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An exhibition of mind-bending photographic illusions created by young people who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, opens in Edinburgh just before Christmas. The Power of Perspective features a host of striking images that play with perceptions and perspectives – with shadow people

Aaliya Seyal has been appointed chief executive of the Legal Services Agency (LSA). Ms Seyal takes from interim chief executive Ronald Franks and brings over 17 years’ experience in leading voluntary sector organisations.

Festive cheer and Christmas magic filled Hillcrest Futures’ activities hub in the Hilltown earlier this week when adults supported with learning disabilities and autism visited Santa’s grotto. The inclusive grotto was devised by the Dundee-based charity to allow individual

Springfield Properties’ 3,042-home ‘village’ development at Durieshill, Stirling, has been granted planning consent.

A new national pilot scheme which aims to help thousands of first-time buyers with the deposit for a new home has opened for applications.

An independent review into the effectiveness of customer care measures and processes at Persimmon has revealed issues with fire prevention measures and “poor workmanship” on its properties.

A newly-published equalities statement has outlined how the Scottish Housing Regulator will meet its duties and its requirements of social landlords. The statement shows what the Regulator has done to promote equality, and its objectives for the future, which the Regulator said will help focus its e

Councillors have approved plans by Swan Group for 100 new affordable homes in Royston, in the north of Glasgow. The development was given the go-ahead by Glasgow City Council in October 2019, after Swan Group agreed to purchase the site, subject to planning approval.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has written to housing associations regarding its plans to ensure landlords receive direct payment of housing costs at the same time as tenants receive their Universal Credit payment.

CCG Asset Management, the planned maintenance division of the CCG Group, will commence its final contract of 2019 with Yoker Housing Association this December with the replacement of bathrooms. Located across various addresses in the west-Glasgow region, a total of 80 properties are to benefit from

North Ayrshire Council has been congratulated for its outstanding efforts to bring empty homes back into use. The council’s private sector team was honoured by Shelter Scotland for its work in breathing new life into disused properties.

Children from Dairsie Primary School in North East Fife donned hard-hats and hi-viz vests for a tour of Kingdom Housing Association’s first development in the village before receiving selection boxes as an early Christmas gift from contractor Campion Homes. The mixed-tenure site at Station Roa

Cassiltoun Housing Association has teamed up with its contractors and consultants to pass on some Christmas cheer to its tenants and their children.

An exhibition which invited people from across Scotland to contribute their views on the future of housing finished with a workshop and exhibition in Galashiels this week.

As Scotland marks the centenary of the Land Settlement Act, the Scottish Land Commission has urged that more reform to land ownership and land use is needed, to make the most of Scotland’s land for the benefit of all. This month marks 100 years since the Land Settlement Act in Scotland.