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Significant progress has been made on major infrastructure projects with affordable homes, transport links and schools delivered in the past six months, according to a series of new reports.

Work has officially begun in Leith to bring new homes for local people living with disabilities.

Dundee building services company McGill has unveiled plans to open an Aberdeen depot and made an appointment to its board of directors. McGill won deals for smoke detector contracts with Aberdeen-based Langstane and Castlehill housing associations worth £1.6m and also has a contract to re

Urban Union is celebrating after its Laurieston development has won the Excellence in Regeneration Award at the CIH Scotland Excellence Awards. The £140 million revitalisation project at Laurieston Living was commended for its informed design process, which took into consideration financi

The Labour Party has unveiled its plan to retrofit homes to the highest energy efficiency standards possible, create at least 18,500 direct and 16,600 indirect jobs in Scotland and give households a cash boost, while tackling the climate emergency.

Partners involved in exploring the feasibility of citizens basic income (CBI) pilots in Scotland have published an interim report into their findings. Fife, North Ayrshire, City of Edinburgh and Glasgow City councils are working together with NHS Health Scotland and the Improvement Service to explor

The number of Scottish workers earning less than the real Living Wage in Scotland has dropped by 13% in the last year, exceeding the decline seen across the UK as a whole (10%), according to analysis from KPMG. An estimated 380,000 people north of the border currently earn below the threshold of &po

Weslo Housing Management chief executive Mike Bruce has announced his plans to retire from the organisation he set up over 25 years ago. Along with three colleagues Mike set up Weslo Housing Management in 1994 in response to Scottish Homes Large-Scale Voluntary Transfer initiative.

Glasgow City Council has approved a plan which aims to potentially bring around £500 million of investment into the building of new affordable homes and improving the quality and condition of existing housing in the city.

Renfrewshire Council and its housing association partners are on target to deliver more than 1,000 affordable homes by 2021, according to the latest Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) report. The report highlights more than 300 affordable homes have been built since 2016 at developments in Lin

The CIH Scotland Excellence Awards saw Port of Leith Housing Association named the winner of the Excellence in Organisational Change Award for its 'Culture Club' programme.

Sheila Gunn, vice-chair of Wheatley Group, has joined the board of Scottish Building Society in a non-executive role. Ms Gunn has worked in legal practice for 23 years and was previously a partner at Shepherd & Wedderburn for 12 years.

Glasgow City Council has agreed to progress its plan to offer housing association tenants incentives to downsize so homeless families can move into large properties.

Scottish Churches Housing Action (SCHA) has welcomed Paul Bannon as its new finance manager. Making the announcement on Twitter, SCHA said it is "delighted he is part of our small team and look forward to his input".

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has completed its first Exemplar Estates initiative. The backcourt improvement programme in Lochgilphead is the first in a series of external environmental improvements across Argyll being taken forward by the association.