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Garnethill Multicultural Centre, Comann Eachdraidh Eirsgeidh (Eriskay Historical Society) and a housing project in Arisaid are set to benefit from receiving a share of £1.3 million of funding from the Scottish Land Fund.

Blindwells has been approved as the name of East Lothian’s new settlement.

Christina Eley, community engagement officer for the Pocket Places campaign at Sustrans, discusses how four Scottish streets have one year and support from urban design experts to create and test new ideas to improve their street. Sustrans believes that streets should be shared equally by everyone t

CALA Homes (West) has donated a significant amount of toys to a national charity as part of an annual Christmas appeal.

Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) was today formally welcomed into Wheatley Group. Tenants across the region will begin to see the benefits of the new partnership – including additional investment in homes and a lower than planned rent increase - early in the new year.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has given a cautious welcome to housing statistics which reveal a 20% increase in new build housing association homes. The latest Quarterly Housing Statistics for Scotland found there were 664 more housing association homes completed over the ye

Link Group and Inverclyde Council have refuted calls for a social housing development on the former Ravenscraig Hospital site to be halted over claims that the land is contaminated.

The Highland Council, the largest employer in the Highlands, has achieved Living Wage accreditation. Highland Council, which employs just over 10,270 staff across the Highland area, also applies the living wage rate to apprentices. The accreditation means there is an ongoing commitment to encourage

Preventing homelessness will not be possible until the current system is replaced with a fairer, more effective and accessible one, according to charity Homeless Network Scotland. The charity works to end homelessness in Scotland and is warning that the current system is no longer fit for purpose, a

Clear Business has delivered a generous foodbank donation to Clydebank Housing Association (CHA) which will be passed onto West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare.

Dr Lisa Garnham from Glasgow Centre for Population Health and Dr Steve Rolfe from the University of Stirling give an overview of an evidence review exploring tenant participation in the private rented sector, which was funded by the CaCHE Knowledge Exchange Fund. 

Kingdom Housing Association is celebrating a double win after lifting two awards at the TPAS Scotland Good Practice Awards in St Andrews. The awards took place as part of the TPAS Scotland Annual Conference which was held at The Fairmont Hotel from the 4th-6th December.

The Cruden Group, one of Scotland’s largest development and construction companies, has donated £1,000 to Crisis in Scotland this Christmas. This latest donation demonstrates the group’s continued recognition of organisations that play a key role in tackling homelessness, with Crud

Father Christmas has a new set of addresses to add to his route this year as almost 100 people in Aberdeen’s newest community get ready to celebrate their first Christmas at Grandhome.

Merchant Homes has donated 200 fleeces to The Marie Trust in Glasgow to help the city’s most vulnerable people in the lead-up to Christmas. The family-owned housebuilder visited the local day centre with a supply of warm clothing to help those who are homeless and in need of extra support duri