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Persimmon has unveiled a substantial jump in interim profits as it shrugged off the potential impact of post-Brexit economic uncertainty on the housing market. The housebuilder’s profit before tax in the six months to the end of June increased 29 per cent to £352.3 million (2015: £272.8m) while

Jane Gray ARK Housing Association CEO Jane Gray celebrates ARK's Investors in People Gold status and reflects on the collaboration and learning that came along with all the hard work.

Private landlords in England pocketed £9.3 billion in housing benefit last year, twice the amount of a decade ago, according to new figures. Analysis by the National Housing Federation revealed how much the taxpayer is forking out to private landlords in the form of Housing Benefit, with takings ba

Affordable housing provider Home Group has devised a way to help its customers overcome one of the biggest barriers to owning a place of their own – saving for a deposit while paying rent. The organisation has committed to match, pound for pound, the UK government cash bonus to savers using a Help

Researchers on a project jointly managed by the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Changeworks are calling on social landlords to give their views and experiences of district heating. On the face of it, there is a good fit between district heating and blocks of homes owned by housing associations and

A new system for submitting building standards applications is due to go live on Wednesday, 24 August. The eBuildingStandards.scot service will enable the electronic submission of applications for building warrants and other related forms, such as completion certificates. It will also allow multiple

The first Blue Triangle Housing Association Champions League event took place in Toryglen Regional Football Centre last week. There were 10 teams from Blue Triangle, the remaining 6 teams were made up of Street Soccer Scotland, British Transport Police, Quarriers, Move On, Ypeople and Tesco who also

View from north edge of Hopetoun Grange Park looking east towards Lovers Lane Plans for the construction of 1,700 homes to the north of Aberdeen have been re-approved by councillors after it was brought back to the authority following a landmark legal ruling.

Lochaber Housing Association is to build 50 affordable homes in the Fort William area thanks to the first allocation of this year’s charitable bond funding from social investment charity Allia. Allia is working with the Scottish Government to fund the development of affordable housing across Scotl

A glimpse of what can be expected at the new Countesswells community The first phase of a 3,000-home development at the Countesswells site in Aberdeen has been given the green light.

A group of four councils who broke away from local authority representative body Cosla have threatened to take the Scottish Government to court if ministers continue to freeze them out of funding talks. At the moment Holyrood will only negotiate with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cos

Neil Clapperton The chief executive of Grampian Housing Association has been elected to the policy council at Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce to represent the views of housing providers.

Lanarkshire housing association Clyde Valley Group (CVG) has passed a major milestone by building over 1700 houses in the past 15 years, with plans to develop another 660 by 2018. Through a period of external challenges in the industry and beyond, the Group has continued to grow and diversify its of

Councillor Isobel Strong unveils the new office commemorative plaque with Brendan O’Hara MEP and Jim Milne MBE, chairman of ACHA Councillor Isobel Strong from Argyll and Bute Council and former Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) Board member, has officially opened ACHA’s new Longhill Cr

The Scottish Government is now consulting on providing a discretionary power to RSLs to pay a missing share on behalf of owners who are unable or unwilling to comply with other owners/landlords in common repairs. This power is already available to local authorities through the Housing (Scotland) Act