Fiona Pask: Could retrofitting be the answer to resolving the damp ...
WEBAug 19, 2024 · While retrofitting is well-recognised as beneficial for enhancing energy efficiency, there remains little discussion around how it could help to resolve damp and mould issues in homes throughout Scotland, writes Fiona Pask. Retrofitting is the act of refurbishing and modernising social housing
Sanctuary to deliver 118 affordable homes in Aberdeen
WEBJun 3, 2019 · Sanctuary has been given planning permission to build 118 affordable homes in Aberdeen. Sanctuary Homes will create 72 flats and 46 houses for social rent on the site of the former fire station in North Anderson Drive. The £15 million development includes three wheelchair-accessible flats and an assisted living block, complete with warden flat.
Dundee’s Strategic Housing Investment Plan outlines housing …
WEBOct 23, 2023 · The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) also reveals that more than 700 affordable new homes have recently been commissioned in the city, all due to come on stream by early 2025.
Work starts on third phase of Laurieston housing development
WEBNov 29, 2022 · Regeneration specialist Urban Union, part of Robertson Group, will deliver 191 homes at their Laurieston Living site, which has already benefited from 537 new homes and apartments. The new houses will be an array of one and two-bedroom apartments, and three and four-bedroom houses. Set to complete …
Miller Homes opens next round of community fund initiative
WEBMar 27, 2024 · Applications for the community fund will close on Wednesday 24 April, with a minimum of £250 and a maximum of £2,000 awarded. Successful applicants will be notified in May. Homebuilder Miller Homes has opened up applications for its community fund initiative, which will see £10,000 shared among those …
Vivarium welcomes scheme to allow older people access to …
WEBOct 30, 2017 · Fife-based housing charity Vivarium has welcomed Housing Minister Kevin Stewart’s recent announcement of a new scheme to increase access to affordable housing for older people. Mr Stewart said the Scottish Government would make changes to Scotland’s shared equity home-ownership schemes, allowing older people access to funding which has to ...
Stirling Council secures future of mid-market homes
WEB19 Jul 2021. Reading time: 2 minutes. Stirling Council has secured the future of 118 mid-market homes thanks to Scottish Government funding. Mid-market rented homes are part-furnished homes, which are let for a rent that is higher than council housing, but lower than many properties in the private rented sector. In partnership with the Scottish ...
Almost a third of Scottish households in fuel poverty
WEBFeb 29, 2024 · Debbie Horne, Scotland policy and public affairs manager at Independent Age, added: “The latest statistics released today show that over a third of older households (36%) were in fuel poverty, with 24% facing extreme fuel poverty. 55% of those in later life live in homes with an EPC rating of band D or below. This is unacceptable.
Scottish Housing News
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Households face ‘another difficult winter’ as energy price cap set for £149 increase. Charities are warning of another difficult winter on the horizon for many Scottish households after Ofgem confirmed that the typical household's annual energy bill will rise by £149 in October.
Fife’s affordable housing programme ‘on track’ with more than 80 …
WEBJun 17, 2019 · A meeting of the council’s community and housing services committee saw plans approved for new council homes in Newburgh, Springfield and Ladybank, bringing more than 80 new homes to the area.