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A judicial review of Glasgow City Council's homelessness strategy is unlikely to result in meaningful change, solicitors have said. Shelter Scotland is preparing to take the city's council to court unless it ends the practice of “unlawfully” denying homeless people temporary accommodatio

Celebrations continue at Kingdom Housing Association during its 40th Anniversary year with news that the Kingdom Group has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working across the Kingdom Group receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.00, significan

Cunninghame Housing Association (CHA) has marked the completion of phase 1 of its first new homes build in Gretna. The new build project has taken place at the former Halcrow Greyhound Stadium. The site will accommodate 90 houses, with phase 1 providing 47 new homes, phase 2 delivering 43 and phase

Port of Leith Housing Association is staging a community bake-off as part of its Annual General Meeting. Named 'Leith's Big Bake Off', the event next month will have contestants comprising of tenants, locals, members of the Association and independent bakeries in Leith.

CIH Scotland’s policy and practice manager Ashley Campbell, outlines a new framework, developed in partnership with CIH Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s ihub and Alzheimer Scotland, which aims to help housing organisations record the work they are already doing to support peop

In this new interview for CIH Scotland, George Walker, chair of the Scottish Housing Regulator, offers his thoughts on the new regulatory framework for social housing which came into force in April 2019. Q1. Can you explain to our members what you see as the main changes, challenges and opportunitie

Total Homes Co-operative, a new Scottish social enterprise, has been shortlisted for four awards within just a few weeks. As a coalition of reuse and recycling organisations, the Total Homes Co-operative members work together to collect, recycle, upcycle and reuse furniture and household goods withi

Miller Homes has announced its interim results today as the housebuilder prepares to consult on plans to deliver more than 200 homes on a former university campus on the outskirts of Barrhead. Planning permission is being sought to create 233 homes on the University of the West of Scotland’s T

A master's student at the Heriot-Watt School of Textiles and Design has designed a clothing range to help people sleeping rough.  Titled 'The Homely Pack', the project by Dundee-based Callum Donnan includes a selection of multi-functional clothing items intended to protect homele

West Dunbartonshire Council will today consider the development of a short-stay site to accommodate additional members of the Gypsy/Traveller community during the summer months.

Thenue Housing has unveiled who is to be its next head of property services. Eleanor Derbyshire has been appointed succeeding Beth Reilly who retires at the end of August after 28 years.

The Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has announced five new members to its board following its AGM at the end of last week. Eight candidates were standing for seven available places with the current chair Helen Moore from Reidvale Housing Association and vice-chair C

Southside Housing Association has received £537,215 in funding from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) for a green space development project in Cardonald. During a community event at Queensland Court and Gardens, local residents and representatives from Scottish National Heritage, which manages t

Eildon Housing Association has launched a brand-new fleet of electric vehicles. 

Elderpark Housing Association has provided brand new football strips to Elderpark Football Club. The team of young footballers in Govan were supplied with a new strip bearing the Elderpark Housing name, as the Association sponsored the club for another year.