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Six Cala site managers from Scotland have each received a prestigious Pride in the Job Quality Award. Celebrating outstanding work and commitment to ensuring the highest quality in housebuilding, the annual awards are organised by the National Home Building Council (NHBC).

Newcastle City Council is considering bringing its arms-length management organisation (ALMO) Your Homes Newcastle back in-house as part of a review of housing in the city. A report due to be discussed by the council’s cabinet on Monday 24 July sets out a number of different options which

More than 50 projects tackling social isolation and loneliness throughout Scotland have received a share of a new fund.

East Lothian Council has launched a new grant fund to support the early stages of project development for community groups and organisations. The UKSPF Regeneration Project Development Fund has been developed through the UK Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), part of the wider &lsq

CaCHE director Professor Ken Gibb responds to the recent proposal to change the multipliers for higher band council tax properties to increase revenue for local government. A joint paper by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) was released yesterday as par

Ahead of Scottish Housing Day in September, Mhairi Harley, a recent graduate who joined SFHA from Yoker Housing Association, shares her views on housing as a career. Having recently graduated with a degree in Social and Public Policy, I am driven by a sense of social justice and a desire to mak

Plans are in the pipeline to turn a former brew house on Edinburgh's Royal Mile into serviced apartments. A change of use application has been submitted to create 18 short-stay flats at Crichton House.

Orkney Islands Council and Orkney Housing Association tenants are invited to a Bite and Blether to find out more about how they can help improve and develop social housing and housing services in the county and strengthen their community through tenant participation. Claire Pritchard (OIC) and Suzy

The impact of higher mortgage costs has been revealed by new data from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). The charity’s data report for June found that online page views for advice around schemes to help with mortgage payments increased by 88% between May and June, and 336% from June 2022 to June

Plans to build affordable homes in Ayr have been revised after conditions were attached to the project by South Ayrshire Council.

A rise in investor strategies targeting affordable housing will see the sector account for 23% of private institution-owned rental housing by 2025, according to research from JLL.

The Kingdom Group was delighted to host minister for housing Paul McLennan on consecutive days at two of its flagship developments in Perth and Gauldry. Kingdom Housing Association chair Linda Leslie and group chief executive Tom Barclay greeted the minister alongside partners and colleagues for the

Scottish Borders Council is to begin community engagement regarding its plans for a new care village development in Tweedbank. A Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) has been submitted by the local authority for the 60-bed facility ahead of a formal planning application.

The City of Edinburgh Council has launched a trio of consultations into how the west of the city can be better connected, cleaner and greener.

A North East tenant and social landlord group celebrated success last month at the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) National Good Practice Awards ceremony in Clydebank. North East Tenants, Residents and Landlords Together (NETRALT) won Best Practice in Developing Communities award for it