding will allow the technology-enabled architecture platform to begin a major recruitment drive in a struggling sector.

Fraser Mitchell writes about proposed technical changes to Scottish Planning Policy and the relevant Scottish Government consultation. In July, the Scottish Government published a consultation on what it describes as a “technical amendment” to Scottish Planning Policy (SPP). The consulta