Scottish Housing News
Affordable housing forms key part of SFT outcomes report. Infrastructure body the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has today published its latest Outcomes report, highlighting the economic and environmental impacts it and its many partners have made over the past 12 …
Aberdeen council housing rent levels agreed for 2024/25
Dec 15, 2023 · A meeting of Full Council agreed the increase for the upcoming financial year. Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee convener Councillor Miranda Radley, said: “In order to ensure that we continue to provide essential housing services, we have had to increase rents due to the rising costs of goods and services.
Sanctuary to bring 128 energy-efficient homes to Glasgow’s east end
Oct 27, 2023 · SUBSCRIBE. Work has officially started on a new housing development in the east of Glasgow. Sanctuary Scotland is bringing 128 high quality homes for social and mid-market rent to Myreside Street in Carntyne. Delivered by developer AS Homes (Scotland), the properties are being built on a 2.48-hectare brownfiel.
Budget: Sector hits out at ‘hammer-blow’ affordable housing cuts
Dec 20, 2023 · will see the budget for building social homes slashed by almost £200m for 2024-25 – a reduction of 26%. Documents published after Ms Robison’s announcement revealed that the Scottish Government was proposing a reduction in spending on housing and building standards from £738m this year to £533m next year. It includes a cut of almost £ ...
ASPC: Aberdeen property prices experience 3.1% annual drop
Jan 31, 2024 · The Aberdeen Housing Market statistics for the fourth quarter of 2024 were published by the ASPC in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Real Estate Research.. The report also shows that the annualised house price change over 5 years in Aberdeen is 1.0%. John MacRae, chairman of the board of directors of ASPC, commented on the figures saying that “despite continuing ...
Homeless applications and temporary accommodation demand …
Sep 24, 2024 · Findings covering 2023-24 show that there were 40,685 homelessness applications over that period, an increase of 1,377 (4%) compared to 2022-23, and the highest since 2011-12. The number of households assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness increased by 1,088 (3%) compared to 2022-23 to …
Springfield Properties signs £15m affordable housing contract …
Feb 6, 2024 · Springfield Properties has signed a new contract worth £15.3 million for the delivery of affordable housing for Highland Housing Alliance (HHA). Supported by funding from the Scottish Government, The Highland Council, and the Highland City Region Deal, the contract will see high-quality and energy-efficient new homes for rent that will attract ...
ASPC reports uptick in Aberdeen property market
Apr 23, 2024 · ASPC reports uptick in Aberdeen property market. 23 Apr 2024. Reading time: 1 minute. Figures from Aberdeen Solicitors Property Centre (ASPC) show that the number of properties for sale during the first quarter of 2024 has risen 10% on last year. Sales are also up by 4%, with the average property price rising by 3% to £196,407.
Delivering Hanover Scotland’s first social housing Passivhaus ...
Nov 19, 2021 · The remaining eight two-storey general needs houses, six two-bedroom and two two-bedroom, will be allocated by Stirling Council. Describing the project’s origins, Julie McKinnon, projects manager at Hanover, said: “The original scheme provided 18 one-bedroom, one and two-person cottages and was the first development owned by Hanover ...
Stewart Milne Group falls into administration with loss of ...
9 Jan 2024. Reading time: 4 minutes. Aberdeen-based housebuilding firm Stewart Milne Group has collapsed into administration, with the immediate loss of 217 jobs. Former Aberdeen FC chairman Stewart Milne, who founded the company in 1975, said it was “devastating” but added that the business had “no option”.