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Staff and tenants receive their floral gifts A special anniversary was commemorated at Thenue Housing this week – 21 years on from its first-ever stock transfer.

With average savings of £271, ‘It pays to switch’ is the message North Lanarkshire Council is promoting to residents as it launches its latest collective fuel switching campaign. Over 3,000 households have already saved hundreds of pounds on their bills through the easy to use switching scheme.

Richard Lambert A survey of residential property investors has found that one in five are often too embarrassed to admit they are landlords.

New research has exposed how the growing numbers of Scots whose incomes vary month to month can struggle to pay essential bills and meet their debt repayments. According to the Debt Advisory Centre, just over 1 million Scots have a job where their income is variable, this includes those on zero hour

Miller Homes has announced it plans to continue its “substantial” land investment programme after the firm unveiled a 66 per cent rise in interim profits. "Buoyant" market conditions helped the Edinburgh-based group towards a profit before tax of £38.2 million for the six months to the end of J

Mary's inspiring green home The ‘Green Designs’ open doors series will reach Alexandria this weekend when homeowners Mary and Ian Sweetland invite local residents to look through the keyhole at their green home.

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Damian Green The UK government has announced that its policy to cap Local Housing Allowance (LHA) for supported accommodation will be put on ice until 2019 when the funding for Scotland will then be transferred to Holyrood.

This year Albyn Housing Society has already delivered 37 homes in Alness Albyn Housing Society is set to embark on an ambitious plan to deliver up to 750 new affordable homes in the region by 2021, with the potential for even more.

Reducing the cost of living for tenants and building more affordable homes have been identified as the key elements to a new raft of objectives to improve housing in Edinburgh. A nine-point action plan for the next decade was approved for further consultation by the City of Edinburgh Council’s hea

An affordable housing development was opened in Banff this week by Aberdeenshire Provost Hamish Vernal as part of the Banff Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARs). The redevelopment of the gap site at Carmelite Street has been key in the wider regeneration of Banff town centre.

The inaugural Scottish Housing Day takes place today to highlight the different housing options and choices available to people looking for a home. Organisations from across the sector have shown their support for the event and people are invited to join in a national conversation on Twitter.

Annie Mauger An opinion poll commissioned to coincide with the first official Scottish Housing Day has found the Scottish public knows very little about their housing options beyond the options of buying with a mortgage and private and social renting.

Margaret McCallion, Cordale Housing Association chairperson, Mr and Mrs Walker & Barry Johnstone, Caledonia Housing Association area director Caledonia Housing Association and Cordale Housing Association were delighted to have provided 32 new homes to tenants in John Street and Main Street in Re

The official opening of Partick Housing Association’s new £6.5 million housing development at Broomhill Gate has been carried out by Councillor Frank McAveety, leader of Glasgow City Council. This 46 unit development in Glasgow’s West End includes 14 three-bedroom social rented town houses, 18