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Kevin Stewart MSP with David Zwirlein and Angela Linton from Hillcrest Minister for local government and housing, Kevin Stewart MSP, was in Dundee yesterday to visit the site of a new affordable housing development which will bring 163 new homes to the city.

Homes for Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to extend the Help to Buy scheme to capitalise on new figures which revealed that the number of first-time buyers in Scotland is at the highest level for a decade. Data published by finance and banking industry trade body UK Finance showed the

Delegates contributing to the Q and A session Tenant delegates from all over Argyll attended a successful Tenants’ Conference hosted by Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) in Inveraray last week which focused on three participative strands.

A corporate resources manager from Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has achieved a Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management from the Qualifications Company Ltd. Angus Smith was presented with the award by HHP chair Norman MacLeod at HHP’s Board meeting last week.

Michael Drummond and Sean Patrick Lynch An employment adviser has gone the extra mile to ensure the breaks were not put on a Dundee man’s efforts to get back into work this week.

A major Hackathon will take place in Glasgow across the weekend of April 13-15 designed to find practical ways of tackling the homeless situation in Scotland’s major cities. The event will aim to be a spark for innovative solutions including apps, websites and other digital platforms.

Josh Littlejohn MBE launching the sleep out event Around 600 of Scotland’s most vulnerable rough sleepers are to be provided with homes and continuing support to sustain their tenancies under an imitative launched by social enterprise Social Bite.

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has announced plans to transform the corner of Stag Road in Stornoway with the construction of 12 new homes. To be located on the site of the former Stag Bakeries, the homes, made up of 8 x 2 bedroom and 4 x 1 bedroom properties, are being built by Lewis Builders

Eight new properties for Stirling Council tenants have been completed on the site of the former Riverside Swimming Pool. The James Street development, which was supported by £368,000 of Scottish Government grant funding, comprises four one-bedroom and four two-bedroom cottage flats that were design

Kevin Scarlett Interest is growing across Scotland in the new sector scorecard pilot, with several new housing associations indicating that they will submit data in 2018.

Council leader Shona Haslam Scottish Borders Council has agreed its budget for the year ahead as part of a five-year revenue plan and a ten-year capital plan.

Plans to transform the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) site in Hamilton into an ‘urban village’ complete with 365 homes and a five-storey hotel have been given the green light.

The designer of a pioneering spoon which allows people with disabilities to eat without spilling has paid tribute to housing care and housing provider Blackwood for the honour which propelled his invention into worldwide success. Grant Douglas, who has cerebral palsy, won the Blackwood Design Award

Matt Lowther With only a week to go until the CIH Housing Festival of 2018, Matt Lowther said his NHS Health Scotland colleagues are in full swing as they embrace event planning.

Springfield’s Dykes of Gray development in Dundee Housebuilder Springfield Properties has reported double-digit growth in profit and revenue in its first set of interim results since the company floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).