The third quarter of 2018 has seen four new clients sign up to HUB Manager to oversee their asset management and SHQS/EESSH compliance process which takes the total number of assets under management to 33,000 and means that over 10% of all Registered Social Landlords in Scotland are now using HUB.
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North Lanarkshire Council has included recently approved additional projects to provide more, modern and affordable new homes for the region’s residents into its next Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) which has now been submitted to the Scottish Government. The SHIP for 2019-20/2023-24 aims
Albyn Housing Society has started work on its first ever affordable housing scheme in Ardgay, Sutherland, as part of its ambitious plan to build 750 affordable homes in the Highlands by 2020. Compass Building and Construction has been appointed as lead contractor at the Drovers Square development, a
The City of Edinburgh Council is to request that the Scottish Government conducts a review into the effectiveness of a rent pressure zone (RPZ) after a report found that the policy is not fit for purpose. Designed to cap any future increase in rent in a local authority area, RPZs became available as
Jim Strang A new presidential team has taken the helm at the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) after the new roles were officially approved at its Annual General Meeting in Glasgow yesterday.
(from left) Raymond Wright (Ogilvie Homes), Joanne Aitken (Kingdom Housing), Sean Whittet (Kingdom Housing), Barry Lees (Fairfield Housing), Garry Gannon (Ogilvie Homes), Michael Connolly (Ogilvie Homes) Kingdom Housing Association is ensuring that its construction projects in Perthshire are creatin
Architecture student Lina Khairy, housing minister Kevin Stewart and j' A communal garden on the former site of Aberdeen’s HMP Craiginches has given local residents a place to sit and ponder.
The search to find the brightest and best innovations to help people with disabilities has been launched by housing and care provider Blackwood. The Blackwood Design Awards are an annual celebration of cutting edge designs and adaptations which help people with disabilities live life independently.
CM2000's Brian Brown with with residents John and Sue Bury A pioneering new technology that’s being used by Loreburn Housing Association to prevent falls in elderly residents has been praised by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Ardenglen Housing Association’s hard working ‘Community Committee’ were praised this week after another two massively-successful Autumn events brimming with family fun. First they hosted an Autumn Fun Day timed to offer something for all the family during the October week school holiday.
MPs have called on the UK Government to urgently reassess its benefit sanctions regime after a new report found that the evidence that the policy is achieving its aims is at best mixed, and at worst showing a policy that appears “arbitrarily punitive”. A Benefit Sanctions report published by the
Clive Feeney (director of SPA), Julie Williams (community benefit officer at Wheatley Group), Mark Beaumont (Cyclist and SPA Awards host) More than 200 representatives from the Scottish public sector gathered to celebrate procurement excellence within the housing sector at the first ever Scottish Pr
(from left) Gary Dalziel FCIH, Elderpark Housing Association Ltd (who presented the award), Graeme Hamilton, Rhona Matthew, Scott McCover, Gayle Anderson, Jim Banks, Emily Forbes, Robin Nairn, Kirsty Campbell, Jenny Soley, Arlene Stuart (awards host) Highland-based registered social landlord Albyn H
Experts in urban planning and housing policy will today give evidence to a House of Lords committee as it continues its inquiry intergenerational fairness. The House of Lords Committee on Intergenerational Fairness will hold two evidence sessions hearing from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
Homelessness charity Cyrenians is marking the one year anniversary of its Homeless Navigator Project. The project provides advice and support to people sleeping rough in and around Edinburgh city as part of the charity’s work towards bringing an end to homelessness. In just twelve months, the proj