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Tributes have been paid to Murdostoun councillor Robert McKendrick, who died suddenly on Friday April 9. Councillor McKendrick was a tireless local champion for his ward. First elected to the council in 2007 as an Independent member, he served with distinction on a significant number of committees i

Clydebank Housing Association has announced the appointment of Lynette Lees as its new chief executive following the imminent departure of Sharon Keenan after 35 years’ service. Ms Lees brings a wealth of career experience and has been the Association’s head of finance & corporate se

Cloch Housing Association has received confirmation that its new rules were registered by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on April 1 to officially conclude the separation process from Oak Tree Housing Association. Since the SGM in December 2020, which followed a 95.5% favourable ballot to sepa

DTL Creative, an Edinburgh-based social housing IT and technology consultancy, has been shortlisted for an award at the Northern Housing Awards. The company is in the running for the category of Consultancy of the Year.

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership wants to hear from third sector organisations with their thoughts on if and how they can use empty homes to help to meet their housing objectives. The Partnership has launched a short survey that will take 5-10 minutes to complete and seeks to find out whether or

Winchburgh Developments Limited has confirmed the landscape works have commenced on the Auldcathie District Park and that Perth-based Allison Enterprises has been awarded the contract for the landscaping of work on Phase One of the project which is due to open late summer 2021.

A former farmhouse in the south of Edinburgh has been identified as a possible location for a new form of co-operative housing. Comiston Farmhouse - currently for sale by the City of Edinburgh Council - is to be bid for by a spin-off to a local cohousing group, Cohousing in Southern Scotland (CHOISS

Two new recruits to Linstone Housing's estates team are helping the effort to keep communities in Johnstone and Linwood looking good. Linstone Housing has appointed two more estates staff in its ongoing drive to keep areas where it has its homes in tip-top condition.

Abbeyfield Scotland has welcomed occupational therapy students Rebecca McVeigh and Caoimhe Curran from Queen Margaret University on placement for ten weeks. The first time the housing association has had occupational therapy students, it is hoped the innovative project will bring many health be

Scottish Greens have pledged to give councils more powers to improve local services and bring vacant properties back into use. The party wants local authorities to be given more support to take bus companies in-house and introduce local taxation reforms. Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie

Progressive think tank IPPR Scotland has today published new research calling for significant changes to council tax to help pay for Scotland’s Covid recovery.

One of Scotland’s largest residential developments will soon be offering much-needed new affordable housing for residents in East Lothian. Cruden Homes will start on site this month at Blindwells, where it will deliver 60 new affordable homes on behalf of East Lothian Council, following the la

Political parties should commit to building a green recovery and creating thousands of sustainable jobs across Scotland through a major home retrofit programme, according to the Existing Homes Alliance Scotland.

Cadder Housing Association has secured further aid which will be used to help Cadder households during these difficult times thanks to funding from Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government. The Association will use funding from Glasgow City Council's ‘Addressing Future Needs Fund&

Journalist and broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove is to chair a virtual housing ‘hustings’ where members of the top five political parties will face questions from the public on bad housing and homelessness. The online event is being held by housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland whi