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Housing and homelessness charity Shelter urges England to follow Scotland’s lead in introducing pioneering longer, more secure tenancies.

Fife Council tenants have formed a Panel to look at how the council’s housing service performs compared to other similar local authorities. The Fife Tenant Led Scrutiny Panel (FTLSP) came together in August last year and their first task was to look at temporary accommodation as part of F

Council tenants across Dundee who are set to benefit from an £8 million upgrade in fire safety have been reminded how they can play their part. Work on installing at least one smoke alarm in the most frequently used room, at least one smoke alarm in spaces like hallways and at least one heat a

A zero tolerance domestic abuse policy introduced by West Dunbartonshire Council has made a difference to the lives of 130 victims in its first year.

Orkney Housing Association (OHAL) has collected the award for Housing Association of the Year at the Scottish Homes Awards. Almost 700 people from Scotland’s housing and homebuilding sector gathered in Glasgow last week for the prestigious event.

New social housing is set to be built on the site of the former Arnotts department store in Paisley, bringing even more new residents into the town centre and its businesses.

Fife Council's commitment to provide 3,500 new affordable homes across the Kingdom by 2022 moved a step closer last week after three new housing developments were given the green light.

More than twice as many houses were built in Dundee last year compared with the previous 12 months, a draft housing land audit has revealed.

Kingdom Support and Care (KSC), the subsidiary of Kingdom Housing Association that provides high quality and personalised support and care to enable 260 individuals to live in the community, has celebrated the work and outstanding achievements of its staff with a Wall of Fame event. (from left)

Wheatley Group has launched a search for 22 graduates to join its new two-year programme in what is believed to be the biggest graduate training programme of its kind in Scotland. The housing, care and property-management group is recruiting 12 university leavers to join its housing teams and a furt

Delighted tenant Isabella Heyne said her new Loretto home in Coatbridge is “absolutely life-changing”. Loretto chair Douglas Robin and North Lanarkshire Council convener of enterprise and communities Councillor Heather McVey welcome Isabella Heyne (right) into her new home in St Patrick&

A collective of tenants, residents, registered social landlords and local authorities in the North East celebrated the launch of a strategy and action plan over lunch with social housing tenants, residents, staff and partners.

Masterchef winner, renowned food writer and novelist, Sue Lawrence, has officially opened the new £160,000 state-of-the-art kitchen facility at an Edinburgh care home run by Viewpoint. The ultra modern kitchen at St Raphael’s is fitted with new appliances; drainage and wor

Rock Trust and Cyrenians are joining forces to deliver an entirely new local service to reach young people before they become homeless.

Construction firm Kier Group is to cut 1,200 UK jobs and sell-off of its house-building arm as part of its plans to simplify the business and save on costs.