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West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative's Benmore Tower in Cambuslang The extremely tight deadlines attached to Scottish Government requests to local authorities for information on high rise stock, following last week’s tragic fire in West London, may be diverting landlords from even greater priorit

Barry Johnstone, area director at Cordale Housing Association and Julie Cosgrove, chief executive at Caledonia Housing Association Caledonia Housing Association scooped the Large Housing Association of the Year award at the Scottish Home Awards Gala Dinner held at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow last we

Shettleston Housing Association’s recently-completed development at Fernan Gardens continues to impress judging panels from the nation’s housing design awards. Following-on from being awarded a Commendation by the Glasgow Institute of Architects, the development, which brought £3.6 million much

A precautionary review in South Ayrshire will ensure that all properties meet relevant safety standards The Scottish Housing Regulator written to all social landlords in Scotland to issue fire safety advice following the recent tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in London.

Graeme Laing North Lanarkshire Council has granted full planning permission to Ashfield Land and Taylor Wimpey for the development of 160 new homes at Glasgow Road, Bargeddie.

(from left) Andrew Watson – BHA Trustee Convener, Richard Atkins – BHA Trustee and chair of Berwickshire Community Renewables and Helen Forsyth – chief executive of Berwickshire Housing Association The first wind farm in the UK to have been developed by a housing association as a means of fund

CCG Asset Management has announced the completion of a boiler replacement contract in Motherwell on behalf of Cairn Housing Association. The division installed new boilers to 24 properties on Cornelia Street near the town centre over a 2 week period.

The Seaton tower blocks in Aberdeen The Scottish Government has urged all Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in the country to provide tower block stock information to assist a ministerial review of Scottish regulations in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in West London.

Court of Session A disabled woman who converted a bedroom in her rented housing association property into a second living room so she could have a living space separate from her carers was still liable for the higher rate of the so-called ‘bedroom tax’, appeal judges have ruled.

Charities and legal experts have raised serious concerns following reports that the Home Office is threatening to arrest and deport homeless people sleeping on the streets of Edinburgh. Investigative platform The Ferret has reported that Home Office enforcement teams have been involved in a series o

Nearly half of landlords are less likely to rent homes to tenants without a British passport as a result of the immigration tests they have to make, according to a new poll. A survey by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) on the impact of the UK government’s Right to Rent scheme which make

Plans have been submitted to develop 199 new homes for mid-market rent in Leith on behalf of Link Housing Association. Delivered in partnership with Cruden Homes and the Teague Group, the 7N Architects-designed homes will be located on brownfield land at Salamander Place between Leith Links and the

Esh Border Construction has completed work on a key social housing project for Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA), delivering 60 vital new homes to communities in Hawick as part of a wider regeneration programme. The Livingston-based company has successfully delivered 28 high quality homes

A consultation is underway on proposals to assign the homes of a number of Glasgow residents to a different local authority. The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland is conducting an administrative area review of the boundary between Glasgow City Council area and North Lanarkshire Counc

A free online resource which offers tenants and landlords a comprehensive guide to private renting in Scotland is to be given a total overhaul after a funding award of £43,500 from SafeDeposits Scotland Trust. The award, the largest the Trust has ever made, was donated to site owner Shelter Scotlan