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Shortlees residents are celebrating the announcement of a successful funding award of over £59,000 to Atrium Homes from the Our Place Big Lottery funding programme. Atrium Homes will start work in the next few months on its Welcome to Shortlees project, following the award of £59,360, to provide a

CIH Scotland Board member, Evie Copland, previews what visitors can expect at the Housing Festival event to be held at the SECC in Glasgow on March 14-15.

Last year’s winner Barry Jarvis, vice-chairman of Osprey Housing, receiving his award from Cat Harvey EVH has announced the launch of its annual prestigious management committee member award, the Helen McGregor Award 2017, sponsored by Shettleston Housing Association.

Glasgow women facing a life on the streets met with MSPs from the Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee when they visited Simon Community Scotland and Legal Services Agency yesterday. By speaking to women in housing crisis, and frontline street team staff, the MSPs explo

Cube Housing Association's district heating project in Broomhill A Scottish Government fund which provides loans towards regeneration and energy efficiency schemes across Scotland has been so successful that more money is now available.

"Social security is a human right". Social security minister Jeane Freeman blogs about Scotland's approach to its new agency. Earlier this month I marked another milestone as we build our new social security system for Scotland, when we responded to the consultation which has taken me to communities

Three of Scotland’s largest housing associations have joined together to urge the Scottish Government to find a long-term solution on how to fund supported housing to better meet the challenge of an ageing population and help with better integration of health and social care services across the co

The Scottish Housing Regulator has continued its intervention in Antonine Housing Association after it breached a loan agreement last year. Antonine had to seek alternative funding following the misdemeanour and was required to repay the outstanding balance and breakage costs.

Annie Mauger The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland (CIH Scotland) has welcomed the publication of new guidance on registration of letting agents ahead of the new code of practice coming into force next year.

Angela Constance Social security and equalities secretary Angela Constance has expressed her anger at the UK government’s announcement that it is to impose new housing benefit regulations in Scotland, which came just days after ministers at Westminster were unable to provide a timetable for the pl

The regeneration of Clydebank’s Queens Quay has taken a major step forward as councillors unanimously agreed the purchase of land on which almost 200 social houses will be built. At a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing and communities committee last week, elected members approved a

Housing minister Kevin Stewart witnessed the expansion of social housing in Shetland during visits to two Hjaltland Housing Association (HHA) developments last week. The Minister was in Shetland attending the meeting of the Convention of the Highlands and Islands, during which he took the opportunit

Queens Cross Housing Association staff on LGBT Youth’s Purple Friday, part of their commitment to being an inclusive organisation Queens Cross Housing Association has jumped 82 places in this year’s Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, a UK-wide benchmarking tool for lesbian, gay, bi and trans (L

The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band Lintel Trust’s ‘Great Big Lintel Jam Night’ was the best one yet, generating £3,607 through sponsorship and ticket sales.

Edinburgh was once again Scotland's least affordable city Home affordability in Scotland’s cities has deteriorated for the fourth year, according to new Bank of Scotland research.