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The Poverty Alliance, which delivers the Scottish Living Wage Accreditation Initiative in partnership with the Living Wage Foundation, has welcomed the news that Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) is now an accredited Living Wage Employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at HHP

Students in Glasgow are being sought to help establish a housing co-operative which provides good quality housing to students at fair rents. A group of about twelve students from the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art are hoping to recruit students from other institutions in the city to

Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick As the Homelessness Reduction Bill gains Royal Assent in England, Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick responds to its significance.

(from left) Andrew Mickel (Mactaggart and Mickel), Kevin Stewart MSP and Bruce Mickel (Mactaggart and Mickel) Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government and housing, has visited the award-winning Polnoon neighbourhood in the village of Eaglesham in East Renfrewshire to see how the design of th

Employees at Nationwide Building Society have raised over £5,300 for Edinburgh-based homeless charity Bethany Christian Trust. The organisation, which is a local partner with Bethany Christian Trust, raised support for the charity’s Care Van and Care Shelter – two services that support hundreds

Social security minister Jeane Freeman on removing the involvement of the private sector in carrying out benefit assessments. Last week in the Scottish Parliament, I ruled out the use of private companies in assessing people for the benefits that will be delivered under Scotland’s new social secur

Novus Property Solutions has given a West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) community centre a new lease of life with a full interior redecoration as part of its extensive CSR programme. The Barrowfield Community Centre, based in the Camlachie area to the East of Glasgow, is operated by Willowa

Plans have been submitted which could see the creation of about 200 new houses in Peebles, 50 of which would be affordable. Builders Taylor Wimpey and property developer and investor AWG Property want to build the properties on land east of Kittlegairy View in the Borders town.

The Tenants Information Service (TIS) has revealed the finalists in the TIS National Excellence Awards: Inspire to Achieve, following an “impressive” response of high quality nominations across all eight award categories. Held in association with the Scottish Government, the event recognises and

Wider regulation, more technical and financial support and better monitoring systems are priority requirements for promoting district heating in the social housing sector, according to a new research report. Published by environmental charity Changeworks, District heating: Delivering affordable and

Susan McDonald HBJ Gateley’s Susan McDonald on the lessons learned from bond funding as a means to finance social housing associations.

Mary Barbour Glasgow’s women play a vital role at the heart of their local communities, demonstrating a commitment to helping others and creating positive change. There is no better example than that of the remarkable Mary Barbour.

(from left) Ross McCabe, Ewan O’Donnell, Lynne Dunn, (Kingdom’s Fife Works co-ordinator), Scott Kirkpatrick, (Kingdom acting development director), Bill Banks, (Kingdom Group chief executive), Dougie Herd, (Campion Homes construction director), John Hutton, (Campion site agent) Kingdom Housing A

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (centre) meets Pauline Smith and Grace Andrews of CCT (left) and Martin Wilkie-McFarlane of Wellhouse HA (right) Wellhouse Housing Association and Connect Community Trust are to continue to work together to improve the life chances for everyone in the Wellhouse area.

Dundee city centre offers an “excellent opportunity” to develop a district heating network due to its existing heat networks, generation and density of demand, a new report has revealed. District heating sees a network of properties receive heat from the same source. It provides cheaper and gree