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A proposed 3% rent increase for 2020/21 was agreed by The Highland Council’s new housing and property committee yesterday. The change, which will increase the average weekly council house rent from £75.38 to £77.64 (£2.26 per week), will result in an increased repairs an

Dundee City Council has approved plans to build 14 new social housing flats in Lochee.

Cunninghame Housing Association held an official opening ceremony last week to commemorate the completion of its new affordable housing development at Longpark in Kilmarnock.

After Wheatley Group chief executive Martin Armstrong outlined the advantages which can be gained if social landlords grow in size, Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations director David Bookbinder offers an alternative view. The housing association sector has always been a divers

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has lodged plans to develop 74 new affordable homes on the Isle of Lewis. The social landlord wants to expand the existing Blackwater development on the edge of Newmarket.

New guidance has been published to reduce the risk from fire in specialised housing, such as sheltered and supported accommodation.

Home Group has been named Scotland’s best performing housing association in Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers Index for the second year running.

Scotland accounted for 18% of the increase in public sector new housing output across Great Britain in 2019, according to official figures. The Housing in construction output statistics, Great Britain, 2010-2019, published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), found that growth in publi

Ferguslie Park Housing Association’s charitable subsidiary, the Tannahill Centre, held a Multicultural Food Festival to celebrate Burns Night with more than 200 people attending and enjoying food and entertainment from all around the world.

Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) director Euan Leitch reflects on the Scottish Government’s response to recommendations from the Scottish Parliamentary Working Group on Tenement Maintenance and the recent Scottish House Condition Survey 2018 findings. The Scottish Parliamentary Working

Kingdom Housing Association has become the first organisation in Scotland to adopt Awingu, the browser-based workspace that enables highly secure access to company files and legacy applications. For 20 years, Kingdom Housing Association operated its I.T. platform with Citrix, Microsoft Office, Excha

Significant variations in housing starts and completions exist across regions and tenures in Scotland while major applications are still taking more than twice as long as the statutory timeframe, according to new analysis. In its detailed scrutiny of official quarterly statistics, industry body Home

With the listing of the former Madras College site in St Andrews for sale, Fife Council has produced a guidance document for developers which recommends that the site be used for housing. The document also recommends that the site should contain a care home and student accommodation.

Cunninghame Housing Association is in the running to be named Landlord of the Year at the 2020 UK Housing Awards. Recognising and rewarding the very best in the UK housing sector, the awards ceremony brings together over 1,200 senior housing professions providing an opportunity to meet, ne

Lawmakers have approved plans to implement a five-year rent freeze in Berlin as part of plans to rein in the German capital's rental market. Berlin's legislature supported measures, including the rent freeze, this week, more than six months after they were proposed by the administration.