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Housing developments in Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles will be among the best connected in Scotland, with access to reliable ultrafast broadband. Openreach is working with local developers to build full fibre networks direct to dozens of new homes in Gott on Shetland, Kirkwall on Orkney, Sto

Appointments, developments and a tribute to a housing stalwart figure prominently in our first segment of the 30 most read stories of 2018. Here are numbers 30-16. 

Places for People has secured £250 million of new funding with the assistance of HSBC UK to help deliver its business plan. The bank said it entered into dialogue with Places for People about its future strategy and was impressed with the scale of its plans and ambition.

After 25 years as director of housing at East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA), Tracey Kerr is heading for the oceans, ski slopes and bridleways of the world at the end of this month. Joining ELHA from Scottish Homes, it wasn’t long before Tracey was involved in the stock transfer which saw

The Climate Challenge Fund Awards Panel has named ng homes as the winner of its Award for Youth Engagement at the recent Climate Challenge Awards ceremony held in Perth last week. Young people and families in North Glasgow have taken on the challenges of Climate Change focussing on areas of waste, r

Regeneration firm ENGIE has handed over new homes and festive hampers for Glasgow Housing Association’s (GHA) newest customers in Cathay Street, Milton. ENGIE secured a £6.1 million contract to build 54 terraced houses and cottage flats on the former brownfield site on behalf of GHA, par

A publicly owned energy company must be positioned at the heart of policy making, long-term in its thinking and flexible enough to react to change as it happens, according to a Holyrood committee. The economy, energy and fair work committee has written to the Scottish Government with its findings on

The Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee will today ask the Scottish Government to outline how its upcoming Fuel Poverty Bill will make a “real, practical difference” to help eradicate fuel poverty. The committee will take evidence from minister for loca

Scape Group chief executive, Mark Robinson, on the Scottish Government’s fresh investment into affordable housing and the barriers needed to overcome for delivery. Demand for affordable housing in Scotland dramatically outstrips supply. While the Scottish Government aims to deliver 50,000 affo

Two blocks of flats in Coatbridge which had problems with falling masonry have now been repaired thanks to a successful partnership between the flat owners, their factor and North Lanarkshire Council. The partners came together to use legislation to improve the appearance and durability of the Muiry

Kingdom Housing Association tenants have celebrated their first Winter Gathering with an event at the Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline. Tenants converged on the Gathering from Tullibody, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, Methil, Guardbridge and Upper Largo.

Residents of Orchard Care Home in Rosyth have benefited from a donation of twiddle muffs from LinkLiving’s Older Persons’ service. The donation followed the efforts of LinkLiving service users and volunteers, who banded together with their needles and yarn to knit for people living with

Ayrshire Housing has continued to show its support for local charities by with a raft of new donations. Each year the Association works with a school to create a seasonal card sent to all its tenants.

Some of Partick’s finest were treated to a fun-filled afternoon as Partick Housing Association (PHA) hosted a free Christmas Afternoon Tea Dance for over 60s. The event was held to help tackle loneliness and isolation affecting elderly people over the festive period.

Tenants from a Stenhousemuir retirement housing development have been keeping fit and active thanks to pupils from a local high school. Pupils from nearby Larbert High School have been visiting Bield’s Robertson Court to hold sessions with tenants in an intergenerational initiative aimed at br