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The offical opening of new Loretto homes in Eriboll Crescent Development projects by Loretto Housing Association, West Lothian Council, Link Group and Places for People have been shortlisted for a home building industry award by Homes for Scotland.

Naomi Eisenstadt Glasgow is to be the focus for the Scottish Parliament's social security committee as it begins looking at proposals aimed at tackling child poverty.

Plans to transform a former Perthshire primary school into flats have been approved by Perth and Kinross Council. Crieff-based construction firm Corryard was given permission to create 17 properties and one house at Blairgowrie’s Hill Primary after a bid to turn it into a community hub failed.

CCG (Scotland) Ltd has announced the completion of a new residential project for Noah Developments at Hillside Gardens Lane in the heart of Glasgow’s West End. The project comprises six contemporary townhouses by Hoskins Architects – each of which has been designed to complement the surrounding

Ian Brennan A new report which sets out ten principles of positive practice for social landlords considering developing new homes has been published by the Scottish Housing Regulator.

Mary Taylor A request by Scottish ministers for an immediate halt to the roll-out of the full service of Universal Credit “until problems with its implementation are fully resolved” has been welcomed by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA).

Persimmon Homes has been ordered to stop carrying out extensive groundworks for a 300-home development in Kinross after it was revealed the firm didn’t have permission to do so. Contractors employed by the housebuilder have been digging up land west of Lathro Meadows adjacent to the A922 over the

Plans have been lodged for a retirement village on a farm on the outskirts of Dundee. Redwood Retreats is seeking permission to develop 60 homes for elderly people on land owned by Angus farmer and company owner Hugh Niven at Linlathen Farm in Broughty Ferry.

Lisa Glass On Thursday 16th March, the Scottish Government released two sets of poverty statistics, on how many people live in poverty and on how many people live in ‘persistent poverty’, in other words, have been in poverty for three of the last four years.

Spire View's proposed plans for Rainbow HAll Southside Housing Association and Spire View Housing Association are among ten organisations to share more than £10 million of lottery funding for a range of new builds, developments and extensions to buildings for community use.

Crofters are to benefit from an additional £600,000 to enable them to build and improve crofter housing. The Croft House Grant scheme will receive the extra funding in 2017/18, taking the total allocation to £2 million, rural economy secretary Fergus Ewing has announced.

Russell Young ‘Old habits die hard’ goes the expression and nowhere does this appear to be truer than in the area of estate inspections by social landlords. A recent HouseMark survey found that two thirds of social landlords still log their inspection reports manually on-site with pen and paper

The City of Edinburgh Council’s latest Edinburgh People Survey has found that residents continue to be satisfied with life in the Capital. The annual study, which is the largest of its kind in the UK, found 94% of the 5226 respondents are satisfied with the city as a place to live, while two third

Alison Watson A new National Homelessness Strategy for Scotland, which is informed and designed with input from people with lived experience of homelessness, is the only way the root causes of homelessness can be tackled, a conference will hear today.

Maureen Cope The deliberate exclusion of social landlords from the Universal Credit system means arrears levels are even worse than was originally feared, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).