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Govanhill Housing Association has announced Collette Miller as its new director of people & corporate Services, effective from November.  Miller has over 15 years of experience in the social housing sector. As a partner in Harper Macleod's Public Sector & Housing Team, Miller has advise

Front (L-R): Dena Macleod (HHP chief executive), Calum Mackay (HHP chair), Duncan Macinnes (HHP board member & ward Councillor), Roddy Finlayson (CalMax), Sawan Morrison (HHP), Ryan Macsween (TIG) Back Row (L-R): Lorraine Graham (CNES), James Mackinnon (CalMax) (Kevin Poke HHP), Gordon Murray (w

Midlothian Council has approved an Application for Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSCs) to deliver the first new homes in the Bannock Wood neighbourhood near Bonnyrigg, Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has announced. 

Dundee has set out its plans for new-build affordable housing through its Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) 2027-2032, which discusses the priorities of the council and its partners for spending the Scottish Government’s Affordable Housing Supply Programme funding. 

Proposed investments to support Dundee City Council’s housing stock will be considered by councillors. 

Councillors will next week discuss a report which looks into the state of homelessness in Dundee and the council’s work to address it. 

A report is to be considered at the full meeting of East Lothian Council on 27 October, in which councillors will consider the findings of the recent consultation on draft Visitor Levy plans and agree the next phase of work.

HACT (Housing Associations' Charitable Trust) has launched Version 8 of the UK Social Housing Value Bank, HACT’s framework for measuring and understanding social value, with the version introducing the first-ever values for disabled people and primary school-aged children.

Communities will have greater prospects to have their say in influencing how Scotland's largest landholdings are managed under proposals which are now open for public consultation.

The UK government has been called on by the Scottish and Welsh governments to scrap welfare policies and proceed with plans to cut energy bills. 

Housing providers are seeing productivity gains and operational advantages from AI, but not many can clearly measure its financial impact, new research from Housemark has shown. 

Scottish Labour has said that Awaab’s Law has many gaps which could prompt families to face damp and mould in their temporary accommodation, with housing spokesperson Mark Griffin MSP calling for answers on plans to extend accommodation protections. 

A sod-cutting ceremony celebrated the beginning of construction on Taylor Wimpey West Scotland’s final homes in Bishopton, with the housebuilder and BAE Systems marking progress on the delivery of the Dargavel Village masterplan.  Attended by senior representatives from the two organisati

Wheatley’s £100 million plans for regeneration in north Glasgow have been approved by Glasgow City Council’s planning committee. The project will see the delivery of 401 new homes in Wyndford. 

CIH Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s push to improve building standards, but warned that plans for a Passivhaus-equivalent standard could undermine the delivery of social and affordable homes unless funding is increased.