East Renfrewshire Council has continued its commitment to delivering additional affordable housing in the area with the renovation of a property in Barrhead. The property in Divernia Way previously lay derelict for almost ten years following extensive fire damage. It has now been completely renovate
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It was another successful annual North Lanarkshire Council tenants’ conference, with 96% of participants rating it good or very good, and the workshops and having ‘your say’ segments proving most popular. Tenants and residents came along to the conference to hear first-hand about key housing i
The Pentland team has been fundraising for various charities all year Pentland Housing Association housing officer, Yvonne Gunn, is preparing to participate in Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park next week, her second sleep-out event in a matter of weeks.
An 86-year-old from Glasgow, who is a tenant at Bield’s Loch Laidon Court development, recently remembered his fellow veterans on Remembrance Sunday in George Square. Private Andrew Glassford served in the 1st Battalion Black Watch in both Korea and Kenya between 1952 and 1954.
Glasgow City Council has given approval to entering into a partnership agreement with Scottish Canals and Scottish Water to deliver the North Glasgow Integrated Water Management System (NGIWMS). This is an innovative system that will use the Forth and Clyde Canal and new technology to tackle the cap
Sweeping new private renting laws that will significantly affect the rights of Scotland’s 760,000 private renters come into force today. In the biggest change to the private rental sector in a generation, from today December 1st 2017, anyone signing a new tenancy for a private let will sign the ne
Ashley Campbell To mark today’s introduction of the new Private Residential Tenancy, Ashley Campbell outlines the ramifications of the new regime.
The Scottish Housing Regulator has published the areas of risk it will focus on in its annual risk assessment. The Regulator will continue to focus on the risks to good services for tenants of all social landlords. For Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), it will also examine the risks to good govern
With less than a week to go until Social Bite's Sleep in the Park, Scottish Housing News is encouraging those taking part to get in touch on the night and share their stories. Scottish Housing News’ editor Kieran Findlay will be live tweeting from the event so be sure to follow us on Twitter or us
Brendan O’Hara MP for Argyll and Bute unveils the plaque to open ACHA’s 30th new build home in Connel Brendan O’Hara, MP for Argyll and Bute, has opened new Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) homes in the village of Connel on the outskirts of Oban.
Cadder Housing Association is to invest £5.6 million to deliver up to 50 new homes at a former school site in Glasgow. Contractor McTaggart Construction is already on site at the new development, which will include a mix of flats and terraced houses.
(from left) Daniel Lowe, executive director of housing and technical resources; Councillor Josh Wilson, chair of housing and technical resources; Deirdre Duncan, housing officer; Cruden Building and Renewals, partnering and procurement director, Gordon Lee South Lanarkshire Council’s new Home+ hou
Construction is now completed on the West Lothian Development Alliance development of 12 accessible cottage flats for affordable rent on Foulshiels Road in Stoneyburn. Almond Housing Association developed the homes on behalf of the Alliance and ownership of the properties has now been transferred to
One of the accommodation units set to be located within the new village Diggers have moved on to the site of a new homeless village in Edinburgh being delivered by social enterprise sandwich chain Social Bite.
(from left) Gerry Watson, investigation officer, Dundee City Council Anti-Social Behaviour Team, Jill Richmond, Dundee LPA Community Safety Unit D Division, Police Scotland, Louise Butchart, assistant housing manager, Hillcrest Housing Association and Neil Sneddon, team manager, Integrated Substance