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A £5 million fund will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying rent during the coronavirus crisis.

More than 20 new could be built on the site of a former nursing home under newly lodged plans from Maryhill Housing Association. The Association wants to build 22 homes on the land at Rothes Drive where Ferguson Anderson House, a nursing home for the elderly, stood until it was demolished in 2018.

Duncan Smith, who works in the social housing sector, has contributed this piece as part of his quest for more information about housing architect George Gibson. Several years ago, just after starting my current job, I undertook some research on the properties we were refurbishing at the time. I fou

Housing charity LAR has welcomed a debate that highlights the need for more organisations to copy its loan-funding model to develop good quality affordable rented accommodation in Scotland. LAR was very interested to read ideas put forward by think tank Common Weal in Scottish Housing News calling f

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has updated its COVID-19 briefing on service delivery to include updates on key worker testing, allocations and links to external sources. The new templates include a sample telephone questionnaire and a contactless lettings protocol.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has received £73k from the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities Fund to continue to deliver vital support services to their most vulnerable tenants. The funding will support WSHA to expand the delivery of a comprehensive package of supp

Sectors such as construction, retail and manufacturing will be given "particular consideration" when the Scottish Government begins to decide how to ease the restrictions of the coronavirus lockdown, the First Minister has said.

Building services contractor McGill has won a £400,000 contract and been appointed to a £3.6 million framework to deliver upgrades to fire alarms. In response to new government legislation introduced after the Grenfell disaster, all properties in Scotland must meet higher standards in re

The Royal Scotland Academy has selected Home Group Scotland’s Ashtree Road development in Glasgow for its Annual Exhibition this year.

Cunninghame Housing Association (CHA) has donated £10,000 to North Ayrshire Foodbank (NAF) following a request for financial support.

A generous donation of 60 bottles of hand sanitiser from a whisky distiller will help keep Queens Cross Housing Association staff safe and community services running during the COVID crisis.

Angus Council has decided to drop the implementation of safety sprinkler systems in some of its new housing after the council agreed a partial switch to 'off-the-shelf' properties to boost its stock.

Housebuilder CALA Homes (West) is gifting £2,000 to Social Bite earlier than planned as part of a ‘roof donation’ scheme at its Prince’s Quay development in Glasgow. As part of the charity partnership between CALA Homes and Social Bite which kicked off ear

Up to 750,000 people in Scotland could be enrolled in the Jobs Retention Scheme (furloughed) this quarter and a further 150,000 jobs could be lost as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, according to new analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

The second phase of coronavirus support for small Scottish businesses, which extends grant support to all subsequent eligible properties, is now open for applications. The next stage of the Small Business Grant scheme ensures that - in addition to existing grants of £10,000 or £25,000 fo