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Hillcrest has successfully secured £310,380 from a range of donors to support people and communities in Scotland who have been most affected by the pandemic. The funds have enabled Hillcrest to scale up the services they currently deliver to help vulnerable people face challenges brought on by

Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross has outlined the party's housebuilding manifesto with plans to build 60,000 affordable homes, including 40,000 in the social rented sector, over the next parliament. Under the proposals, the party said it would seek to build 25,000 homes of a

The Energy Saving Trust has today revealed 32 new charity-run projects that will receive funding through Ofgem's Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme. Each project will help lift households out of fuel poverty and enable them to transition to a low carbon future.

Barratt Homes West Scotland and CALA Homes (West) have achieved planning consent from North Lanarkshire Council to create a high-quality residential development in Stepps which will bolster the local community with essential housing options. The Gateside Farm site, near the M80, will see the constru

Despite the challenges of the past year, Barratt Developments Scotland has made a substantial contribution of £245 million to the UK economy and supported hundreds of other organisations in the supply chain. In the year ending 30 June 2020, Barratt Developments Scotland has also completed 1,34

An application lodged for 82 houses and a visitor centre next to the 18th century Dunmore Pineapple near Airth will have “a hugely adverse impact on the site” and pose a threat to wildlife, according to the National Trust for Scotland (NTS).

The founders of the Isle of Raasay Distillery are calling for more affordable housing on the island as they submit plans to help provide staff with stable accommodation. The Hebridean distillery is striving to secure additional housing on the island in an effort to sustain workers.

Scottish Borders Council has granted Planning Permission in Principle (PPiP) for a mixed-use redevelopment of a historic auction mart to create a "new town centre" for Newtown St Boswells.

Permission has been granted for 58 new homes in Lochgelly after Fife Council approved plans submitted by local developer Easy Living Homes. Council officers have issued approval for the 58 new homes within the Avenues development in a draft paper published this week.

Stirling Council is the best performing local authority on mainland Scotland in the rollout of carbon-cutting small-scale renewables, according to a new report. MCS, the national standards organisation for renewables, highlighted Stirling’s progress in this key green technology in their study,

People in the UK are feeling the most optimistic about their household finances since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest Scottish Widows Household Finance Index.

Members of Nationwide Building Society are switching to green energy as the society takes action to help beat the looming energy price increase. The Society is encouraging its members to take advantage of a six months’ free subscription to Switchd – an energy comparison tool that constan

If the Scottish Government’s current social housing target is achieved, the net growth in Scotland’s social rented housing stock will be around 25,000 homes over the lifetime of the programme allowing for demolitions and sales, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s

Shettleston Housing Association (SHA) has been awarded planning permission to build 44 new homes on the former site of St Mark's Primary School in Glasgow's East End.

New indicators that will be used to monitor social landlords’ performance against Energy Efficiency Standard for Scottish Social Housing (EESSH) have been published by the Scottish Housing Regulator. Published following consultation with tenants, landlords, and others with an interest in