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The Scottish Government has hailed new figures which revealed more than 70,000 affordable homes have been built in Scotland over the last 10 years, though opponents have questioned whether the pace of social housing completions is enough to meet current targets. Quarterly Housing Statistics released

How the homes will look from Ocean Terminal Long-running plans have been approved to revitalise disused land opposite Leith’s Ocean Terminal with 388 new homes.

The Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) and SHARE have joined forces to produce practical guidance on financial management for housing association committee members. The guidance has been produced by Gary Dalziel, formerly of Linstone Housing Association and now chief e

Extra funding of a billion pounds over the next three years is needed to address the gap of funding that exists in social care in Scotland today, MSPs heard this week. Scottish Care told the Scottish Parliament’s health and sport committee inquiry into care home sustainability that care homes are

A potential street scene from the proposed development A joint planning application for a proposed housing development at the former Broomhill Hospital in Kirkintilloch has been submitted by CALA Homes (West) and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Gillian Lavety, head of development for Sanctuary Scotland, and Renfrewshire Council leader, Iain Nicolson, at the masterplan site Plans to transform Paisley's West End into an attractive neighbourhood with 150 new homes and strengthened links to the town centre have been given the green light.

River Clyde Homes has been declared ‘complaints accredited’ following an external independent assessment by HouseMark Scotland. HouseMark’s complaints accreditation scheme was launched in 2012 and is designed to help landlords to achieve improved customer satisfaction by providing a robust cri

Housing minister Kevin Stewart with tenants Mary and John Stewart An Edinburgh couple are celebrating their first Christmas in their new home with a little help from housing minister Kevin Stewart.

Morag MacDonald Circular economy body Zero Waste Scotland has named Morag MacDonald as a new non-executive director as it announced a number of new appointments and reappointments to its Board.

Changes are needed to ensure that the Scottish Parliament can scrutinise the detail of how Scotland’s new social security system will operate, according to a report issued by Holyrood’s social security committee. The committee’s report follows consideration of the Social Security Bill, which p

Accounts Commission deputy chair, Ronnie Hinds An independent report assessing how Orkney Islands Council is fulfilling its statutory duty to demonstrate ‘Best Value’ has determined that the local authority has made significant progress in recent years but needs to build on this for the future.

Osprey Housing has just taken possession of the second and final phase of properties at a new development in Aberdeenshire. The 11 three-bed self contained houses and a four-bed home in Alford have already been allocated to tenants in what has been a highly sought after development. The four-bed hou

John Langley In order to meet its goal of delivering 50,000 new affordable homes by 2021, the Scottish Government urgently needs to encourage companies to invest in sustainable, affordable and efficient methods of housebuilding, writes John Langley.

Sally Spence with Tammy Connolly joined fellow fundraisers Amanda Miller, Susan Turner, Karen McDade, Cathie Brown, Willie Frew, Irene Wielbo, Lauren Upton, Carol Robertson, Hilary Scott and Claire Wilson Twelve of Eildon’s housing staff volunteered to sleep rough in Edinburgh’s Princes Street G

It was cause for celebrations at Denmilne Gardens in Glasgow as the West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) sheltered complex marked its 30th anniversary. This is a special milestone for the complex which officially opened in April 1987. With 25 homes, Denmilne Gardens has a long-standing sense