Two long-serving members of staff at Elderpark Housing have retired after amassing a remarkable total of 76 years’ service to the Association between them. Shirley McKnight and Terry Frew have retired after spending the vast majority of their working lives with Elderpark.
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Plans have been drawn up for a new block of 35 flats on the site of a vacant warehouse in Partick.
Structured House (Merchant Point) Ltd has submitted new plans to build an 11-storey build-to-rent apartment block with commercial space in Glasgow city centre following a change of architect from previous proposals.
Excess heat recovered from the sewage treatment process could be used to power more than 2,000 homes thanks to a new carbon-cutting partnership between Thames Water and Kingston Council.
West Lothian Council is set to restart spending on home improvements as soon as the coronavirus restrictions are eased. Almost all council improvement programmes were stalled in the first lockdown last spring and only essential repairs were carried out.
A landlord in Edinburgh is advertising single rooms to rent with pre-paid electricity meters charging tenants 50p to use the shower The single rooms are available to rent in two properties in the Marchmont and Meadows area of the capital, with the landlord advertising single rooms sharing with up to
The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has published two interim reports into the COVID-19 crisis response to homelessness in Great Britain and domestic abuse policy in the four nations of the UK prior to the pandemic. The Covid-19 crisis response to homelessness in Great
Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has helped breathe new life into a popular Govan landmark thanks to a bespoke Building Services solution.
A 50/50 joint venture energy services company between Vattenfall and Midlothian Council has been launched to deliver low carbon energy projects across the area. The first project to be delivered under the ESCo will be a low carbon district heating network supplying the new Shawfair town in the
The Community Connectors project involving Linstone Housing has marked its fourth successful year. The initiative helps ensure good health and wellbeing in Renfrewshire and has made a huge difference to people’s lives as it brings together various organisations and all 29 GP practices in Renfr
Councillors will today make a decision on plans to rescue a historic ruin that was known for decades as the seat of the Rothes family and resembled Holyrood Palace in its heyday.
For the next edition of Our Housing Heritage, journalist and digital history specialist Chris Holme shares the story of how First World War servicemen came to reside in the rural village of Longniddry. Unlikely as it sounds, the Longniddry Piggery provided Britain’s first purpose-built homes f
Glasgow City Council was yesterday given an update on the progress of the Sighthill Transformational Regeneration Area (TRA) which noted the achievement of key milestones and looked forward to future projects within the TRA.
A digital consultation event is to give the public the chance to view and shape proposals for an ambitious residential-led mixed-use development in West Lothian.
Youth homelessness is almost invisible to the public therefore only true radical change can bring it to an end for good, writes Homeless Action Scotland.
