Hjaltland Housing Association’s Housing Support Services have been given a glowing report by the Care Inspectorate. An inspection of the Association’s sheltered housing support services along with The Hub Project – an initiative jointly ran with Shetland Islands Council to provide transitional
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Scotland’s local authorities have been praised for their work to provide a safe home for refugee families as the country marked the arrival of the 2000th refugee through the Syrian Resettlement Programme, three years ahead of schedule. Supported by COSLA, Scottish councils have met their goal to r
The Cairngorms National Park Authority has granted planning permission for 16 new homes aimed at first time buyers to be built in Grantown-on-Spey. The development is part of the Seafield Avenue/Beachen Court development which was granted planning permission in 2016. That application was for a devel
Tenants have received their keys to a newly completed development of council homes in Livingston. A total of 10 new homes have been built at Appleton Drive within the Barratt development in Eliburn.
River Clyde Homes hosted a Christmas lunch for Broomhill customers on last week at the Broomhill Community Hub to help integrate the area’s new residents. Residents enjoyed some food and a natter with neighbours. Prizes were won in a raffle including a Marks and Spencer Christmas Hamper worth £70
FizzGig performed ‘The Great British Cake Off’ for more than 300 Queens Cross children Queens Cross Housing Association in North Glasgow provided over 300 local children with some festive cheer by putting on four free pantomime shows.
Dominos in Dundee grabbed a pizza the fundraising action when they donated lunch to the wining team of Hillcrest Housing Association’s 50 grand to lend a hand challenge. As part of Hillcrest’s 50th anniversary celebrations, staff were challenged to collectively raise 50 grand for a range of char
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has joined forces with property industry charity LandAid to launch a campaign to deliver more bed spaces for homeless people in Scotland during winter. As part of RICS’s 150th anniversary in 2018, the campaign known as Pledge150 will see RICS - a
The Scottish Government is unlikely to meet its target of delivering 50,000 new affordable homes by 2021 without reforms to housing procurement, according to a survey of Scotland’s building companies. The latest Scottish Construction Monitor, a quarterly survey of the membership of the Scottish Bu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQfveSBtsoU With new branding coming in early 2018, a new website by Easter and the beginning of work on new offices and 82 homes for rent in the summer, next year promises to be very exciting for Elderpark Housing Association.
Chairman Sandy Adam, housing minister Kevin Stewart, CEO Innes Smith and group partnership director Tom Leggeat at an affordable housing development in Muirhouse Housebuilder Springfield Properties is making good progress with the five new village style developments it is creating across Scotland an
Charles Craigie Marwick The Lands Tribunal for Scotland (LTS) has announced the appointment of Charles Craigie Marwick BSc (Hons) FRICS as its new surveyor member in succession to the late Douglas Gillespie.
Two aspiring young builders joined experts from Robertson Northern to help lay the first bricks on a new block of homes in Midmills, Inverness. The firm has begun works to transform the area into a development of 31 affordable apartments as part of its £3.6 million contract with Highland Council.
The first phase of the £600 million ‘Reaching 100%’ broadband programme will focus on delivering superfast broadband access to Scotland’s rural and island communities, the Scottish Government has revealed. The procurement will be made up of three regional Lots (North, Central and South), with
Staff members Diane Balfour and Dawn Blackhurst have been visiting local children to deliver their gifts Shire Housing Association has successfully applied to the Cash for Kids’ Christmas Grant Fund securing £725 to help 29 children living across East Ayrshire.