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Five million households could now save £115 a year on their energy bills after energy watchdog Ofgem announced it is to extend its safeguard tariff to almost one million vulnerable customers. The tariff, which stops suppliers from charging customers too much and ensures any price increase is justif

Harriet Haire MBE It is with great regret that John Munro, chairperson of Trafalgar Housing Association, advises of the death of Harriet Haire MBE on Thursday, 25th January 2018, aged 87.

Link Group has ranked 46th in the National Centre for Diversity’s UK Top 100 Index 2018, moving up three places from last year. The Top 100 Index is determined by the results of surveys of staff and customers completed by organisations that have embarked on an accreditation journey with the Nation

Ian Campbell Perth and Kinross Council leader Ian Campbell has died suddenly at the age of 66, the local authority has confirmed.

Barbara Crichton with Elspeth Ahlfeld A new project has been launched to tackle long-term privately-owned empty homes in Inverclyde.

The current Bangour Village site A housing developer is set to take over the site of the former Bangour Village psychiatric hospital with plans to build 891 houses.

Heriot-Watt University is exploring the potential of a new way to provide housing for young people at risk of homelessness. The spare room scheme would match 16-25-year olds in need of accommodation with a host’s spare room, with rent paid for the room and support provided to the young person and

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to visit the Social Bite social enterprise in Edinburgh during the couple’s first official joint visit to Scotland next week. The royal couple will visit the social enterprise cafe on Tuesday and help to mark the Scottish Year of Young People 2018.

The Nationwide Foundation is awarding over £1 million to support the growth of community-led housing to enable the sector to deliver more decent, affordable homes for people in need. Six organisations including the Dumfries and Galloway Small Communities Housing Trust and the Highlands Small Commun

Leader of Glasgow City Council, Councillor Susan Aitken marks the start of work on new Loretto homes at Buckley Street with (from left) Wheatley Group’s Jackie McIntosh, Paul Sweeney MP, Patrick Flynn of Glasgow City Council, Douglas Robin of Loretto Housing, Bob Doris MSP, Wheatley Group’s Olga

Many of the 50,000 new affordable homes which the Scottish Government has pledged will be delivered by 2021 will be unsuitable for disabled and elderly people, according to the government’s own research. Ministers have committed to invest £3 billion in building at least 50,000 new properties by 2

Jimmy Black A former Dundee City Council housing convener is leading calls for the local authority to reconsider its decision to demolish a city tenement as he believes money could be saved by repairing the block instead.

Caledonia Housing Association has announced Bracewell Stirling and ECD Architects as its Framework Architects for new housing developments for the next three years. The three year framework agreement for Architecture Services will see ECD and Bracewell Stirling work on the design of multi tenure dev

HouseMark has updated its online, interactive UK global accounts analysis tool, allowing members to examine and compare financial performance data with peers across Scotland, England and Wales. The Global Accounts Analysis Tool now contains full datasets from the Scottish Housing Regulator’s Audit

Colleagues from Fife Housing Group’s Housing and Property teams joined members of Fife Council’s Community Safety Team and representatives from the local fire station at the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service headquarters in Cambuslang to learn more about fire safety, fire risks and their referral