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BoKlok UK, the sustainable, quality low-cost home provider, jointly owned by Skanska and IKEA, has announced a new innovative joint venture with affordable housing provider VIVID to deliver modular homes.

Air quality firm Purer Clean Air is backing calls for the introduction of an “Ella’s law” to help improve the health of people across the UK and protect those with conditions like asthma. Air quality was ruled to have played a role in the death of nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debr

Trust Housing has handed over keys to proud new tenants at a development at Townhead in Kirkintilloch.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has backed proposals from the Scottish Government that would allow social landlords to end the tenancies of those who commit domestic abuse.

The number of homeless applications and people in temporary accommodation reduced during November but rent arrears for local authority landlords increased, according to the Scottish Housing Regulator's latest monthly dashboard report. The report is designed to help the Scottish Government and social

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has highlighted the Scottish Government's confirmation that no updates to guidance affecting the social housing sector are planned to be published in advance of 26 December. SFHA confirmed this after it was announced that Mainland Scotland

West Granton Housing Co-operative (WGHC) has named David Mills as its new governance & compliance manager. This is a new position within WGHC following a recent restructuring of the Senior Management Team.

Trust Housing Association has been granted planning permission to build 42 flats in Wishaw’s Main Street.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and Clyde Valley Housing Association have confirmed that construction work is completed on 10 new affordable mid-Market rented homes which are located off Prospect Hill Road in Ravenscraig.

The Riverside Group Limited has completed a £150 million private bond issuance with Pricoa Private Capital. The private placement is split into two deferred issuances, with the first £50m Series A note issuance to be closed in March 2021, with a maturity in 2041; and the second £10

In an exclusive feature for Scottish Housing News, Stephen Tucker, Glasgow-based partner at planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore, outlines his strong opposition to the Scottish Government’s consultation on removing the presumption in favour of sustainable development. Over

Housing and care organisation Ark has revealed its commitment to the greater use of technology to support its customers by signing up to the national Technology Enabled Care in Housing (TECH) Charter. The move will see Ark continue its aim of becoming a future-focused organisation which aims to

In order to help spread a little Christmas cheer, Dalkeith-based Melville Housing Association has made a £3,000 donation to local charities. Spread across Midlothian, the six organisations to benefit from £500 each are Dalkeith Storehouse, Mayfield and Easthouses Development Trust (MAEDT

Residents in a Paisley high rise are being given a major well-being boost thanks to a donation of £10,000 from an innovative community benefit fund.

A pensioner suffering from Arthritis has raised £160 for a local hospice and spread festive cheer by making and selling miniature Christmas trees. Janet McCallum has raised funds for Strathcarron Hospice who helped treat her husband Duncan while he suffered from cancer.