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Tenants in Aberdeen and Stirling will be among the first in the country to benefit from next-generation digital connectivity thanks to a partnership between a group of social housing providers and full fibre infrastructure provider CityFibre.

North Lanarkshire Council is to establish a fund to help tenants who find themselves falling into arrears due to a built-in-waiting time for Universal Credit payments to be processed and paid.

Communities secretary Aileen Campbell visited Fraser Avenue in Inverkeithing yesterday to see what lessons can be learnt from the major suburban infill project by Kingdom Housing Association and 7N Architects as part of the Scottish Government’s Housing 2040 workshops with Architecture &

Housebuilder Cruden Homes is supporting this year’s Scottish Housing Day by making a donation of £100 to Shelter Scotland for every new home that is reserved this weekend.

CIH Scotland has appointed Donna Bogdanovic from Scottish Borders Council to its board. Ms Bogdanovic is a qualified planner who began her professional career as a planning and economic development consultant in Glasgow. She is currently the principal officer for housing strategy, policy and develop

LinkLiving has announced the appointment of Sheena Stone to the new position of head of fundraising. The health and wellbeing charity supports people to overcome the negative impacts on their lives of ill-health, trauma, inequality and isolation.

Peterhead’s affordable housing stock received a significant boost this week with the official launch of 23 new homes by Osprey Housing Group. The nine two-bedroom flats and 14 three-bedroom houses in Lingbank Close in the town’s Upper Grange area were officially opened by housing ministe

Highland Housing Alliance has handed over keys to tenants at a new development marking the completion of another successful mixed-tenure development in Inverness.

The CCG Group and Linthouse Housing Association are to embark on a third phase of planned renewal works to properties in Govan. The work will take the number of properties that have received upgrades to approximately 450 since early 2018.

The Chartered Institute of Housing has confirmed the appointment of Justin Cartwright CertCIH as national director for Northern Ireland. Australian-born Justin joined CIH in October 2013 and for the last five years has been CIH policy manager, based at its office in Belfast.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has updated its engagement plans for Cairn Housing Association and Pentland Housing Association following the announcement of a transfer agreement last month.

Barrhead Housing Association is to hold an event to celebrate Scottish Housing Day.

Glasgow has been officially named as host for the United Nations climate talks in November 2020.

Age Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to tackle loneliness as a public health crisis as a priority after new figures revealed that around 282,000 older Scots feel lonely some or most of the time.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has voiced concerns that around 9,000 fewer households in Scotland claimed Council Tax Reduction (CTR) in the past year.