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(from left) Minister Kevin Stewart, resident Anne Deighan, Cruden managing director Allan Callaghan, chair of RCH Board, Jillian Moffat and local MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Stuart McMillan MSP Kevin Stewart, minister for local government, housing and planning, visited Slaemuir in Port Glasgow

The Highland Council is to invest over £8 million into carrying out improvements to its housing stock in the Inverness area. At yesterday’s meeting of the City of Inverness Area Committee, councillors agreed a two year Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme that will see £8,002,023 spent on m

East Dunbartonshire Council has agreed to increase the capital budget for its open market purchase scheme from £1.33 million to up to £3.9m for 2018/19. The decision supports Priority 1 of the council’s Local Housing Strategy which is to enable a suitable, efficient and affordable supply of hous

Councillors in South Ayrshire will be asked next week to give the green light to a consultation with tenants on the future of the three high-rise blocks of flats at Riverside Place in Ayr. The proposal will be put to councillors when they consider the findings of a structural survey of the buildings

Caledonia Housing Association has awarded Sidey a £488,000 building improvements contract for work at its Harestanes properties in Kirkintilloch. The work will be carried out to 94 properties, marking the start of Caledonia’s property improvement plans for the former Antonine Housing Association

Lanarkshire Housing Association has announced the re-launch of its website at www.lanarkshireha.com which it said features a much more modern look and appearance and can showcase the services provided more effectively to stakeholders. The new site was designed by Kiswebs Ltd which specialise in webs

Future Skills Inverclyde has launched a brand new budgeting service for residents of Inverclyde called Total Money Makeover which looks at practical ways to save money. The advice given is tailored to individual needs, regardless of income. The scheme can also benefit Universal Credit claimants who

Some of the dancers at the Maryhill event Maryhill Housing has celebrated its multi-cultural communities with a family fun event.

Representatives of the UK and Scottish governments joined four local council leaders and business and academic chiefs in Perth yesterday to formally sign the £700 million Tay Cities Region Deal. Officially agreed at a ceremony at Perth & Kinross Council’s HQ this morning after months of negot

Community ownership should become a normal and realistic option for communities to acquire land and assets, according to recommendations in a new report published today. Prepared for ministers by the Scottish Land Commission, the report follows a review of existing community right to buy mechanisms

The UK Government’s target of installing smart meters in every home by 2020 will not be met with the cost of the rollout likely escalate beyond initial expectations, according to the spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) said today that the Department for Business, Energy and Industri

Energy regulator Ofgem has launched an investigation into Borders electricity and gas supplier Spark Energy over non-payment of money due under the UK Government’s renewables obligation schemes. Under the schemes, suppliers who do not source the required proportion of electricity from renewable so

Billions of pounds may be needed to maintain tenement buildings throughout Glasgow after a new report revealed that thousands of blocks are in ‘critical disrepair’. According to the report, around 46,600 tenement flats, which were built before 1919, have been deemed dangerous and need structural

A household lost their home every 18 minutes in Scotland last year and homelessness applications rose for the first time in nine years, a new report has found. New analysis from Shelter Scotland revealed that around 43,000 people, including children, became homeless in the last year.

(from left) McTaggart Construction managing director, Gary Climson; Maureen Cope MBE, chair of Ardenglen Housing Association and Audrey Simpson, chief executive of Ardenglen Work to deliver £3.6 million worth of much-needed new homes for families in Castlemilk is now underway.