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An £11.5 million project to build 94 affordable homes at Edinburgh's Leith Fort has been shortlisted for a trio of awards.

Lorraine Gray The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has named Lorraine Gray as its interim chief executive following the departure of Anna Fowlie.

Terrie Alafat More than 2,000 people have had their say on the future of social housing by taking part in workshops as part of a major Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) project.

Charlie Milne A memorial service is to be held for Charlie Milne, the former chairperson of Kingdom Housing Association, who died suddenly while on a cycling holiday in Spain.

Richard Leonard Scotland’s housing crisis has pushed 50,000 additional children into poverty in the last three years, according to analysis from Scottish Labour.

A key part of a large-scale regeneration project in central Edinburgh has been submitted for planning, with over 200 homes designed specifically for rent being considered by City of Edinburgh Council. Private rented housing developer and operator Moda, alongside joint venture partner Apache Capital,

Craig Sanderson Link Homes Ltd, part of the Link group of social enterprises, has been successful in its bid to administer the Scottish Government’s Help to Buy (Scotland) Affordable New Build and Smaller Developers Schemes across various areas throughout Scotland.

North Lanarkshire Council has launched a survey of people living in council tower blocks and flats identified for potential demolition. Tenants will receive information packs and surveys through their doors over the coming week, seeking the views of every resident who may be affected in the first ph

Leigh Pearce Community-led housing projects in Dumfries and Galloway and the Highlands are set to benefit from over £500,000 in funding from the Nationwide Foundation.

Monica Lennon Legislation providing for universal access to free sanitary products at schools, colleges and universities is set to be introduced to the Scottish Parliament.

Pictured: An image from the exhibition Inverclyde-based housing association River Clyde Homes has announced that the "Dark Side o' The Clyde" photographs that have been shown in high-rise flats in the Broomhill area of Greenock for the last three years are set to be exhibited at The Beacon Arts Cent

Pictured: Emily Wang and Sophie Rowan Shelter Scotland is planning a 12-month series of events and promotional activities from now until next March to mark its 50th anniversary under the banner ‘We’re still Fighting’– saying the landmark is no cause for celebration.

An article painting a bleak picture of housing associations in Scotland appeared recently in Bella Caledonia and was republished on the Scottish Community Alliance website. This picture, however, is at odds with the experience of many tenants and communities across Scotland, writes the Scottish Fede

An article painting a bleak picture of housing associations in Scotland appeared recently in Bella Caledonia and was republished on the Scottish Community Alliance website. Here the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations offers a defence of local community-controlled housing asso

Councillors in Fife have discussed moves to protect some of the council’s most vulnerable tenants. At a meeting of the community and housing services committee last week councillors heard about progress on work to reduce the number of children housed in temporary accommodation and how best to prot