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Martin Sime The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has announced that its chief executive, Martin Sime, is to retire following more than 25 successful years.

Stirling Council is to lead an environmental advisory group seeking to help communities benefit from renewable energy projects. Councillor Evelyn Tweed has been appointed as chairperson of the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Renewable Group. The group’s aims include increasing opp

Caledonia Housing Association has awarded over £3 million of responsive repairs contracts to local companies Novus Property Solutions and McGill & Co Ltd. The three year contracts will run from October 1.

Roseanna Cunningham The Scottish Government’s ‘world first’ vision for land rights and responsibilities promises greater transparency and a “more diverse pattern” of ownership.

Living in unsuitable temporary accommodation, such as B&Bs, for long periods of time is destructive, demoralising and prevents people moving on from homelessness, according to a new report. Published today by Crisis in Scotland, ‘A Life in Limbo’ marks the launch of the charity’s new campa

(from left) Melville Housing chief executive, Andrew Noble; Melville Housing development manager, Neil Edgar and Graeme Shanks, senior project manager for Taylor Wimpey East Scotland Melville Housing Association is to deliver 21 high-quality affordable homes thanks to a £2.8 million deal with homeb

Kingdom House Kingdom Housing Association has been shortlisted for a number of important awards in the housing sector - including five shortlistings in the Chartered Institute of Housing of Scotland Excellence Awards.

Stacey Hogg, the tenant of the 1000th new council house was presented with the keys to her new home by Councillor Stephen Curran, cabinet member for customer and housing services. Also pictured is her four week old baby daughter Kali. Midlothian Council has reached a milestone in its affordable hous

Linda Lee (left) receiving her long service award from Bield chair Susan Napier Dedicated staff members have been honoured at Bield’s 2017 AGM for their service to the housing and care provider for Scotland’s older population.

Members of Hawthorn Housing Co-operative in Possilpark celebrated their 30th anniversary with a community cinema experience on Scottish Housing Day last week. Patrons to the cinema enjoyed popcorn and images of the area from over the last 60 years. These images showed the transformation that the com

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has today announced £90,000 to support pilot projects to assist people wanting to build their own homes with a new Challenge Fund. Speaking at the closing event of the Festival of Architecture in Edinburgh, Mr Stewart will confirm the new fund will be open for applica

More than 40 homes have been unlocked in by East Dunbartonshire Council's Corporate Fraud Team. Throughout 2016/17, the team received 248 reports of alleged fraud; up 27% on the previous year.

Angus Council is placing more choice in the hands of people looking for social housing after agreeing to move from a register based on a traditional points-based allocation to a system of choice based lettings. Instead of matching people to available properties the decision by the local authority’

(from left) Aaron Hughes, Ann Budge, Gary Locke, Josh Littlejohn, Simon Murray, Leeann Dempster and Brandon Barker Edinburgh’s biggest football clubs will come together on December 9 to Sleep in the Park and raise money for homeless people across Scotland.

John Cole CBE Housing minister Kevin Stewart has announced two leading experts as the chairs of the groups that will take forward a review of Scottish building standards in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.