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Argyll and Bute-based housing association Fyne Homes Limited has welcomed a £10 million funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to refinance existing loans and enable future growth plans within the business.

Housebuilder Springfield Properties has commenced construction on the first phase of 114 affordable homes in Dalmarnock for West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA).  

The results of a survey undertaken by Grampian Housing Association show the huge and long-lasting effects COVID-19 has had on many of its tenants and their families. Responses from 43% or 1,136 of tenants provide headline survey results which demonstrate this significant impact on households particu

Students will be empowered to form tenants' unions and protected from unfair housing practices under new proposals unveiled by Scottish Labour.

Over a million homes in Scotland need to be upgraded to low carbon heating by 2030 to ensure the Scottish Government meets its statutory climate change targets, according to an updated plan published yesterday. The Climate Change Plan 2018 – 2032, which has been updated to reflect th

Following the publication of the Scottish Government's Climate Change Plan update, communities secretary Aileen Campbell reflects on progress so far, and opportunities to build a greener future as part of Housing to 2040 plans. Housing policy has a vital role to play in achieving many

Trust Housing Association is rolling out the delivery of 90 iPads to tenants in 13 local authority areas who are struggling with the effects of isolation.

The pandemic has forced us all to consider alternative ways of communicating and engaging with family, friends and colleagues and the same is true for Fife Housing Group’s Resident VOICES scrutiny panel.

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) is hoping to spread a bit of cheer this Christmas, with a donation to the Cash for Kids Mission Christmas Appeal. (from left) Dizzy White, charity manager, Cash for Kids; Barry Wood, financial support worker, SBHA; Tommy Williamson, neighbou

A Santa impersonator in the form of Argyll Community Housing Association's Alastair MacGregor dropped in on Valerie Weight from Oban with a surprise Christmas hamper. Every year ACHA does a draw for four hampers for ACHA members who are £1 shareholders in the charity.

The City of Edinburgh Council has approved proposals for 126 new energy-efficient homes on the site of a former care home in Corstorphine. Artisan Real Estate’s Rowanbank Gardens site brings together a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments on the site of the former Gylemuir Care Ho

Stirling Council’s annual housing rent consultation is now open for tenants to share their views on rent levels for 2021/22. The survey seeks to gather people’s views on potential rent increase options for the coming financial year, helping tenants inform councillors’ decisions wh

A £700 million programme that will boost economic prosperity across Tayside and north-east Fife was confirmed today with the formal signing of the Tay Cities Region Deal.

The first residents have been welcomed to Clydebank’s new £14.092 million state-of-the-art care facility at Queens Quay House. In line with coronavirus restrictions, residents from Mount Pleasant House and Frank Downie House moved in over a two day period, and will remain within the

A total of 1,057 affordable housing supply homes completed in the latest quarter, July to September 2020, an increase of 860 homes on the 197 completions in the previous quarter, April to June 2020. According to the latest statistics released by Scotland's chief statistician, there were about half t