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A community vote into how Partick Housing Association was to distribute a grant to projects which will benefit people living in the local area has come to a close. In October, the Association was successful in securing a £20,000 grant from the Scottish Government’s Community Choices Fund; one of

Castlehill Housing Association tenant Colin Stewart has won Tenant Champion of the Year award at the Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland National Good Practice Awards 2018, which were held in Aviemore last month.

Residents at a Hanover (Scotland) sheltered housing complex in Inverurie are celebrating after their garden received a makeover following a £10,000 lottery grant and help from people in the local community. Tenants at Hanover Court were originally inspired to revitalise the development’s garden a

Cube Housing Association’s Broomhill estate in Glasgow has been given a five-star award by environmental experts at Keep Scotland Beautiful. They carried out an inspection of the high-rise blocks, tenements and open space in the area over the summer.

A new village with more than a thousand homes is being planned for a site between Dalmahoy and Ratho. Investors Inverdunning and planning consultant Clarendon intend to bring forward a masterplan for between 1,200 and 1,500 new homes and local facilities at Hatton Village on the A71.

Falkirk Council has submitted plans to deliver 24 new flats for social rent on the site of the former Torwood Primary School in Larbert. Intended to serve as a southern ‘gateway’ into the village, the development will include four blocks of terraced accommodation set in a courtyard style.

Housing association Thirteen Homes has acquired a construction company to bolster its commitment to delivering high quality housing throughout the North of England. Employing around 50 people, Hartlepool-based Gus Robinson Developments Limited delivers a wide range of construction and building servi

Nick Hankey, chief operating officer for SafeDeposits Scotland, Victoria Smith, operations manager at SafeDeposits Scotland, and Daryl McIntosh, strategic development manager at Propertymark Scotland and Northern Ireland with (from left) Nick Hankey; Fraser Johnston; Carol Bradburn; Daryl McIntosh;

Renfrewshire Food Bank will receive £30,000 funding to reduce the impact of Universal Credit after councillors agreed to a new three-year financial assistance plan. The funding follows the introduction of Universal Credit in Renfrewshire in September 2018.

Energy Assets Utilities is playing a key role in ensuring that the 2,200 new homes planned for a major development in Wallyford will be at the leading edge of the digital revolution sweeping across the residential new build sector. The firm has been responsible for laying the conventional gas, elect

The Scottish Housing Regulator’s decision to appoint a manager and five members to the governing body of Thistle Housing Association has been upheld by an appeal panel. The Regulator used its statutory powers to make the appointments in August this year after an independent review identified failu

A quarter of households are still struggling with fuel poverty as new Scottish Government statistics revealed no real progress over the last 12 months. The new figures revealed a small fall in fuel poverty rates between 2016 and 2017, with a drop from 26.5% (649,000 households) to 24.9% (613,000 hou

More than 6,000 children from across Scotland face being homeless this Christmas, the highest number in ten years, according to new figures. Statistics from Shelter Scotland show that 6615 children will be classed as homeless, the fourth year in a row the number has risen.

Plans for Landressy Place - image credit John Gilbert Architects Plans have been submitted for a new housing development in the East End of Glasgow that aims to combat dementia, depression and a lack of exercise in the over-55 age group.

Maryhill Housing Association's proposals for the flats - image credit Elder and Cannon Architects Maryhill Housing Association has submitted a planning application for 65 flats.