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Lynne Donnelly West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has officially ended its partnership with Sunderland based housing association Gentoo Group after new rules were introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Councillor Marie McGurk and Sanctuary’s Gillian Lavety Renfrewshire Council has unveiled a five-year plan to deliver more than 1000 high-quality, affordable homes across the region over the next five years.

CALA Homes (West) has submitted a planning application to Stirling Council for a proposed housing development in Kippen. The housebuilder is proposing a development of 31 homes on the Oakwood site, which is allocated for housing in the adopted Stirling Local Development Plan 2014.

Derek Mackay The Scottish Government is calling on Chancellor Philip Hammond to abandon their “failed” austerity agenda and stop the rollout of Universal Credit to enable “fundamental flaws” to be fixed.

Energy regulator Ofgem is to cap the amount suppliers can charge customers for installing a pre-payment meters in customers’ homes and ban the costs altogether for the most vulnerable. Prepayment meters are typically installed under warrant when a customer cannot or will not pay their energy bill.

Nicola McFarlane with the new accreditation plaque On the week which saw the new Living Wage rate increased to £8.75 per hour, Angus Housing Association was formally accredited as a Living Wage employer.

ng homes has contributed to a new Local Fire and Rescue Plan which has been drafted for the city of Glasgow. To inform the new plan, ng homes carried out a review of its performance over the past three years in which the Association asked local people and partners how well they thought it was doing

Plans to build almost 1,200 private flats and student rooms on land that once housed a Glasgow department store have been approved by councillors. Proposals to develop the site of the former Goldberg’s department store, which has been left largely derelict since the closure of the store in 1990, i

To mark Alcohol Awareness Week (November 13-19), Edinburgh homelessness and inclusion charity Cyrenians highlights its work to alleviate the detrimental footprint that the misuse of alcohol leaves across communities. It has been well documented by health and social care professionals, as well as deb

A social media campaign which offers people the chance to buy presents for homeless children at Christmas has been launched today for the sixth year running. ‘Social Media Santa’ in partnership with housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has raised thousands of gifts for homeless chil

Sarah Boyack The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has welcomed moves to enshrine the Scottish Government’s proposed new fuel poverty target in legislation but said that more investment is required to make the ambition a reality.

Social landlords in Scotland will have the opportunity to make big savings on the leasing and ongoing management of their vehicle fleets, thanks to a brand new procurement framework being unveiled by housing sector procurement services provider PfH Scotland. Running until August 2021, the UK-wide fr

Fiona Steven and Eileen Foley from Edinburgh try the ToverTafel (Magic Table) A trip to the Grand Canyon or the depths of the ocean bed are just some of the places older people are being encouraged to visit thanks to Viewpoint’s use of virtual reality.

Partick Housing Association has received approval from Glasgow City Council to proceed with the demolition and site clearance of the former care home at 32 Laurel Street. The Association, which plans to build new flats on the site, has appointed Reigart Contracts Ltd to undertake the demolition work

James Valentine (left) receives his award from Neil Clapperton, chief executive of Grampian Housing Association A quantity surveying graduate of Robert Gordon University has been awarded an annual prize in memory of a former chairman of Grampian Housing Association.