Younger people are more willing to buy a home prone to safety, flood or crime risks in order to get on the housing ladder, new research from insurance giant Aviva reveals.
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An Edinburgh restaurant described as the "next evolution of the Social Bite concept" is set to open its doors on Saturday. Home, located on Queensferry Street in the Scottish capital's West End, is the product of collaboration between Social Bite founder Josh Littlejohn and Dean Gassabi of Maison Bl
Mary Taylor After six years at the head of the organisation, Mary Taylor has announced that she will retire next year from her role as Chief Executive of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA).
Matthew Busher Kingdom Housing Association has announced the appointment of Matthew Busher as its new Head of Housing.
Stephen Herriot Stephen Herriot recently took up his post as head of operations with Procurement for Housing (PfH) Scotland, the national procurement service for social landlords across Scotland.
Govanhill Housing Association has reached a milestone in its programme of purchasing homes for social rent. Association Vice Chairperson Annie Macfarlane, who lives in the target area of four tenement blocks in South-West Govanhill, said: “It’s really encouraging that the initiative has reached
Nicola Barclay Scotland’s growing population is pressurising the capacity of GP surgeries and not the construction of much needed new homes, according to builders.
Chris Bartter By Chris Bartter – Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland
Albert Henderson At Tuesday’s Annual General Meeting of River Clyde Homes, the membership of the Inverclyde-based housing association heard confirmation of plans for another low rent increase for 2017.
Ben Macpherson (centre) with 25 Rock Trust supporters The Rock Trust is calling for supporters to swap their beds for sleeping bags and take on a challenge faced by thousands of 16-25 year olds every night.
Dunedin Canmore staff Craig Stewart, Sandy Hazzard, David Baptie, Arron Tippet, Nadia Winnick and Mark Horeckyj involved in the Energy 2020 project celebrate with their award Dunedin Canmore has scooped a prestigious UK energy-efficiency award for work tackling fuel poverty in its Edinburgh communit
Mike Dailly Govan Law Centre (GLC) has published its annual report detailing its successes in balancing landlords and tenants' rights in new tenancies legislation as well as the fraught issue of "up front" rent.
More people will be able to make their homes warm and water-tight through a new £10 million fund. The pilot scheme in Glasgow, Argyll and Bute and Perthshire will provide equity loans of up to £40,000 to home owners on low incomes to help them make essential repairs to leaking roofs and building s
Dr Miles Mack Patients could be at risk of “unsafe care” if plans to build new housing do not consider the impact on GP services, a group of medics have warned.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is to announce its decision on the classification of housing associations in Scotland on September 29. Registered social landlords (RSLs) north of the Border are currently regarded as private bodies for accounting purposes, though the classification is unders