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Image ©Renzo Mazzolini Thistle Housing Association’s Summer Club finished last week with a ‘Finale Fun Day’ for all the children who attended the club during the six-week programme.

Greenock Town Hall opened its doors on Wednesday to host Cloch Housing Association’s Big 50 Gala Day as the oldest housing association in Inverclyde marked its 50th year with an event for all. Around 700 local residents and their families and friends enjoyed a wide range of stalls, activities and

There were lots of smiling faces in Erskine on Saturday as Bridgewater Housing Association’s birthday celebrations got underway with a Street Party in conjunction with Impact Arts. The Association is holding a number of events during the year to commemorate its 21st, with celebrations reaching all

New measures which aim to “rebalance” the relationship between landlords and residents are to be considered as part of government proposals on social housing in England. A green paper published today includes plans to speed up the complaints process and publish league tables to highlight the per

Mike Dailly Govan Law Centre (GLC) has commenced additional legal proceedings at Scotland’s Supreme Court on behalf of an Iraqi asylum seeker threatened with eviction by Serco.

A landlord’s organisation has bemoaned rental reforms in Scotland which it said have deterred investment and affected the supply of rented homes to the point that future Edinburgh Festivals could be at risk. The National Landlords Association (NLA) said that this year’s Edinburgh Festival could

Impact First, the ‘profit with purpose’ fund launched by social impact investor SIS Ventures, has secured 50% of target capital commitments within the first two months of launch. SIS Ventures, the mission-led investment arm of responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS), is in

Window, door and curtain walling manufacturer and installer CMS Window Systems has secured a place on a key the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) framework.

With just weeks until the opening of The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, a few trade stands are still available for the two-day event.

Callum Chomczuk Following the announcement from Serco that it will pause plans to evict asylum seekers from their homes in Glasgow, CIH Scotland's deputy director Callum Chomczuk revisits the issue of 'right to rent' and asks should Scotland be worried?

Housing and homelessness organisations in England have welcomed commitments in the UK government's new rough sleeping strategy, while calling for bold plans to tackle the causes of homelessness. A joint statement was issued today by members of the strategy's Rough Sleeping Advisory Group: Crisis, Ho

Sally Thomas The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and HouseMark Scotland have launched a new interactive rent setting tool for their members.

hub West Scotland (hWS) has named CCG, Cruden, Engie (formerly Keepmoat) and Lovell as its new housing delivery partners. The contractors can now bid to deliver hWS's £15 million Tom Johnstone House development for East Dunbartonshire Council.

The number of community-owned renewable energy projects in Scotland has increased by 62% since 2011, with over 450 local communities now benefitting from green power initiatives. New figures from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) reveal that there were 456 communities benefitting fr

Roseanna Cunningham The work of community landowners is being celebrated across Scotland this week, with a programme of activities and events.