Husband and wife cleaning team Davie Howie and Marie Keenan have won the Making a Difference award at Queens Cross Housing Association’s Pride of Queens Cross Awards. An elated crowd rose to their feet as Davie and Marie made their way to the stage to receive the night's final award.
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Invercauld Estate and Scotia Homes have returned to the drawing board for their proposed development in Ballater.
Following a conversation with Simon Fitzpatrick for the Scottish Housing News Podcast, Jimmy Black thinks about wheels and lifts, beautiful new Blackwood Homes and folks stuck up thousands of tenement stairs. Wheels. Perhaps architects should have an app which lets them push a virtual pram through e
“If we can get 90% of it right, I'd be delighted if somebody else came up with the other 10% and built on that. That's the history of social housing, right? Standing on the shoulders of giants and keeping getting better and better and better. We're just part of that chain.” Kieran Findla
Bellway has agreed a deal which could see a further 200 new homes delivered at Blindwells, the sustainable new town in East Lothian.
Chris McGinn from PfH Scotland highlights the challenges and opportunities of retrofitting homes across 20 small islands off the west coast of Scotland I’ve worked on hundreds of energy efficiency projects over the years, but in 2023 a request came through that was a bit different.
Midlothian Council is seeking views on savings proposals as it attempts to bridge a budget gap of £9.41 million in 2025/26 rising to £20.64m by 2028/29. A consultation will run until Wednesday 20 November.
The Housing Ombudsman has released its latest ‘learning from severe maladministration’ report, focusing on inspections and timeliness within damp and mould complaints against English housing associations.
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) director Professor Ken Gibb explores the evolving challenges and opportunities in Scottish housing policy, focusing on renewing the Affordable Housing Supply Programme. In five years, Scotland has moved from the ambition of the 20 years strategy o
Community-based housing associations are finding it increasingly challenging to support new tenants, some of whom are waiting months for basic items due to extreme pressures on the Scottish Welfare Fund, the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has found.
A group that monitors deaths among homeless people in the UK has warned of a “national emergency” after research found a 12% increase in fatalities over 12 months.
Delegates at Scotland’s annual homelessness conference will be tasked this year with creating a route map out of the housing and homelessness emergency. The focus of Right Here, Right Now is what action taken now can ease the escalating crisis and what needs to happen next to create a be
East Renfrewshire Council has approved a Local Housing Strategy for 2024-29 which sets out the strategic direction for housing and related services across the local area. The strategy, titled A Welcome Home, applies to all housing in East Renfrewshire including owner occupiers and private rented as
Rural Housing Scotland (RHS), the charity dedicated to supporting Scotland’s rural communities in securing affordable local housing, is set to close its doors after over 20 years of service.
The average price of a property in Scotland has hit a record £200,000 in August 2024, a 5.4% year-on-year increase, according to the latest UK House Price Index data. In comparison, the UK average house price experienced a more modest annual increase of 2.8% – reaching £293,000.