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A number of companies will be advertising work opportunities to visitors at Queens Cross Housing Association’s annual Gala Day on August 26. Housebuilding company Keepmoat and CAS Contract Cleaning will have career stalls at the event at the Firhill Sports Complex. They are looking to offer work e

A very sheltered housing development in Buckhaven has raised £145 after inviting the community to enjoy their beautiful orchard. The orchard at Bield’s Braehead Gardens was recently freshened up after tenant Frank Morrison introduced a beautiful water feature and new seating to liven it up and ma

Stuart Nicholson, loan investments director at Scottish Widows, LAR chairman Andrew Robertson, housing minister Kevin Stewart and Alan Brennan, relationship director at Bank of Scotland Commercial Real Estate LAR Housing Trust has secured £65 million of funding to boost its portfolio of mid-market

Iain Muirhead Rent levels and affordability are among the issues which tenants and service users rank highest when considering what value for money means to them, according to a new report.

(from left) Clackmannanshire Council leader, Councillor Les Sharp with new tenants Kenny Wilson & Lynn Syme being welcomed to their new home by Bill Banks, Kingdom Group CEO Kingdom Housing Association has completed 69 houses across Clackmannanshire in the last 18 months and is poised to deliver

Minister for local government and housing, Kevin Stewart MSP, praised good quality, energy efficient, affordable homes when he visited a new housing estate in Blackford yesterday. The 38 social housing properties were developed by Hillcrest Housing Association and Robertson Partnership Homes, who ar

A major review of council house rent levels which aims to make the system fairer and more straightforward has received overwhelming support from tenants taking part in consultation. Earlier this summer, North Ayrshire Council announced the first major review of rent levels for a number of years, to

Harry Woodward Harry Woodward writes in a personal capacity about Paul Sng’s documentary, Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle.

Planning permission in principle for a new 1,500-home development in the Cairngorms National Park has been extended for a further three years following a Section 42 application to vary a condition of the previously granted consent. Permission was originally granted by the Cairngorms National Park Au

Govan Law Centre has been given £100,000 from Bank of Scotland Foundation to launch a new initiative aimed at helping prevent homelessness. The charity was one of 46 third sector organisations to share grants worth more than £830,000 after successfully applying for funding through Bank of Scotland

Roseanna Cunningham The changing pattern of land ownership in Scotland has been illustrated by new figures showing that 124 community groups now own 142,177 acres in the Highlands council area.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visits GHA tenant Marilyn Cunningham at her new home, alongside GHA chair Bernadette Hewitt (right) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited tenants of Glasgow’s latest affordable homes development as Wheatley Group announced it had secured a further £65 million of pr

A new report by Dundee City Council planners has identified a series of sites across the city to accommodate more than 5,200 new homes. Forming part of a major long-term planning strategy for the city, the report includes larger housing sites such as 400 properties at Dykes of Gray as part of the We

The Hillcrest Group has published a special birthday-themed annual report in celebration of Hillcrest Housing Association’s 50th anniversary. The social housing provider, parent of the Hillcrest Group of Companies, opened its doors in 1967 and has been providing affordable homes ever since.

Homes in Edinburgh's Old Town are incresingly popular on Airbnb Concerns have been raised that the rapid increase in Airbnb rented properties could harm residential communities in Scotland and impact on the country’s housing stock.