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Two new state-of-the-art housing developments by CCG (Scotland) Ltd for Perth and Kinross Council are to get underway in Perth this month.

Tenants and officers from across Scotland congregated at the Wheatley Academy in Glasgow on Friday 21st October for the first and very successful Value for Money event delivered jointly by TPAS Scotland and HouseMark Scotland. Kirsty Wells, Head of HouseMark Scotland, explored with delegates how to

The housing and health committee of Perth & Kinross Council will discuss the performance of its Rent 1st Campaign as well as revisions to its rent arrears policy at a meeting this Wednesday. The council's Rent 1st Campaign promotes payments and offers support, advice and sets out the consequence

Cadder Housing Association held the officially opening of its new state of the art community centre on Friday. The new centre was designed by Cooper Cromar Architects and built by Clark Contracts at a total cost of £3.1 million.

Bield are looking for social activity volunteers to encourage tenants to socialise together in Milton Court, their retirement development in Portobello. Social activity volunteers encourage tenants to socialise together within the development by leading agreed social activities in the communal loung

Scotland's population increase over the next 25 years is likely to be unevenly spread across the country, according to a report issued by the Registrar General for Scotland. Statistics published by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) show the population of Scotland is projected to rise by seven p

The former headquarters of Strathclyde Police will house a £105 million private sector rental scheme housing 365 apartments, Moda Living have announced. The scheme at Pitt Street, designed by Haus Architects in Glasgow, will be Moda’s first in Scotland.

Aberdeenshire Council has announced "ambitious plans" to create more than 2,500 affordable homes by 2022 at a cost of £135 million. The council's draft strategic housing investment plan estimates that around £95 million of the total cost involved in creating 2,516 new properties could be secured t

Cairn Housing Association and ANCHO are formally exploring the establishment of a constitutional partnership which will have a total of 4200 homes under management across 22 local authorities. The partnership proposal, which was agreed by the ANCHO Board last night, would increase the financial and

Unite members taking part in September's strike Workers at Wishaw and District Housing Association will begin four days of industrial action from today, the second strike over working conditions in as many months.

Wheatley Group is looking to borrow £150m from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to continue its regeneration plans. An application currently under appraisal at the EIB describes the loan as financing the retrofitting of existing social housing stock to meet Scottish and EU energy efficiency stand

Housing staff will stage a demonstration outside Sanctuary Group’s headquarters in Worcester today in protest over proposed pay conditions. Members of the Unite union will highlight to members of the public the difference between CEO David Bennett’s £320,000 salary and the £8,000 pay cut that

Inverclyde-based housing association River Clyde Homes has issued its first ever report on performance, value for money and affordability. The report differs from previous performance related publications issued as part of its Annual Report on the Scottish Social Housing Charter (ARC), as this is th

(from left) Melville staff members Morag MacDonald, Andrew Collinge, Jacquie Mather and Sean Dickson Melville Housing Association’s Welfare Benefits team, who last year helped tenants access more than £500,000 in benefits that would otherwise have remained unclaimed, has won a prestigious nationa

Dundee City Council has outlined plans to invest almost £400 million on infrastructure projects across the city over the next five years. The £387m programme to be undertaken between 2017 and 2022 takes in play areas, schools, the V&A Dundee, well insulated council housing and initiatives desi