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Dandara Living Forbes Place team (from left) Mandy Anderson, Chloe Howle, Emma Higgins and James Mitchell Residents at Dandara Living’s Forbes Place apartment scheme in Aberdeen have awarded the development a 100% customer satisfaction rating in a recent survey.

Shelter Scotland Morningside shop manager Tony Foster with some of Lee Westwood’s donations Former world number one golfer and 7-time winner of the Ryder Cup with the European team – more than any other player – Lee Westwood has donated thousands of pounds worth of personal memorabilia, golfin

The Scottish Parliament has given majority backing for proposals to bring forward energy efficiency targets by a decade. Following the publication of the Energy Efficient Scotland Route Map earlier this month, which details plans for making all buildings warmer and greener, the Scottish Government m

Households renting in the private and social sectors have been severely affected by UK government welfare policies, according to a new report. The Impact of UK Welfare Policy on Housing report highlights the negative effect of Universal Credit on both tenants and landlords, due to the major increase

Bailie Josephine Doherty (left) and Gillian Lavety from Sanctuary homes with, Matthew Lee, Daisy Luczaj, Thomas Rawson and Una Sinclair with their artwork at the site of the former Victoria infirmary in Glasgow Pupils in Glasgow have created works of art to mark the anniversary of the historic local

Cairn Housing Association is moving its Edinburgh headquarters to Hopetoun Street as it continues its programme of modernisation and overhead cost reductions. Changing beyond recognition in recent years, Cairn has embraced modern ways of working with flexible working, family friendly policies and a

A team of Kingdom Housing Association staff played a badminton tournament against a team from Hillcrest and helped raise money for Kingdom’s nominated charity, Epilepsy Scotland. The games took place over three hours in Glenrothes with a lot of friendly competitive banter displayed between the tea

Bill Banks, Kingdom Group chief executive, Andrew Latto, Kingdom’s head of human resources and the four trainees from the 2016 intake Kingdom Housing Association, which recently won a Fife Business Award in the ‘Developing Young Workforce’ category, is to continue its Trainee Programme for the

A 150-year-old seminary in Stornoway could be converted into a block of flats under newly unveiled plans. The Press & Journal has reported that Lewis Builders plans to convert the B-listed Lady Matheson Seminary into six flats to provide “much needed” social housing in the town.

Standing Stone on Ulva (Image: Rob Farrow) The community of the Isle of Ulva and neighbouring North West Mull have successfully concluded negotiations for the purchase of Ulva Estate.

Bailie John Kane officially opening the refurbishment Bailie John Kane visited Elderpark Housing last week to officially open the refurbishment of four blocks of flats in Glasgow’s Crossloan Road.

Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA) has secured a £70 million Private Placement deal with Canada Life to support the delivery of 700 new homes across Lanarkshire for social rent. CVHA has an outstanding track record in working with its partner local authorities and developers, delivering sustai

Social housing landlords will be able to make their properties more energy efficient after the Scottish Government unveiled a £3.5 million decarbonisation fund. Local authorities and housing associations will be able to use the fund on projects that improve energy efficiency and decarbonise heating

Dumfries and Galloway-based Loreburn Housing Association has become the first social landlord in Scotland to adopt new wearable technology that predicts the potential risk of falling for its sheltered housing customers. With falls currently costing the NHS in Scotland almost half a million pounds a

Scotland’s disabled people are being failed by government policy and local government inaction, which leaves thousands with no decent home to live in, according to an Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) inquiry into disabled people’s housing. By failing to build homes which are accessibl