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Ahead of next month’s Scottish Parliament election, East Kilbride Housing Association (EKHA) is calling on Scotland’s political parties to support investment in the social housing sector in order to kick-start the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The Associati

Political parties should commit to building a green recovery and creating thousands of sustainable jobs across Scotland through a major home retrofit programme, according to the Existing Homes Alliance Scotland.

A public consultation is underway on a proposal from Midlothian Council to submit a planning application for a new development providing community, health and housing support services in Bonnyrigg.

One of Scotland’s largest residential developments will soon be offering much-needed new affordable housing for residents in East Lothian. Cruden Homes will start on site this month at Blindwells, where it will deliver 60 new affordable homes on behalf of East Lothian Council, following the la

Tributes have been paid to Murdostoun councillor Robert McKendrick, who died suddenly on Friday April 9. Councillor McKendrick was a tireless local champion for his ward. First elected to the council in 2007 as an Independent member, he served with distinction on a significant number of committees i

Jean Simpson, a Viewpoint tenant at Inverleith Gardens, has retired after ten and a half years’ service as a board member. Jean, who previously worked as a co-ordinator with Viewpoint, moved to Inverleith Gardens in 2006 and was the first tenant to become a board member.

Abbeyfield Scotland has welcomed occupational therapy students Rebecca McVeigh and Caoimhe Curran from Queen Margaret University on placement for ten weeks. The first time the housing association has had occupational therapy students, it is hoped the innovative project will bring many health be

Two new recruits to Linstone Housing's estates team are helping the effort to keep communities in Johnstone and Linwood looking good. Linstone Housing has appointed two more estates staff in its ongoing drive to keep areas where it has its homes in tip-top condition.

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership wants to hear from third sector organisations with their thoughts on if and how they can use empty homes to help to meet their housing objectives. The Partnership has launched a short survey that will take 5-10 minutes to complete and seeks to find out whether or

Progressive think tank IPPR Scotland has today published new research calling for significant changes to council tax to help pay for Scotland’s Covid recovery.

Scottish Greens have pledged to give councils more powers to improve local services and bring vacant properties back into use. The party wants local authorities to be given more support to take bus companies in-house and introduce local taxation reforms. Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie

A former farmhouse in the south of Edinburgh has been identified as a possible location for a new form of co-operative housing. Comiston Farmhouse - currently for sale by the City of Edinburgh Council - is to be bid for by a spin-off to a local cohousing group, Cohousing in Southern Scotland (CHOISS

CCG Homes has secured planning permission for a housing development at the former Calderwood Lodge Primary School in Newlands.

Winchburgh Developments Limited has confirmed the landscape works have commenced on the Auldcathie District Park and that Perth-based Allison Enterprises has been awarded the contract for the landscaping of work on Phase One of the project which is due to open late summer 2021.

DTL Creative, an Edinburgh-based social housing IT and technology consultancy, has been shortlisted for an award at the Northern Housing Awards. The company is in the running for the category of Consultancy of the Year.