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ng homes residents are getting their hands dirty at their local allotment this season and members of the North Glasgow community are invited to join growing sessions to learn about sowing, cultivating, and most importantly harvesting food in a natural, organic way. The allotment workshops are part o

Bield is looking for a volunteer to help older people enjoy happy and fulfilled lives at a retirement housing development in West Lothian. A Lunch Club Assistant is being sought to help organise opportunities for social interaction within the development and the wider community at Stewart Court in W

(left to right) Bill Banks chief executive, Kingdom Housing Association, Charles Milne, chairperson, Kingdom Housing Association, Tom Brown, chairperson, Ochil View Housing Association and George Tainsh, director, Ochil View Housing Association A new partnership between Ochil View Housing Associatio

Artist’s impression of new homes Almost 50 new affordable homes are taking shape in the latest phase of a major regeneration project in the south side of Glasgow.

Tax increases being imposed by the UK and Scottish governments will make it easier for irresponsible landlords to provide sub-standard housing to tenants, according to the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL). The organisation said the changes, which threaten to increase costs, will in turn jeopa

CCG Scotland has completed a new 46 home development in Glasgow for Cube Housing Association. Located on a prominent position overlooking the River Clyde, Yoker Village comprises a single four storey block of one and two bedroom apartments available for mid-market rent which are managed by Lowther H

An event is being held to detail how small, medium and large local companies can bid for contracts as Aberdeenshire Council prepares an ambitious programme of upgrading 11,000 council homes. The 'Meet the Buyer Event' on Friday 19 August 2016 will take place at Aberdeenshire Council's headquarters l

Olympic medallist Liz McColgan has been reprimanded by a housing watchdog after she left a woman living in accommodation that was not “reasonably fit for human habitation”. The Private Rented Housing Panel has ordered the former athlete to make urgent repairs to the three-bedroom end terraced ho

Kirsteen Watson, regional director Dollywood Foundation UK with Michael Carberry, director of Blochairn Every child in a Blochairn Housing Association household will receive a free book each month until their fifth birthday after the Association signed up to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

(from left) May Vanhagen, Michelle Vanhagen, Bertha Glancy, John Ross Two of Port of Leith Housing Association’s (PoLHA) sheltered housing complexes have raised over £2,000 at their summer fayres.

Kevin Rowe Housing and care services provider Bield has raised more than £160,000 over the past year thanks to the efforts of the tenants, carers, family, friends and staff.

Joshua Browder The creator of a chatbot that successfully challenged 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York has now written a program to provide the homeless with legal aid.

Developers have purchased the former Sunnyside Royal Hospital site in Angus from NHS Tayside, paving the way for a new housing, retail and commercial development. The hospital, in Hillside near Montrose, has been acquired by Montrose based Pert Bruce Construction Ltd and Edinburgh based FM Group in

GHA is to hold a series of community events to share information on an innovative £4.3 million district heating scheme in the south side of Glasgow. The new energy centre in Hillpark Drive Pollokshaws, will provide 350 homes with heating and hot water and save hundreds of GHA tenants money on their

Director George Tainsh and various members of the Association’s staff Ochil View Housing Association has achieved the prestigious Investors in People Gold Accreditation, the most successful framework for business improvement through people in the UK.