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Over 150 tenants, residents, and shared owners gathered at Kingdom Housing Association’s first Autumn gathering at The Scottish Deer Centre, by Cupar. Visitors came from across Perth and Kinross, Clackmannanshire, and Fife to enjoy the family-focused day out at one of Fife’s favourite vi

Work has been completed and tenants have begun moving into a development of new council flats which are part of a programme building 2,000 new council houses across Aberdeen. The development at Auchmill near Bucksburn is one of nine sites across the city where Aberdeen City Council is building new c

Trust Housing Association has retained their 'Leaders in Diversity' accreditation from the National Centre for Diversity. Founded in 2005, the National Centre for Diversity is an organisation promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.Rhona McLeod, Trust's CEO, said: "We have been leading the housi

Pineview Housing Association strives to live by its motto of “Putting People 1st” and its recent Investors in People (IIP) interim review has found that it does just that. The review which took place during September and October 2022 found that the Association provides “…a v

It has been predicted that millions of families are set to see their annual mortgage payments rise by an average of £5,100 between now and the end of 2024, according to new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. With the low-interest rate era firmly at an end – the Bank of Engl

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has published its 2021/2022 landlord report, providing information about the association’s activities over the past year. The document reports on its service delivery, comparing performance with targets agreed with the Scottish Housing Regulator and

Ochil View Housing Association has announced the appointment of Anne Smith as chief executive, following the retirement of George Tainsh. Margaret Baxter, chairperson of Ochil View, said: “Following a robust recruitment process, the association is delighted to appoint Anne Smith as our next ch

The Housing Ombudsman has issued a special report on Clarion following concerns about the UK’s largest housing association's response to complaints about damp and mould and pest control. The Ombudsman said it used its powers to conduct a further investigation beyond an initial complaint t

The Scottish Federation of Housing Association (SFHA) has said that demand for its new round of funding has highlighted the unprecedented scale of the energy crisis as well as housing associations and co-operatives’ determination to help tenants with spiralling fuel costs. This latest £2

A sizeable plot of land with the potential for houses to be built in the village of Symington near Biggar is going under the hammer at a guide price of £695,000+. The brownfield plot which sits on the edge of the South Lanarkshire village, around 3 miles from the town of Biggar, extends to app

AirBnb owners are leaving the market for long term lettings following changes to the regulations in Scotland, according to property firm DJ Alexander Ltd. The firm said that they have been approached by holiday lettings landlords wanting to shift to long term residential letting because of costs and

East Renfrewshire Council has announced a package of measures totalling more than £4.4 million to support local residents to tackle the cost of living crisis. The commitment of £1.7m in support follows the £1.469m agreed in August through the Local Authority Covid Economic Recovery

Revised plans to build a 66-bed care home on the site of a former bowling and tennis club in Glasgow. Northcare (Scotland) Ltd submitted a second bid to replace Anniesland Bowling and Tennis Club at Helensburgh Drive with a “high quality” facility after Glasgow City Council pla

Two neighbourhood hairdressers have snipped up a joint award for serving their local community in Queens Cross Housing Association. The Hair Gardener and Theresa-Ann’s Hair Studio were jointly crowned ‘Outstanding Local Business’ at the Pride of Queens Awards.

The first guide in Scotland to support community organisations undertake their own housing or development projects is now freely available online. The ‘Routemap’ resource was launched by the cabinet secretary for housing Shona Robison MSP at the Communities Housing Trust’s AGM in I