Bill Banks, chief executive of Kingdom Housing Association, with Peter Bell, chairman of Campion Homes Campion Homes has marked the completion of its 1000th home for Kingdom Housing Association with the hand-over of a property at Kincardine.
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Brenda Higgins The Scottish Housing Regulator has instructed Wishaw and District Housing Association (WDHA) to carry out a strategic review of the organisation as it decided to continue intervention at the Association for the next six months.
Independent credit ratings provider Standard & Poors (S&P) has awarded Link Group Ltd with an investment grade rating of A+. Link has responded to the Scottish Government’s target to deliver 50,000 affordable homes for rent by 2021 with an ambitious development programme to build more than
Richard Leonard Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has pledged to bring forward legislation at Holyrood to further reform the private rented sector and build more new council homes.
Councillors in Clackmannanshire have agreed spending on services for the year ahead as part of a budget setting process which seeks to protect priority services, while improving the financial sustainability of the council. At a Special Council Meeting last week, councillors approved the revenue budg
An architect from Inverness is among ten UK housing professionals and others to have been awarded prestigious Churchill Fellowships offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel the world and research cutting-edge solutions to important topical issues in housing. Awarded in a partnership betwe
Housebuilder Springfield Properties has delivered its £23 million affordable homes development at Muirhouse in Edinburgh in partnership with Dunedin Canmore and Muirhouse Housing Association. The private and affordable housing provider has completed the final handover of 49-homes at the development
The history of a Glasgow community is to be captured in a new project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Wyndford estate was built on the site of the Maryhill Barracks, which was once home to the Highlands Light Infantry and the Royal Highland Fusiliers – and is still referred to as the Barr
A pensioner who enjoyed her first ever foreign trip has been able to share her holiday photos with the boss of the charity who developed the innovative new care support system that allowed her to travel to Vietnam. Margaret Sancken, 65, felt confident enough to book her first ever holiday to Vietnam
Aberdeen City Council is to develop plans for the delivery of 2,000 new council homes following this week’s annual budget meeting. Elected members have instructed the director of resources to report back to the city growth and resources committee with self-financing business plans, in conjunction
A fund management arm set up by Places for People has set up a £550 million fund to target opportunities in the build-to-rent (BTR) sector across the UK. It is hoped that the fund will help deliver 3,000 new homes.
Matthew Hurrell The Hillcrest Group is one of the many companies providing apprenticeship opportunities setting young people up for success in their careers.
A new initiative which transforms everyday streets into outdoor art galleries is coming to the streets of Leith for the first time this month, giving the community the chance to show off their creative talents. Organised by Port of Leith Housing Association’s (PoLHA) subsidiary company, Quay Commu
Councillors in West Dunbartonshire have agreed a council house rent increase of below the rate of inflation for 2018/19. At West Dunbartonshire Council’s budget setting meeting this week, councillors unanimously approved a 2% rent increase following a widespread consultation with tenants.
Plans to develop 256 homes and a park on the banks of the River Dee in Torry have been submitted by the Aberdeen Harbour Board. A proposal of application notice has been lodged with Aberdeen City Council for the development on a strip of land between the river and South Esplanade West ahead of the p