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The new First Tier Tribunal centre Govan Law Centre (GLC) has secured a First Tier Tribunal housing benefit appeal for almost £10,000 on behalf of a former homeowner in Glasgow who was facing eviction.

More than 1,300 homes were built on sites of at least five homes in Fife during 2017/18, the region’s latest housing survey has revealed. The figure in the Fife Housing Survey is the same number of homes as in the previous year, and the joint highest total since the global economic crisis of 2008.

Court of Session A homeowner who challenged a decree by default granted in favour of a bridging loan company which was seeking to recover possession of her home over her failure to repay funds she borrowed to buy the property has had her appeal dismissed.

Edinburgh Park Work on plans to transform around 43 acres of land south of Edinburgh Park into a £500 million ‘urban quarter’ is set to start within weeks after councillors approved the first phase of the project.

Registered social landlords in Scotland have been reclassified as private organisations following the enactment of the Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2018.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its annual report and accounts for 2017/18. The report gives the highlights of the work the Regulator did last year to safeguard and promote the interests of tenants, homeless people and others who use the services of social landlords.

An ambitious five-year masterplan to build hundreds of new social houses in North Ayrshire has been unveiled. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) aims to deliver more than 1700 high-quality homes in neighbourhoods where people want to live.

Scotland’s largest landlord membership organisation has urged landlords, tenants and other letting agents to quickly report any non-compliance with new regulations governing letting agents in the private rented sector (PRS). The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has welcomed the new regulati

George Walker As the Scottish Housing Regulator gears up to launch a consultation on its new Regulatory Framework this month, chair George Walker gives a brief update.

(from left) Lynne Dunn, Kingdom Works manager; Bill Banks, Kingdom chief executive; Jamie Hepburn MSP; Robin Presswood, Fife Council’s head of economy planning and employability; Freya Lees, Kingdom chair Fife Works, the pioneering employability project set up by Kingdom Housing Association, has c

The new homes at Burnmouth Road for mid-market rent Homes for mid-market rent in a new development in the East End of Glasgow were all snapped up in record time.

Leith Fort Having already won a string of awards including the coveted Saltire Medal at the Saltire Housing Design Awards, Leith Fort has been named Affordable Housing Development of the Year at the Herald Property Awards for Scotland.

(from left) David Campbell – tenant welfare advisor, Amber Anderson – corporate services assistant and Hannah Trail – property services officer Langstane Housing Association has congratulated staff members Amber Anderson, David Campbell, Charlotte Pattinson and Hannah Trail on passing YouTrain

(from left) Danny Kelly, harm reduction team manager; Ingrid Hainey, area manager; Stewart Hosie MP; Christina Hutton, harm reduction worker and Fiona Holt, senior harm reduction worker Stewart Hosie MP visited Gowrie Care’s harm reduction service in Dundee to find out more about the charity’s o

Ewen Kerr, Andrew Christie and Sharon Smith of Who Cares? Scotland with South Lanarkshire Council’s Matthew McNulty, Annette Finnan and Alison Akremi South Lanarkshire Council’s housing and technical resources team recently threw its support behind Scottish Housing Day 2018.