Argyll and Bute Council’s housing services team brought a total of 55 empty homes back into use last year – double the annual target. The team’s successes were highlighted at last week’s community services committee meeting.
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lanarksConstruction companies tendering for contracts with South Lanarkshire Council will now need to meet new standards, conditions and expectations after the approval of a Construction Charter. Agreed following a request by Unite the Union, the charter will build on the existing Fair Working Pract
West Dunbartonshire Council’s building services team has achieved a quality standard for their work across the area’s homes. The International Standard EN ISO 9001:2015 was awarded after audits were conducted at sites in Clydebank, Dumbarton, Alexandria and Bonhill earlier this year.
CALA Homes (West) has submitted a joint planning application for a proposed new housing development at Greenan in Ayr. The homebuilder seeks to create a high quality development of 62 homes, off Dunure Road, within the previously consented site.
More than 1,800 new homes will be built in Hamilton as part of a huge investment in the town from the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Region City Deal. Woodhead Primary School will also be extended as part of the Hamilton Community Growth Area (CGA) at a cost of £4.1m.
Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has become one of the latest organisations to have signed up to the Charted Institute of Housing’s (CIH) Make a Stand campaign to help tackle and prevent domestic abuse. The campaign asks housing associations to sign a pledge to provide support for ten
The performance and progress of Perth & Kinross Council’s housing and environment service is to be presented to councillors this week in a report which also sets out some objectives for the next 12 months. The local authority’s Business Management Improvement Plan (BMIP) will be presented to
The Scottish Government needs to set out a ‘route map’ of how it intends to persuade Scots to change their consumer behaviour if it wants to meet its targets on climate change, according to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). While lending its support to the government’s targets, which include a p
Improvements to housing and homelessness services across West Dunbartonshire Council have been recognised by the Scottish Housing Regulator. The body described the council as a “self-aware” organisation and as a result of the progress made, the service will no longer face scrutiny from the regul
Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT), working with Ulva School Community Association (USCA), has secured a grant of £156,865.51 from the Scottish Land Fund to realise a second affordable housing project at Ulva Ferry on the Isle of Mull.
Impact First, the ‘profit with purpose’ fund launched by social impact investor SIS Ventures, has secured 50% of target capital commitments within the first two months of launch. SIS Ventures, the mission-led investment arm of responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS), is in
The Scottish Housing Regulator is to consult with tenants of Kincardine Housing Co-operative over its proposals to transfer the Co-operative to another registered social landlord. The move follows a period of statutory intervention by the Regulator when independent investigations identified serious
A deal has been agreed which saw residents and staff at three Bield care homes transfer to a new provider earlier this month. Since announcing last year that it would be closing 12 of its care homes, staff at Bield have been working tirelessly to find other providers to take them over.
Caledonia Housing Association has secured planning permission for 30 new homes on an industrial site in Dundee. The £4.5 million housing development will see a mix of affordable homes and flats built on the largely-derelict site at the south side of Coldside Road, west of Strathmartine Road.
A site at Blackwater on the Isle of Lewis has been identified as potential space for new affordable housing. The site is located adjacent to the existing Gleann Dubh development.