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Loreburn Housing Association marked the completion of 75 new homes at Heathhall, Dumfries with a small-scale open event last week. The new homes, a mix of one, two, three and four-bedroom properties, provide a range of wheelchair-accessible bungalows, amenity bungalows and general needs housing and

A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in Scotland paints a bleak picture of a nation in crisis mode after the fiercest attack on our standard of living in a lifetime. The report, which includes heart-breaking testimonies from thousands of families struggling to come to terms with the exte

Social housing tenants have a statutory right to have a say in the running of their homes, but what does that mean in practice? TPAS Scotland has been providing support in this very field for over 40 years and has launched a new campaign to help housing organisations and tenants to build better rela

A corporate landlord that was refused an award of £950 for the repair of a door damaged by police officers executing a drugs search warrant has successfully had the decision re-made by the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. Umali Ltd had been awarded £4,338.60 for rent arrears and other damage

Plans to deliver almost one thousand new affordable homes for Argyll and Bute over the next five years received full support at a council meeting today. The decision to approve the plan means there is potential to deliver 247 affordable homes this year and more than 750 units in the coming years.

Plans have now been submitted for a £100 million redevelopment of the former Scottish Widows headquarters in Edinburgh. Schroders Capital Real Estate hopes to open up the site to allow the development of a new residential quarter. A total of 194 flats – 35% of them affordable &

A former care home in Glasgow that has lain derelict since 2013 is the subject of an application to transform the property into 18 new apartments. Under the proposal by Regina Developments, the former Queen Mary Eventide Home in the Queens Park area would be converted into a car-free

The housing regulator in England has issued a regulatory notice to a housing association that was found to have overcharged residents nearly £3 million for rent over a period of ten years. The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) concluded this week that Beyond Housing Limited, which op

Lar Housing Trust has appointed housing infrastructure specialist Christa Reekie as a trustee. Ms Reekie has joins the housing charity after a long and distinguished career as a projects partner at Burness and then at Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), where she held the posts of commercial director and

The City of Edinburgh Council’s Regulatory Committee has agreed a new licensing scheme which includes additional controls for short-term lets for properties used as secondary letting within a tenement or shared main door property. The licencing scheme will allow the authority to restrict tenem

Moray Council has found and agreed on £3.6 million in recurring and one-off savings, in order to reduce pressure this year’s budget and better prepare for future years. Savings were made on removing existing vacancies within financial services, education, property services, internal

The social housing sector provides one of the most important protections from poverty in Scotland, attendees at the 47th AGM of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) heard this week as its members reflected on the successes and challenges of 2021/22. Members also heard how, during t

Sanctuary Group and Swan Housing Association are in discussions to enter into a potential business combination. Any future agreement will be subject to detailed due diligence and the approval of boards of both organisations.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has responded to suggestions that the UK Government will not uprate benefits in line with inflation, saying the move would be 'absolutely catastrophic for the poorest and most vulnerable in the UK. Commenting on the suggestion by his junior Treasury Secretary Chris Phi

A public consultation is set to launch offering Dunfermline residents the chance to voice their opinions on proposals for 70 new homes in the area. Campion Homes is behind the affordable housing development which is set to be located on the site of a former council depot on Elgin Street, next to the