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Cabinet secretary Alex Neil with Help to Adapt client Mrs Mathew An initiative which helps older people live independently at home for longer has been given support by cabinet secretary for social justice, communities and pensioners’ rights, Alex Neil.

Nicola Barclay A year-on-year growth in house purchase lending in Scotland has been welcomed as a signal of optimism for the sector by the country’s home building industry.

Pupils at Whinhill Primary School River Clyde Homes is creating a selection of show flats at its £26 million Broomhill regeneration project in Greenock that will be available for prospective tenants to view in the coming months.

(from left) Cllr Dave Doogan, Neil Guy (Crisis), Katlin Stirling, Josh Tuckwood (two of the participants), Jennifer Kent (PKC), Lindsay Grant (PKC) and Carl Hutson (Crisis housing trainer) Young people have successfully taken part in “Renting Ready” courses in Perth to prepare them for a success

Alex Neil The Scottish Government has agreed with the Commission on Housing and Wellbeing that housing is fundamental to the wellbeing, fairness and prosperity of the country and has vowed to undertake a number of measures in line with the Commission’s recommendations.

(left to right) Melville chairman Bob Anderson, Pauline Mills of Taylor Wimpey, Margaret Burgess MSP and Melville chief executive Andrew Noble Minister for housing and welfare, Margaret Burgess, has paid a visit to new affordable housing soon to be completed for Melville Housing Association.

(from left) Niall McKinnon (head of development queens Cross), Tracy Hamill (assistant Neighbourhood housing manager Queens Cross), Frank McAveety, Shona Stephen, Margaret Glass (chair of Queens cross) Liz Campbell (chair community involvement group Queens Cross) Councillor Frank McAveety, leader of

The Scottish Housing Regulator is offering tenants of social landlords the chance to get involved directly in the regulator’s work and bring a tenant perspective to its scrutiny of landlords’ services. This new initiative builds on the work of the regulator’s existing tenant assessors, who hav

Rents in parts of Scotland have soared by more than six per cent in the past year, the fastest rise on record. The latest Scotland buy-to-let index from Your Move has found that average monthly rent in Edinburgh and the Lothians increased by £38 (6.4 per cent) to £642 in January compared to the pr

Tenants requesting repairs to their homes are to benefit from new digital technology introduced by East Dunbartonshire Council. The new scheduling system includes a text messaging service and Dynamic Scheduling software for all property repairs across the council. Jobs are now issued to operatives e

Residents in seventeen elderly amenity properties across Edinburgh are set to benefit from Castle Rock Edinvar’s new ‘Enhanced Repair Service’ after a successful pilot resulted in significant benefits to customers. The service, which closely targets those less able to manage their own domestic

Shelter Scotland’s private landlord support officer, Bryan Powell, details how he works to improve the private rented sector in Lochaber. I am working with the Private Landlords in Lochaber to improve housing conditions and tenancy management across the area. At a time when two thirds of Scotland�

Family Friendly Working Scotland has launched a survey to establish just how family-friendly the Scottish third sector is. The organisation, which supports and promotes the development of family-friendly workplaces across Scotland, has asked Animate Consulting to survey third sector organisations.

Local authorities in Scotland have spent or committed 97 per cent of the total estimated funding for Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) awards during 2015/16. New statistics into the DHP scheme, which provides financial assistance towards housing costs for those claiming housing benefit, revealed t

Graeme Brown Scotland’s national housing and homelessness charity is calling on kind-hearted Scots to donate this year’s Leap Day – Monday 29th February – by volunteering in one of its nationwide shops.