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Mayor Uel Mackin alongside David Burns A housing professional who has been employed in housing teams across Scotland over the past 25 years has been appointed as the new chief executive at Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council in Northern Ireland.

Daniel and Patricia Staff from housing associations were part of a team of 33 who took part on the Great Scottish Run 10k on Sunday to raise much needed funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK).

Charitable organisations across Britain are being urged to get their applications ready as £2.5 million of funding becomes available in the next round of the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme. Energy Saving Trust, which was appointed by Ofgem to manage distribution of the funds to eligible c

CCG’s expert planned maintenance Asset Management division has commenced a second contract with Drumchapel Housing Co-operative. Located on Southdeen Road, around 60 properties are set to benefit from brand new bathrooms and UPVC windows.

The new First Tier Tribunal centre Govan Law Centre (GLC) has secured a First Tier Tribunal housing benefit appeal for almost £10,000 on behalf of a former homeowner in Glasgow who was facing eviction.

More than 1,300 homes were built on sites of at least five homes in Fife during 2017/18, the region’s latest housing survey has revealed. The figure in the Fife Housing Survey is the same number of homes as in the previous year, and the joint highest total since the global economic crisis of 2008.

Court of Session A homeowner who challenged a decree by default granted in favour of a bridging loan company which was seeking to recover possession of her home over her failure to repay funds she borrowed to buy the property has had her appeal dismissed.

Edinburgh Park Work on plans to transform around 43 acres of land south of Edinburgh Park into a £500 million ‘urban quarter’ is set to start within weeks after councillors approved the first phase of the project.

Registered social landlords in Scotland have been reclassified as private organisations following the enactment of the Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2018.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its annual report and accounts for 2017/18. The report gives the highlights of the work the Regulator did last year to safeguard and promote the interests of tenants, homeless people and others who use the services of social landlords.

An ambitious five-year masterplan to build hundreds of new social houses in North Ayrshire has been unveiled. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) aims to deliver more than 1700 high-quality homes in neighbourhoods where people want to live.

Scotland’s largest landlord membership organisation has urged landlords, tenants and other letting agents to quickly report any non-compliance with new regulations governing letting agents in the private rented sector (PRS). The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has welcomed the new regulati

George Walker As the Scottish Housing Regulator gears up to launch a consultation on its new Regulatory Framework this month, chair George Walker gives a brief update.

(from left) Lynne Dunn, Kingdom Works manager; Bill Banks, Kingdom chief executive; Jamie Hepburn MSP; Robin Presswood, Fife Council’s head of economy planning and employability; Freya Lees, Kingdom chair Fife Works, the pioneering employability project set up by Kingdom Housing Association, has c

The new homes at Burnmouth Road for mid-market rent Homes for mid-market rent in a new development in the East End of Glasgow were all snapped up in record time.