Shelter Scotland has launched blueprints for each of Scotland’s four largest cities that outline the actions that need to be taken in order to end the country's housing emergency. The housing and homelessness charity worked alongside individuals with lived experience, housing rights activists,
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Scott Restrick, Link Group energy and sustainability officer, is next up in Scottish Housing News' #COP26SHN showcase of the social housing sector's efforts to help tackle the climate crisis with his take on how the housing sector urgently needs access to a more sophisticated toolkit to respond to t
Kingdom Housing Association's support and care subsidiary is celebrating receiving Gold accreditation status in the Investors in People We Invest In People Award, reflecting the organisation’s approach to the recruitment, development and retention of staff at all levels.
Hillcrest was named Community Business of the Year at Saturday night’s prestigious The Courier Business Awards 2021 held at the Apex City Quay Hotel in Dundee. The Dundee-based charity achieved the award for its commitment to supporting the community through local employment, partnership worki
Wheatley Group has launched its own Sustainable Finance Framework (SFF) that aligns its strategic sustainability priorities with its funding and financial strategy and allows the group to expand its funding base to help achieve its sustainability goals.
The Lord Provost of Glasgow welcomed The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Milnbank Housing Association’s sports hub during a Glasgow Scouts Climate change skills workshop. The royal couple met a range of Scouts who were learning skills to combat climate change as part of th
The second AGM held online by the Edinburgh Tenants Federation (ETF) has been hailed as a great success.
The scale of the challenge facing the UK’s real estate sector in achieving net zero, with particular difficulties facing the residential sector due to its scale and the need to incentivise owner-occupiers to make improvements, has been highlighted in new research by Savills.
Proposals to establish a new National Care Service (NCS) for Scotland are a cause for concern for CIH Scotland particularly around the scope and costs of the proposals and lack of clarity on how the housing sector will be involved in the new structure. The Scottish Government’s proposals follo
Bellway Homes Ltd (Scotland West) has continued its growth across the central belt with the acquisition of a second parcel of land at Dargavel Village in Bishopton.
The Scottish Government has published an updated Transforming Planning in Practice work programme for implementation of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 and progressing wider planning reforms after much of the work had been paused during the pandemic. The updated work programme summarises progress t
Janet Strang, vice chairperson of Cunninghame Housing Association, has presented a cheque for £1,000 to Craig Simpson, Football Coach of the Kilwinning Football Academy 2008’s team. The Kilwinning Football Academy 2008’s team is a registered charity that provides football, nutritio
The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused a reclaiming motion by a development company ordered to pay over £200,000 to a project management firm it contracted to manage a development in Aberdeen after being found in breach of contract.
Lister Housing Co-operative has appointed John Rankin as its new chief executive due to the imminent retirement of its current director Alistair Cant. Mr Rankin joins with a wealth of social housing experience, most recently as head of business support within Viewpoint Housing Association. Prio
North Ayrshire Council is to build 1,625 new homes across every part of the region by 2027 as part of a newly-approved Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP).