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The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) has criticised the City of Edinburgh Council over its failure to notify a landlord that his tenant’s housing benefit would not be paid. An investigation report laid before the Scottish Parliament revealed that Mr C, who is the landlord for his brother

The award-winning renovation at 50-52 Main Street An Argyll and Bute Council project to save a semi-derelict and vacant tenement building in Campbeltown town centre from demolition and bring it back to life has won two awards in the National Empty Homes Awards 2017.

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Aberdeen City Council has agreed to press on with a full business case for the proposed Phase 1 heat network in Torry which would be connected to about 800 homes and public buildings. The energy for the heat network would be generated by the Energy from Waste (EfW) plant which was given planning per

(from left) Jacqui Sinclair housing professional, (affordable housing & regeneration), Alan Russell (senior housing manager) (Anne McKenna (lead officer - area housing management) and Harris Young (Modern Apprentice) An unsightly derelict area of Leven has been transformed into affordable housin

The latest phase of the Maryhill Masterplan is now complete with the delivery of 40 new homes. Located on the banks of the River Kelvin and Forth and Clyde Canal, in an area previously known as ‘The Botany’, the Whitelaw Street properties range from two to four bedrooms in an area surrounded by

Daradjeet Jagpal One year from today, the new General Data Protection Regulation will come into force. It will make radical changes to how RSLs collect and process personal data about their tenants, staff, service providers and contractors. RSLs are advised to start taking steps towards compliance n

Nicola Barclay An annual fall in home mover lending figures highlights the negative impact the Land & Buildings Transaction Tax is having on potential home buyers, according to industry body Homes for Scotland.

Perth & Kinross Council has officially launched a protocol to support tenants with hoarding issues. The protocol, the first of its kind in Scotland, has been developed by a partnership of the council, NHS Tayside and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and with the advice of Scotland’s first

Bruce Forbes, director, Angus Housing Association and Jason MacGilp, chief executive, Cairn Housing Association, shaking hands on site to seal the development partnership at Muirlands Park, Arbroath Two housing associations have announced their intention to work in partnership to contribute to the d

Rhona Mcleod Trust Housing Association’s Rhona McLeod outlines how a Housing with Care model could address the issue of delayed hospital discharges.

Quay Community Improvements, a social enterprise set up by Port of Leith Housing Association in October 2016, has been awarded three new contracts to deliver cleaning services for Muirhouse Housing Association, West Granton Housing Co-Op and Hunters Hall Housing Co-op. Starting with a stair cleaning

Over 190 staff from the three associations that make up the Caledonia Housing Association Group have attended a series of data governance workshops as the group prepares for the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018. The GDPR is a regulation by which the European

The site of a former West Lothian psychiatric hospital which could become the site of hundreds of new homes after being brought to the market for sale. Extending to 87 hectares (215 acres), the former Bangour Village hospital in Dechmont provides the potential for up to 800 new build homes and the c

A new environmentally friendly housing development in Uddingston has been completed by South Lanarkshire Council and CCG. Situated on the site of the former Uddingston Public Hall, Mill Place comprises 12 amenity flats built across two three storey blocks that have been designed and manufactured in