Resources for town centre living

Architecture and Design Scotland provides guidance on building communities in town centres through intergenerational housing: see "A Caring Place" report, case studies and blog.

Built Environment Forum Scotland: range of case studies, fundraising toolkit, briefings, advocacy toolkit and other useful information particularly related to the historic environment.

Historic Environment Scotland has various sources of grant funding and advice to support the re-use or enhancement of vacant and historic buildings in town centres.

Scotland's Land Information Services is an easy-to-use Scottish Government website which enables you to find property owners, check if a property is on the land register, search for property prices and buy property documents.

Scottish Empty Homes Partnership is hosted by Shelter Scotland and funded by the Scottish Government. It runs an Empty Homes Advice Service, and encourage Scotland’s approximately 40,000 privately-owned empty homes back into use.

Scottish Futures Trust is working to support public sector initatives for new homes for rent.

Under One Roof: an online resource full of useful information about maintenance and management of tenements, flats and other common property (old and new) for owners, tenants and advisers.