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Govan Housing Association’s community inclusion officer Ryan Davidson was named Tenant Participation Champion at the Tenant Information Service’s National Excellence Awards this month.

Housing associations in the Borders region are among a number of organisations to lend support for a local Men’s Shed. The growing Men’s Shed movement in the Borders offers men (and women) the opportunity to come together, pursue hobbies and share skills and experience.

The energy advice team at Hillcrest have found themselves doing battle with more than just fuel poverty – they’ve also been fending off the icy antics of their arch-nemesis Coldemorte, who is out to bring cold to the world. While fuel poverty is very much real, fortunately Coldemorte is

Hundreds of homes at Ferguslie Park in Paisley have been upgraded sustainably with high performance PVCu windows and doors manufactured and installed by CMS Window Systems. Properties at Ferguslie Park in Paisley

Wardell Armstrong’s landscape design team have been shortlisted for a Scottish Design Award in the Masterplanning/Landscaping: Public Realm category for their work on the Social Bite Village.

Works have commenced to create a new six-storey building containing 54 apartments on vacant land on Bell Street in Glasgow.

Aico, the UK’s market leader in mains powered domestic Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms, is pleased to be supporting South Lakes Housing (SLH) with its 3000 Series Alarms to provide protection to tenants across a range of properties, including blocks of flats and twelve sheltered housing schem

Complaints about care in Scotland have risen in the past four years, according to the Care Inspectorate.

Residential fire and carbon monoxide alarms provider Aico Ltd. has launched new Tenant Packs to help landlords raise awareness and emphasise how important it is to regularly test your fire and carbon monoxide alarms.

The Accounts Commission and the Auditor General are to undertake an audit into the provision of affordable housing in Scotland.

A coalition of charities has urged Serco to bring an end to its lock-change evictions of asylum seekers, days before the private housing provider is expected to enter the first premises in Glasgow, until the legality of the action is clarified in law.

Places for People has been cleared to start work later this year on the first phase of a vibrant new extension to the village of Longniddry after East Lothian Council approved detailed designs for 98 new homes.

LAR Housing Trust has teamed up with Carnoustie Links Development Ltd to lodge plans to build new affordable homes in Aberdeen.

Great communication is becoming increasingly important for all housing associations, particularly when consulting and engaging with tenants, customers and stakeholders. In recognition of the importance of high-quality communication, Kingdom has appointed its first communications and media officer, D

Students from Ecole du Renouvellement Urbain (School of Urban Renewal) in France paid a visit to Cassiltoun Housing Association as part of a study tour on July 4 and 5.