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People who do not have access to a bank account pay an extra £485 a year for everyday bills and services, it has been revealed. The finding comes from research carried out by digital current account provider Pockit, which showed that more than 1.2 million Britons still do not have a bank

A new affordable housing development which will inject 67 good quality affordable homes into the city’s housing stock has been officially opened by minister for local government, housing and planning Kevin Stewart MSP. Constructed by Stewart Milne on behalf of Hillcrest, the development at Cou

Linthouse Housing Association has completed work to deliver a multi-million-pound housing improvement contract in Govan. Glasgow-based construction specialist CCG (Scotland) Ltd has been operational at Hutton Drive since early 2018 acting as main contractor where comprehensive tenement improvements

A social housing development in Dundee has been given the green light despite the application not being in accordance with the local development plan. The development by Home Group will see 45 new homes in the Mill o’ Mains area of the city.

Cordale Housing Association has achieved the Customer Service Excellence Standard Hallmark in recognition for meeting the needs of its tenants. The Customer Service Excellence is a highly regarded quality framework that supports the delivery of services that meet individual needs and preferences.

The Fife village of Saline has recognised its popular former minister by naming a street after him in the latest Kingdom Housing Association project where 55 new homes have been built in a £7 million project. The local community overwhelmingly voted to honour the late Reverend Alexander '

Families across Dundee, Angus, Fife, Perth and Kinross and Edinburgh were given a welcome boost this Easter thanks to Hillcrest Housing Association and Thorntons Solicitors. Colleagues and the general public have been donating Easter eggs and chocolates to be gifted to families through local foodban

The ability to feel “at home” has a significant impact on people’s health and wellbeing, an academic study has found. Experts at the University of Stirling, who studied 75 tenants living in rented properties in Glasgow over a year, concluded that being able to settle in to a new te

Campaigners on the island of Arran hope to be the first community organisation in Scotland to use government funds to build dozens of affordable homes for local workers. The Arran Economic Group (AEG) wants to develop dozens of homes on the island that will be allocated according to economic rather

A former Robertson Homes employee has been welcomed back and given the top job in the North region. Tim Metcalfe spent twelve years at the firm before a brief sojourn elsewhere.

Glasgow’s first significant city centre build-to-rent (BTR) housing development will be delivered in the heart of Merchant City this summer. Property investment, letting and management specialist Tay Letting has been appointed to market the Candleriggs Court development.

Mike Bruce suggests an alternative headline for Scottish Housing News, and offers an informative look at the question of board remuneration in the process. Reading the recent article in which Kelly Adams of RSM considers the question of payment for board members in our sector, I was struck by just h

The link between housing and health will be underlined by leading academic and former chief medical officer for Scotland, Prof. Sir Harry Burns, who has been confirmed as a new speaker at ‘Ramping Up’, the Housing First Scotland Conference, on 22 May in Edinburgh. Health’s relation

The Investors in People (IIP) accreditation for Manor Estates Housing Association has been updated from Silver to Gold following a rigorous assessment process. Assessed as meriting Silver status in 2016, the Association and its staff have worked hard to further develop engagement practices, career a

West Dunbartonshire-based social landlord Clydebank Housing Association (CHA) is to host a ‘smart heat’ knowledge sharing conference in June. The latest in the Smart Social Housing series of events, ‘Making Sense of Sensors’ will focus on the rise of smart heating and web ena