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Dundee-based trades company Hillcrest Maintenance has teamed up with The Prince’s Trust to offer a local young person the opportunity to get hands-on experience in electrical installation. The six-week ‘Get Into Electrical’ course is a national employment initiative run by The Prin

The scale of homelessness in the UK is shocking, but we are determined to act – and the Housing First scheme gives us means to do so, writes Wheatley Group chief executive Martin Armstrong. Homelessness remains a blight on civilised society the world over.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a new information note for statutory appointees. A ‘statutory appointee’ is an additional officer appointed by the Regulator to the governing body of an RSL. Making these appointments is one of the statutory powers the Regulator has under the

Low carbon technology is to be used in a residential development for the first time in Scotland under plans submitted for more than 500 homes on the outskirts of Aberdeen.

Springfield Properties is one step closer to delivering a new 2,500 home village at Gavieside Farm, Livingston, after submitting plans for the first 502 homes.

The Scottish Government’s design champion Architecture and Design Scotland will be taking to the road during 2019 to run a series of workshops on the future of housing in Scotland.

Minister for local government, housing and planning Kevin Stewart MSP spent two days in the Highlands this week to see work underway on the ground to build affordable new homes. The focus of the visit on Tuesday was in Lochaber where a local housing delivery group, led by the Highland Council,

The Mayor of London is has been challenged to open a new era in house building as Ealing’s first 100% affordable residential tower is turned in for planning approval. 

Easthall Park Housing Co-operative has retained its Investors in People Platinum Award. The Co-operative first achieved the accreditation in June 2016.

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has been recognised by the National Centre for Diversity for its ongoing commitment to equal opportunities and diversity in the workplace. The Association is set to be awarded the Investors in Diversity Standard on a conditional basis.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland and Hallam Land Management have submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) to Midlothian Council which outlines their intention to submit a planning application for phase two of a residential development on land at Seafield Road in Bilston.

Plans have been submitted for a residential development in Glasgow's Calton district.

Falkirk Council has lodged plans to develop the site of former farmland it acquired to boost the supply of affordable housing.

Fake cash machines, dummy cameras and apps to skim your bank card. It’s all in a day’s work for Police Scotland’s community policing officers, but an eye opener for staff at Kingdom Housing Association who attended the Community Safety Event at their Saltire Centre head office in G

A close-knit group of tenants from Port Glasgow have been helping to improve the lives of older people in their community by putting their stitching skills to good use. Tenants from Bield’s Crosshill Gardens have been creating a selection of knitted and crocheted blankets for hospital boxes pr