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Festive cheer and Christmas magic filled Broughty Ferry’s Scout Hall this week when adults supported with learning disabilities met Santa for the first time. The staff from the Dundee-based charity Gowrie Care devised the inclusive grotto after a person they support asked to go and see Santa but,

Vicki Laing (far right) from Maryhill Housing Association with local residents Senior citizens in Ruchill, Glasgow got the perfect early Christmas present this week with a fabulous festive lunch thanks to Maryhill Housing Association.

Tammy Adams Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has said that the latest statistics on Scotland’s planning decision times further substantiates its claims that builders are finding it harder than ever to make a start on new sites and get much needed homes out of the ground.

A typical home at Taylor Wimpey’s previous development Cameron Gardens in Bilston Taylor Wimpey East Scotland and Hallam Land Management Ltd have submitted a detailed planning application to Midlothian Council for 212 new homes at Seafield Road in Bilston.

(from left) Sandra Macdonald, chairperson of Langstane Housing Association; Susie Webster, acting head teacher of Kaimhill Primary School and Helen Gauld, chief executive of Langstane Housing Association with p6 pupils from Kaimhill Primary School in Garthdee Langstane Housing Association has added

Council leader Rhondda Geekie East Dunbartonshire Council needs to make “significant” improvements if it is to achieve £27.6 million in savings over the next three years, the Accounts Commission has warned.

Richard Slipper Richard Slipper from GVA on what the Scottish Government can do to address the nation’s housing shortage ahead of today’s Budget.

Angela Constance Representatives from the ‘Big Six’ energy companies attended a summit yesterday looking at ways to help low income households living in fuel poverty and facing a ‘poverty premium’ of paying more for their energy.

The site of the former Kildrum Nursery in Cumbernauld is being transformed into a new council housing development of 16 new modern, affordable homes. North Lanarkshire Council held a sod cutting event to mark the beginning of construction of the homes at Lochlea Road.

Housing association residents remain pleased with their new homes, with 80 per cent saying they were very satisfied or satisfied after 3-4 years of occupancy, new research has shown. Nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) said their home was much better than their previous residence, illustrating that stan

After 12 months of planning by a staff working group with input from tenants, Hillcrest Housing Association went live with its mobile working solution last month. As part of this improvement, Hillcrest’s housing and maintenance officers in Angus and Edinburgh have been issued tablets to enable the

Macy Robertson Nicola Robertson, senior strategy officer for housing at East Lothian Council, is currently seeking help raising £150,000 for a life changing operation for her 10-year old daughter Macy.

Volunteers, charities and businesses in Dundee have been offering their help to the city’s rough sleepers in the run up to Christmas. Young volunteers teamed up with charity Taught By Muhammad to help cook a three course meal for both homeless and socially isolated people in Dundee’s Menzieshill

The world’s oldest national register of land and property will celebrate its 400th anniversary during Scotland’s 2017 Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology. Registers of Scotland (RoS) will celebrate 400 years of Scottish land and property registration during 2017 with a year of commemorativ

Santa came to town early as part of Cloch Housing Association’s FACE project to examine and improve customer service and he still had time to visit Craigdale Housing Association. Staff at Cloch held a Christmas Fair in the Auchmountain Halls in Maukinhill with fun and games and a chance to survey