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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.

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has gone live with a new customer app which enables people to carry out transactions through their mobile device. The MySBHA launch was celebrated on Monday, when tenants who have been trialling the app joined SBHA and representatives from Castleton T

East Lothian Council is looking for help to choose a name for East Lothian's new town.

The charity Disabled Persons Housing Service Aberdeen has launched its new 'Families First' project which will offer information, advice and advocacy to people living with a disability and their families and carers about housing options in and around Aberdeen. The new service will advise people on h

Argyll and Bute Council is asking members of the public about their priorities for council services as it prepares to bridge an estimated £9.2 million funding gap in 2020/21. Aileen Morton, council leader, said: “Unfortunately, it has become the norm to speak every year about how much of

Thenue Housing has delivered a £9.3 million housing boost for Glasgow's east end. On the same day that Thenue celebrated its first 40 years, the housing association unveiled the landmark development of 49 energy-efficient homes close to Glasgow Green.

Positive Action in Housing (PAIH) has said that Serco may carry out lock change evictions today.

The long-awaited public inquiry report into the Grenfell Tower tragedy has concluded that the choice, combination and installation of cladding led to the fire spreading so quickly. Published today, the 1,000-page phase 1 report follows the first phase of the inquiry, which looked at what happened on

A pioneering initiative implemented by Paisley Housing Association to improve gardens in Paisley's west end has been hailed a huge success. The association launched its “West End Transformation Project” almost a year ago to deliver improvements to over 20 of its tenement blocks.

Southside Housing Association (SHA) has chosen Orchard Housing as its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) partner to support it to achieve its digital ambitions.

Ardenglen Housing Association served up lunch with a difference this week with murder and mystery on the menu. Ideally timed for Halloween, the occasion was a first for Ardenglen and attracted a full house at Castlemilk’s Maureen Cope Hall.