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A non-profit organisation which works with universities to study best practice has issued a call for evidence to housing associations, local authorities, housing charities or any other organisations for evaluations of housing interventions. What Works Centre for Wellbeing is carrying out a systemati

Fanchea Kelly A Stirling housing and care provider has been heavily praised by the Care Inspectorate after it received a five star review for its services.

Kevin Stewart The Scottish Government has published “clearer and more practical” advice for local authorities on how to manage unauthorised camping by Gypsy/Travellers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcDhOw1Ieg8&feature=youtu.be A Glenrothes care home has seen investment in a dementia friendly garden take shape as they get ready for planting in the spring.

(from left) Louise Dunn, marketing manager, CALA Homes (West); Andrew Duncan, senior land manager, CALA Homes (West); Gordon Craig, finance director, CALA Homes (West) and Liana Canavan, sales & marketing director, CALA Homes (West). Picture credit Martin Shields CALA Homes (West) has launched a

A new report on the potential impact of leaving the European Union on Scottish housing associations and co-operatives has found that 80% of respondents foresee a possible negative impact while 70% think Brexit will decrease the capacity of the construction workforce to deliver new homes. The key are

Successful reform of Scotland’s planning system will be crucial if the Scottish Government’s target of delivering 50,000 new affordable homes by the end of the current Scottish Parliament is to be met, CIH Scotland has said. Submitting its evidence to a Scottish Government consultation on the fu

Robert Black CBE (left) and the Reverend Richard Holloway – founder of Shelter Scotland and the only other honorary vice-president The former Auditor General for Scotland, Robert Black CBE, has been appointed as an honorary vice-president at Shelter Scotland.

Closed panels ready to be completed and delivered to the Stoneyburn site by CCG Construction has now started on the West Lothian Development Alliance development of 12 cottage flats for affordable rent in Stoneyburn.

Outside the dilapidated St Stephens Court care home Esh Border Construction has won a £1.5 million tender to transform a dilapidated Edinburgh care home into much-needed social housing.

Langstane Housing Association has taken steps to drive up customer satisfaction levels with the launch of its Customer Care Standards. The North East-based Association, which won the TPAS Scotland Tenant Participation Champion of the Year Award 2106 for its work on improving tenant participation, an

Commissioners (from left) Megan MacInnes, Prof David Adams, Andrew Thin, Bob McIntosh, Dr Sally Reynolds and Lorne MacLeod The new Scottish Land Commission has been formally established and started its work.

Plans for a mixed-use development that will include around 600 residential new homes and a small neighbourhood retail centre in Holytown, North Lanarkshire are to go on show at a public consultation event early next month. Murray Estates Ltd has lodged a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) with Nor

A former admin officer who embezzled £55,000 from Abbeyfield Scotland has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Lesley Mathison, 49, from Bo’ness, pled guilty previously at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to embezzling the cash between May 2011 and September 2013.

Mary on her 100th birthday with her card from the Queen A World War Two nurse with a passion for poetry has celebrated turning 100 at a Dunfermline retirement housing development.