City Of Edinburgh Council

A masterplan for the delivery of 600 homes has been lodged by the City of Edinburgh Council as the community-led development at Meadowbank makes progress. New visualisation of the Meadowbank development (Image credit: Collective Architecture)

Confirmation of the Scottish Government's single biggest investment towards housing has been welcomed by Edinburgh's housing, homelessness and fair work convener. Following last week’s Scottish Budget, which announced a £17 million increase to support the delivery of 50,000 affordable ho

Edinburgh's Lord Provost has visited organisations in the South West of the city who are benefitting from ENGIE’s £50,000 community fund.

The City of Edinburgh Council is targeting a three-year balanced budget to help achieve long-term change in the city.

An Edinburgh landlord has been stripped of his HMO licence after he caused flooding to a neighbour's property, but he has been allowed to continue to use the property as an Airbnb.

The population of Edinburgh grew by 13% from 2008 to 2018 with home ownership in the city reaching 56% in 2018, according to a new report.

The City of Edinburgh Council has announced a new timetable to enable councillors to agree a three-year budget on 20 February.

The City of Edinburgh Council is set to spend £2.5 billion on building thousands of affordable homes and improving council homes over the next ten years, according to reports. The local authority's housing, homelessness and fair work committee considered the proposed housing revenue account (H

The City of Edinburgh Council has boosted its ability to tackle the waste of long-term vacant, privately-owned homes with the appointment of a dedicated empty homes officer.  The capital experiences the highest rents in Scotland and house prices are continuing to rise, placing pressure on housi

As the City of Edinburgh Council publishes its plan for the sustainable development of the city until 2030, Alex Orr outlines what the proposals mean for greenbelt development, affordable housing, short-term lets and more. Housebuilders and other developers with an interest in Edinburgh will no doub

Local authorities are to be given new powers to regulate short-term lets where they decide this is in the interests of local communities, under measures to be introduced by the Scottish Government.

The City of Edinburgh Council has voiced its support for Shelter Scotland's campaign to have the right to a decent home enshrined in Scots law. Sheler Scotland launched the campaign after research carried out for the charity by YouGov found that 88% of people surveyed agreed that everyone in Scotlan

Working on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council, Glasgow-based contractor CCG has successfully installed a range of brand new, high-performance timber fire doors to two towers in the centre of Leith.

Prospect Community Housing has announced plans to build affordable housing in Morvenside.

Local children in north Edinburgh can now enjoy playing together outdoors thanks to a new play park recently installed at Urban Union and the City of Edinburgh Council’s Pennywell Living development in Edinburgh. To celebrate the opening of the new park, pupils at local Pirniehall Primary were