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(from left) Steven Good, CHA, director of property services; Janet Strang, CHA, chairperson; David Smith, joint management director, Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd; Linda Anderson, CHA, executive director of operations; Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government & housing; Cllr Tony Gurney, North

Work has begun on a number of new West Lothian Council homes in East Calder. The project at Raw Holdings includes the construction of twelve cottage flats, one two-bedroom house and two bungalows. The homes are expected be completed by next spring.

Persimmon has unveiled a substantial jump in interim profits as it shrugged off the potential impact of post-Brexit economic uncertainty on the housing market. The housebuilder’s profit before tax in the six months to the end of June increased 29 per cent to £352.3 million (2015: £272.8m) while

Jane Gray ARK Housing Association CEO Jane Gray celebrates ARK's Investors in People Gold status and reflects on the collaboration and learning that came along with all the hard work.

Private landlords in England pocketed £9.3 billion in housing benefit last year, twice the amount of a decade ago, according to new figures. Analysis by the National Housing Federation revealed how much the taxpayer is forking out to private landlords in the form of Housing Benefit, with takings ba

Affordable housing provider Home Group has devised a way to help its customers overcome one of the biggest barriers to owning a place of their own – saving for a deposit while paying rent. The organisation has committed to match, pound for pound, the UK government cash bonus to savers using a Help

Researchers on a project jointly managed by the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Changeworks are calling on social landlords to give their views and experiences of district heating. On the face of it, there is a good fit between district heating and blocks of homes owned by housing associations and

A new system for submitting building standards applications is due to go live on Wednesday, 24 August. The eBuildingStandards.scot service will enable the electronic submission of applications for building warrants and other related forms, such as completion certificates. It will also allow multiple

Mary Taylor Housing associations are working hard to meet the challenges of helping to deliver the Scottish Government’s new affordable homes target though key issues could yet stand in the way, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) will say today.

Michael Hui Kingdom Housing Association has appointed Michael Hui as its new energy advice officer to help families cut their power bills.

A tenant group helped set up by Link Housing Association has been awarded £10,000 as part of the latest funding package from Awards for All. Growing Beardmore’s ‘Getting diggy with it’ project received the funds to help establish a community garden for residents of Beardmore (Dalmuir) and the

The sun was shining when Clydebank Housing Association (CHA) held its 9th Community Gala Day at Centre81, its regeneration centre in the heart of Whitecrook. The day was a huge success with over 500 local residents attending. There were bouncy castles, face painting, glitter tattoos, funfair rides a

A Happiness Index which quantifies how happy Scots are in the communities in which they live has found Fife to be the happiest region in Scotland. Knocking the Highlands in to second place, Fife made a marked improvement in the past twelve months, jumping from a happiness score of +35.56 in 2015 to

Kevin Stewart MSP (left) with Carnegie UK chief executive Martyn Evans The Carnegie UK Trust has become the first charitable organisation to sign up to a voluntary code which calls on signatories to make decisions that add to the vibrancy of town centres.

Mary and Jack A happily married couple have celebrated their golden anniversary after 50 loving years together after first meeting at their job driving forklifts.