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Nicola Barclay An annual fall in home mover lending figures highlights the negative impact the Land & Buildings Transaction Tax is having on potential home buyers, according to industry body Homes for Scotland.

Perth & Kinross Council has officially launched a protocol to support tenants with hoarding issues. The protocol, the first of its kind in Scotland, has been developed by a partnership of the council, NHS Tayside and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and with the advice of Scotland’s first

Bruce Forbes, director, Angus Housing Association and Jason MacGilp, chief executive, Cairn Housing Association, shaking hands on site to seal the development partnership at Muirlands Park, Arbroath Two housing associations have announced their intention to work in partnership to contribute to the d

Rhona Mcleod Trust Housing Association’s Rhona McLeod outlines how a Housing with Care model could address the issue of delayed hospital discharges.

Quay Community Improvements, a social enterprise set up by Port of Leith Housing Association in October 2016, has been awarded three new contracts to deliver cleaning services for Muirhouse Housing Association, West Granton Housing Co-Op and Hunters Hall Housing Co-op. Starting with a stair cleaning

Over 190 staff from the three associations that make up the Caledonia Housing Association Group have attended a series of data governance workshops as the group prepares for the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018. The GDPR is a regulation by which the European

The site of a former West Lothian psychiatric hospital which could become the site of hundreds of new homes after being brought to the market for sale. Extending to 87 hectares (215 acres), the former Bangour Village hospital in Dechmont provides the potential for up to 800 new build homes and the c

A new environmentally friendly housing development in Uddingston has been completed by South Lanarkshire Council and CCG. Situated on the site of the former Uddingston Public Hall, Mill Place comprises 12 amenity flats built across two three storey blocks that have been designed and manufactured in

Beth Reid Beth Reid from Crisis asks how do we prevent another 50 years of homelessness in Scotland?

An East Ayrshire Very Sheltered Housing Development has helped spark interest in online after a generous donation enabled them to purchase iPads for all tenants to use. The £2,500 donation to Bield’s Warrick and Glebe Courts in Cumnock was made by a former tenant, Mr McGough, who had enjoyed his

An aerial view of East Renfrewshire Glasgow’s suburbs are predicted to see the largest increase in average house prices in Scotland by 2021 according to new research released today.

MSPs are calling for a national strategy to alleviate the situation of hundreds of people with insecure immigration status in Scotland from becoming destitute. Destitution is defined as not having adequate accommodation, or a way of finding it, or being unable to meet essential living needs. The sit

A development in Methil being delivered by housing associations Kingdom and Glen Fife’s house building industry is finally showing signs of leaving behind the economic downturn and recession of 2008, according to new research.

Margaret Turner, chair, Forth Housing Association and Terence O’Byrne, chair, Dunblane Community Council at the opening of Thomas Brittain Court Forth Housing Association has welcomed the completion of a unique housing development in Dunblane.

Kelly Henderson, domestic violence business manager at Gentoo, has launched a new research project to inform and encourage the housing sector to embrace its role in tackling domestic abuse. It is now 20 years since I entered the housing world and the sense of social purpose we have as a sector still