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A tenants and residents association in Edinburgh has scooped a top housing award at the annual gathering of the Tenants Information Service (TIS). The Gateside Tenants and Residents Association won the Tenants and Residents Association of the Year award at the National Excellence Awards 2016 which r

Leonardo DiCaprio (Photo by See Li / CC BY) Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio is set to visit Edinburgh this year and become the latest A-lister to call in on homeless charity sandwich shop Social Bite.

Shelter Scotland shop manager Charlene Ritchie with a pair of dirty pants which were donated to the shop A full dominatrix set, a china doll with a lock of human hair glued under its clothes, a mummified cat, loose teeth with the roots still attached and 40 life-sized plastic pigeons are just some o

Wheatley Group has been given the UK’s highest credit rating for a housing group due to its “expansion into strong markets” and its “importance to the Scottish Government”. International ratings agency Standard and Poor’s upgraded the social landlord to AA (stable), up from AA- (positive

Calum Macaulay, chief executive at Albyn Housing Society, and Scott Pettitt, development manager at Barratt North Scotland Work has started on the first phase of a much-anticipated affordable housing development which is set to bring 51 quality new homes to the Highland capital by April next year.

Rents in Scotland are at a record high of £549 on average per month after the fastest month-on-month growth on record, according to new figures from one of Scotland’s largest lettings agent networks. The latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move revealed that average residential rents have

The City of Edinburgh Council has set out plans on the delivery of a new-look housing strategy which aims to significantly increase the number of new affordable homes in the city from 3,000 to 8,000 and accelerate investment in the services that will reduce tenants’ cost of living. A repo

Woolmanhill Hospital's Central Square A full planning application has been lodged for the revitalisation of the Woolmanhill Hospital site in Aberdeen by developer Charlie Ferrari.

Thenue staff celebrate their victory The “inspiring” regeneration work of Scotland’s housing providers is the key that unlocks the door to better communities, it was claimed this week.

Bryan Finlay Bryan Finlayson outlines the consensus seen in Holyrood, that social housing has a large role to play in lifting Scotland out of the housing "crisis".

The SESplan (Strategic Development Planning Authority for Edinburgh and South East Scotland) Joint Committee has passed one of the first steps in the replacement of the current 2013 South East Scotland regional plan. Councillors from the six member authorities approved a Proposed Strategic Developme

Danny Lafferty Danny Lafferty highlights the problems arising from the complexity for landlords of new carbon and energy performance regulations to be introduced this year.

Nicola Barclay from Homes for Scotland (left) and PAS Foundation trustee Petra Biberbach The PAS Foundation received welcome support from Scotland’s housing industry this week, when Homes for Scotland chief executive Nicola Barclay presented the Foundation with a donation of £6,500, raised at the

The winning team from Rutherglen and Cambuslang Housing Association Ronnie Cunningham, Stuart Freeland and Charles Freeland Lintel Trust, part of the Link Group of subsidiaries, raised £7,165 at its 22nd annual golf fundraising event.

Robertson Homes "House In A Day" on site at Methilbrae Site in Methil, Fife. Left to Right - Alan Russell, Stewart Shearer, John Mills and Alistair Black Construction of a new affordable housing development in Fife has reached the halfway stage.