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Glasgow City Council has announced that it is backing a low-cost loan that significantly removes the risk of financially-vulnerable citizens entering into a cycle of debt. The authority said that the Wee Glasgow Loan is a fairer and cheaper alternative to short term, high-cost, products from payday

More than 30 staff from Aberdeen Asset Management who swapped their home comforts for a night exposed to the elements have helped young apprenticeship colleagues smash a £10,000 fundraising target. Just four weeks into their six week money raising mission and the five-strong team of apprentices hav

Simon McManus Lanarkshire Housing Association has announced the appointment of Simon McManus as chief executive with immediate effect following the retirement of James Stevenson in May.

Andy Wightman Scottish Ministers have been urged to intervene in the proposed sell-off of Scottish defence sites to ensure the land is used to help tackle the country’s affordable housing shortage.

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(from left) Graham Dickson, managing director at Westpoint Construction, Cllr Tommy Williams, and Craig Sanderson, Link Group chief executive Link Group Ltd’s new ‘retirement living’ development at Abbey Place, Paisley has been officially opened by Renfrewshire Council’s convener of housing

Social housing sector tenants who challenged the so called ‘bedroom tax’ have received a mixed outcome at the Supreme Court. Two families who claimed that the removal of the spare room subsidy was unfair won their appeals against the UK government but five other claimants had their challenges di

Tenants who were facing eviction from their homes in Leith are being allowed to stay after a deal was agreed to sell the properties to Places for People Scotland. The Trustees of the Miss Agnes Hunter Trust, which owned the flats in Lorne Street, had been looking to sell the 92 properties since Octo

Housebuilder Springfield Properties has entered a new partnership with Dunedin Canmore to deliver 80 new homes in Edinburgh over the next three years. The family business has been working on the £20 million Muirhouse development in the Capital since 2013 and has already handed over 122 homes to a n

Proposals for a new community adjacent to Heriot-Watt University at Riccarton have been lodged by livestock auctioneering business H&H Group plc. The proposal for Planning Permission in Principle (PPiP) for ‘Riccarton Mains Village’, will provide additional accommodation for both university

Kirsty Wells A report from the Scottish Housing Regulator highlighting how important it is for social landlords to consult with their tenants annually on rent levels has been welcomed by HouseMark Scotland.

(from left) Amanda Yellowley, Alison Anderson and Lorraine Usher Loreburn Housing Association is continuing its turnaround with three prestigious award nominations.

The prospect of strike action by Orkney Islands Council (OIC) staff has increased after GMB Scotland members overwhelmingly rejected plans to cut terms and conditions for frontline service staff. After a three week consultative ballot process, over 98 per cent of ballot papers returned opposed OICâ€

Scottish Borders Council has been awarded £225,000 from the Scottish Government to help improve the energy efficiency of social housing in the area. The funding is part of a £9 million allocation announced for councils and housing associations across the country.

Cruden Homes sales team welcome Nicola Barclay, chief executive of Homes for Scotland, and her team to the Baron's Vale development Homes for Scotland chief executive Nicola Barclay and members of her team visited Cruden Homes West’s latest developments in Glasgow last week to see first-hand how t