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Delegates at the Eydent Housing Conference Over 100 delegates from Ayrshire RSLs were joined for the third Eydent Housing Conference by colleagues from Ayrshire local authorities, as well as RSLs from Renfrewshire and Glasgow.

Phil Buckle, chief executive of Electrical Safety First An electrical safety charity has welcomed moves to introduce five yearly safety checks in the private rented sector (PRS) but has called for them to be extended to all social housing properties.

Josh Littlejohn MBE alongside Scottish Rugby participants in Edinburgh’s West Princes Street Gardens (from left: Graeme Beveridge, Josh Littlejohn, Gordon Lyon, Darren Burns and Al Kellock) Prominent figures at Scottish Rugby will come together on Saturday 9 December for Social Bite’s Sleep in t

Stirling Council will work with partners to build more than 700 new affordable homes over the next five years. Communities in Cornton, Cultenhove, Raploch and in a number of rural settlements will all benefit from the creation of more social rented houses, while affordable housing will also be provi

The poorest in society are being hit the hardest by changes to tax, social security and public spending reforms, a new report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has revealed. Ahead of next week’s budget, the EHRC has published its independent report on the impact that changes to al

The history of a Perth housing estate has been detailed in a humorous and affectionate memoir which looks back on life growing up on one of Scotland’s working-class schemes during the 1970s and 1980s. Hunter Crescent, a sprawling housing scheme just north of Perth city centre, was built in 1936 af

The site of the former Harthill Primary School is set to become home to another new housing development being delivered by North Lanarkshire Council. Plans are in place to build 20 new homes on the site - a mix of cottage flats, semi-detached bungalows and wheelchair accessible bungalows.

Dr Graham Sharp, chair of the Accounts Commission East Dunbartonshire Council has responded positively to previous concerns but needs to maintain momentum, according to the Accounts Commission.

Rosemary Brotchie Shelter Scotland’s Rosemary Brotchie responds to new statistics which revealed a rise in private sector rents across the country.

Tenants at a retirement housing development are to enjoy their garden space even more thanks to the donation of a wooden park bench from a local businessman. Shirley Queen, retirement housing manager at Bield’s Moorfoot Court in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, was looking for fundraising suggestions from t

The new apprentices with City Building (Glasgow) chair Gordon Sloan and Councillor Greg Hepburn City Building has welcomed a flurry of new recruits, as more than 60 modern apprentices join the construction firm.

People living in Scottish areas with street names commemorating Britain, such as “Queen”, “Royal”, “Regent”, or “London” are less likely to define themselves as Scottish only, new research from the University of St Andrews has revealed. The finding, by Dr Daniel Oto-Peralías, is par

Minister for employability and training Jamie Hepburn MSP (centre) with Stewart Shearer, managing director of Robertson Partnership Homes and apprentice Laura Docherty Robertson Group’s commitment to addressing the skills shortage in the construction industry has been praised by the Scottish Gover

Meldrum House CALA Homes has submitted a planning application for a proposed residential development within the grounds of Meldrum House Hotel & Golf Club, Oldmeldrum.

The ingredients that make for successful – and not so successful – neighbourhoods will be explored at a University of Dundee symposium later this month. ‘There goes the Neighbourhood’ will take place on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November. It is being organised by Dundee-based members of t