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Kingdom Housing Association has marked its 40th anniversary with a visit by board members, tenants, management, staff reps and other stakeholders and partners to on-site building projects in Ballingry and Perth that will deliver 150 homes for social rent. Kingdom was registered as a housing associat

A new Fife Council affordable homes development at the former Burntisland Primary School has been awarded a gold certificate in the Secure By Design Award by Police Scotland. The police ‘Secured by Design’ (SBD) scheme, brings together police, landowners, housing associations, local coun

Scotland’s renewable electricity output soared in the first half of the year to provide enough energy to power all homes from across Scotland and north of England, according to new figures.

McGill Homes’ plan to convert a Grade B listed building on Dundee’s waterfront into residential properties has moved forward with the submission of a formal application.

A petition has been lodged in the Scottish Parliament to ensure crafting tenancies are exempt from local authority financial assessments for care charges.

Regeneration company Urban Union is ensuring children can enjoy the most important meal of the day by supporting a summer breakfast club run in North Edinburgh. The housebuilder is working with Muirhouse Library to provide a nutritious breakfast Monday-Saturday, 10.30-11.30am, throughout the summer

Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) has confirmed that it will progress plans to form a constitutional partnership with Wheatley Group. Earlier this year DGHP invited expressions of interest from other housing organisations to form a partnership and three submissions were considered.

Eildon Housing Association has secured a £40 million private placement deal with the Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), the major investor’s first private placement with a Scottish housing association.

A draft vision of how Scotland’s housing system should look and feel in 2040 has been published by the Scottish Government ahead of a formal consultation in the autumn.

A pilot scheme to transfer working tax credit claimants to Universal Credit should not proceed until there is more clarity around what it will mean for those affected, a Scottish Parliament committee has warned. MSPs on Holyrood’s social security committee called on the Department for Work and

The first planning application for over 500 homes in the new masterplanned neighbourhood of Findrassie has received consent from Moray Council, enabling the sale of its first phase to Barratt Homes to complete this week.

Plans have been lodged to build 32 homes on the site of a former Dundee school on behalf of Angus Housing Association. Located on the north side of Fintry Terrace, the site was formerly occupied by the former Longhaugh Primary School which was demolished in March 2019.

A law designed to protect the deposits of private tenants across Scotland has been breached by more than 200 landlords in the last 18 months, new figures have revealed.

Highland Housing Alliance has handed over the final phase of seven new homes at Balgate Mill to the Highland Council.

Concerns about homelessness and poverty affect half of all children in the UK according to a new survey.