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The Herald has published a full obituary of Harriet Haire MBE, a prominent figure in the Clydebank and Scottish housing association sector who died in January at the age of 87. Ms Haire was a founding member of the steering group that set up the Trafalgar Housing Co-Operative in 1990, later the Traf

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter The UK government is facing questions from local government over plans to issue new guidance on 'desktop studies', whereby combustible materials are not regularly tested before their use in buildings.

Jennifer Simon Maryhill Housing has announced a pair of senior appointments to equip the housing association for the future.

Angela Constance Communities Secretary Angela Constance has said the Scottish Government will take "new and innovative" approaches to the housing challenges of Brexit and an ageing population, The Herald reports.

(from left) James Heard, Campion Homes; Julie Watson, Kingdom Housing Association; Ian McCreadie, Campion Homes Three Inverkeithing residents are the latest jobseekers to benefit from a Construction Academy organised by Fife Works, Kingdom Housing Association’s employability project.

Link Group Ltd is celebrating having recently achieved triple people management accreditations. Link was reaccredited as a Gold Investors in People and achieved Gold Investors in Young People as well as the Health and Wellbeing award for the first time.

Research is underway to find out if people with spare rooms could host homeless young people if there was a project to offer them payment, training and support in Scotland. More than 7,000 people aged between 16 and 24 years old applied for help with homelessness from Scottish local authorities in 2

Jennifer Henderson Jennifer Henderson has been appointed as the new Keeper of the Registers of Scotland by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, with the consent of the Lord President of the Court of Session, Lord Carloway.

Theresa Sharp Finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has appointed two new investment managers, as it continues to grow its investments in charities and social enterprises.

Bernadette Malone The chief executive of Perth & Kinross Council, Bernadette Malone, has announced her decision to retire at the beginning of July this year.

Bob Doris MSP The Local Government and Communities Committee wants to know what you think of the Planning (Scotland) Bill.

The Scottish Borders Health & Social Care Partnership’s Community Capacity Building team (CCB) has been shortlisted for the finals of the iESE (Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise) Public Sector Transformation Awards 2018. Now in their ninth year, the awards are held to celebrate the

Savers who invested money into the now defunct North East Scotland Credit Union have been assured they will have their savings returned after the organisation went under. Last night, a message was published on the NESCU website stating that the co-operative, which had more than 2,500 savers on its b

Almost half (44%) of Scottish private tenants saw their rent costs rise in January, a considerable contrast to the national average of 19%, according to new figures. The statistics were revealed in an online survey among 361 ARLA Propertymark members, which was carried out by Opinium Research from F

Residents are being invited to submit their views on plans to develop hundreds of affordable homes in Elgin. The draft Bilbohall masterplan contains proposals to develop around 370 homes towards the western edge of Elgin. More than half of the units will be affordable, with further plans to develop