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Fiona Hyslop with some of Wheatley Group’s modern apprentices Children from some of Scotland’s most disadvantaged communities are to get their first experience of the theatre, thanks to a new partnership.

Kevin Stewart New changes to the maximum value of a property eligible for Help to Buy Scotland will help more families onto the housing ladder, housing minister Kevin Stewart has said.

Court of Session A former member of the armed forces who claimed he was entitled to a larger discount on the purchase price of his council home than he was offered under “right to buy” legislation has had his appeal refused.

John Davidson and Elaine Gibson size up Greg Johnston from Rodgers and Johnston for new repair contract Cairn and ANCHO, who are currently exploring the exciting possibility of a constitutional partnership, have announced a new responsive repairs partnership with Rodgers and Johnston.

Link Group has been named 49th in the National Centre for Diversity’s UK Top 100 Index 2017. The Top 100 Index is dictated by the results of the diagnostic surveys completed by those who have embarked on an accreditation journey with the National Centre for Diversity.

A previous development phase at Ness Castle Plans have been lodged for the next phase of a housing development in the south-western outskirts of Inverness.

Gorebridge Midlothian Council tenants whose properties were demolished after elevated levels of carbon dioxide were found in them have been given first priority when allocating new homes in a development in Gorebridge.

West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative (WWHC) is to freeze energy costs for tenants connected to its District Heating System until March 2018. The announcement means WWHC has frozen prices for the 44th consecutive month since it began being the heat and hot water supplier in 2014.

Andrew Leslie Many housebuilders and property developers hold an unfortunate perception around the extension of Community Right-to-Buy, introduced by the Scottish Government last year.

The historic Grade A-Listed Corn Exchange in Dalkeith has won a 2017 Civic Trust Award following its recent regeneration by Melville Housing Association. Vacant for several years, and experiencing some deterioration, the building was in need of repair, restoration and regeneration.

Perth & Kinross Council has approved a new hoarding protocol to support tenants with hoarding difficulties. Members of the council’s housing & health committee heard that the protocol was developed to ensure that tenants with hoarding difficulties were responded to in a co-ordinated way.

Four governing body members have been appointed to Molendinar Park Housing Association by the Scottish Housing Regulator. The Regulator took the statutory action after the Association identified that its governing body did not meet its own constitutional requirements and sought support from the Regu

The latest version of the Scottish Social Housing Charter has now been published by the Scottish Government following a review and consultation. Available on the Scottish Government website, the revised Charter was approved by the Scottish Parliament on February 8 and takes effect from April 1.

Registered social landlords (RSLs) in Scotland continue to have access to sufficient finance as lenders maintain their investment in the social housing sector, the Scottish Housing Regulator has found. Detailed analysis of the borrowing and other funding arrangements that RSLs had in place as at 31

The UK government is to make households that are made homeless exempt from Universal Credit following reports that the new benefits system has led to an increase in rent arrears. According to The Guardian, local authorities in London have said that rent collection levels for homeless tenants placed