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An article painting a bleak picture of housing associations in Scotland appeared recently in Bella Caledonia and was republished on the Scottish Community Alliance website. Here the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations offers a defence of local community-controlled housing asso

Councillors in Fife have discussed moves to protect some of the council’s most vulnerable tenants. At a meeting of the community and housing services committee last week councillors heard about progress on work to reduce the number of children housed in temporary accommodation and how best to prot

A visit has taken place to mark the progress of new build council homes at the site of a former primary school site in Motherwell. The new development being built at the Calder Primary School site in Draffen Street by North Lanarkshire Council consists of 30 units - a mix of cottage flats, both semi

Council Leader Joe Cullinane at the Fullarton flats in Irvine Proposals to transform North Ayrshire’s tower blocks transformed into modern low-rise housing could help trigger a major economic boost for the area with the creation of 1,000 new jobs, according to a new report.

People living in council tower blocks and flats in North Lanarkshire identified for potential demolition will see information packs and surveys delivered through their doors this week. North Lanarkshire Council is seeking the views of every resident who may be affected in the first phase demolition

Five members of staff from Osprey Housing have taken part in a charity sleepout to raise awareness of homelessness in Aberdeen. The organised sleepout aimed to raise funds for local homeless charity Aberdeen Cyrenians and to highlight the issue of rough sleeping in the city.

Home improvement planning applications across Scotland decreased slightly through 2017, one of only two areas across Great Britain to see figures slide, a new study has found. The ‘Home Improvers of Great Britain 2018’ report, compiled by construction industry analysts Barbour ABI, shows that fo

Provost William Hendrie The search is on to find West Dunbartonshire’s community champions for the 2018 Provost’s Civic Awards, in partnership with the Wheatley Group.

West Highland Housing Association is celebrating having recently achieved double people management accreditations. The Association was accredited as a Gold Investors in People as well as Silver Investors in Young People.

A £30 million development has been launched to meet growing demand for residential space in Edinburgh city centre. Located on Gorgie Road, two miles west of the city centre, Embankment West will see two former Chesser House office blocks transformed into residential living, as well as affordable ho

New plans have been submitted to transform a vacant building in Aberdeen city centre into shops, a cafe and a residential development. Developer Rockspring, which owns several linked properties on Union Street including the former BHS store and the attached indoor market, has submitted two new appli

Convener of the council's community and housing services committee, Judy Hamilton Fife Council is to invest more than £86 million in its council homes over the next two years with a further £42m earmarked to fund a new build affordable housing programme in 2019.

Bellsmyre Housing Association’s regulatory engagement had been reduced from “medium” to “low”, the Scottish Housing Regulator has announced. The Regulator has been engaged with Bellsmyre Housing Association since 2012 as the Association focused on improving performance and the quality of s

Homes for sale on the open market could soon be purchased under a new scheme by North Lanarkshire Council. Scotland’s largest local authority landlord has agreed proposals to buy homes which are for sale in the local housing market to increase supply of available council homes for rent.

Work is now well underway on a new council housing development at Barbieston Road in Dalrymple with five homes already taking shape. The £1.74 million development is a key part of East Ayrshire Council’s strategic housing investment plan, providing eleven new build affordable homes for rent in th