“Good quality affordable housing is essential to attract and retain people in rural communities, particularly in areas where key workers are needed. That’s why we are making up to £25 million available in a dedicated fund to make affordable homes for key workers, such as those working in the public sector and emergency services.” Paul McLennan Scottish Housing MInister
Loans of up to £175,000 to help self builders are open for application today, November 21st from the Communities Housing Trust.
Nick wanted to construct a greener alternative to traditional house building methods and built his home out of straw bales.
Islanders may find this hard to take in but building standards applied across the UK would make homes in areas with the highest rates of fuel poverty even draughtier.
David Stewart MSP, Labour, is delighted that the Scottish Government has published guidance to the building industry, ahead of installing fire sprinklers in all new social housing with new regulations coming into effect next year
Researchers at RMIT University, Australia, have been working on developing bricks that use recycled cigarette butts in their composition.
This week there has been some good news for the construction and tourism sectors in Scotland.
“This new tool offers the advantage of being able to conduct inspection and analysis of 3D data remotely, while still obtaining precise results.” Lyn Wilson, HES
Nick wanted to construct a greener alternative to traditional house building methods and built his home out of straw bales.
“Construction workers should not be used as test subjects by building luxury flats to get an economy moving that values wealth at the expense of our health.”
