Dean Noble It’s with sadness that Hillcrest Housing Association has announced that Dean Noble, a valued and much-respected committee member, passed away unexpectedly on 21st December 2016.
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Kevin Stewart Organisations that work with homeless people and give housing support to vulnerable are to benefit from £1.65 million of Scottish Government grant funding.
Bruce Forbes Angus Housing Association director, Bruce Forbes, has accused a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spokesperson of “peddling lies and deliberately misleading the public” to justify the Westminster government’s “brutal” cuts to welfare.
Dr Beth Watts Homelessness policy experts have criticised a charity’s plan to build Scotland’s first homeless village as well-intentioned but likely to be ineffective in helping rough sleepers.
Staff and tenants working together during the conference Glen Oaks Housing Association has hailed the turnout for its Residents Conference as “excellent” with over 80 tenants attending the event at the Crookston Hotel.
Orkney Islands Council’s Housing Service is seeking public views on its Advice and Information Strategy which underpins how the council and a range of partner agencies provide housing advice to service users. The strategy looks at the accessibility of written information, the standard of this info
A wheelchair that can go up and down steps is one of the shortlisted entries Glasses for computer users who don’t have the use of their arms and a wheelchair that goes up and down steps are just two of the shortlisted entries battling it out in a ‘Dragons' Den’ inspired event to find the next
Plans have been unveiled to demolish part of an Aberdeen church to form a block of 20 flats. Proposals submitted by Andrew Buchan for the former Rutherford Church building in the city’s Rosemount area will see the category C-listed building retain its façade.
After the success of the summer edition, Business Fives, Scotland’s national business five-a-side tournament moves indoor for the winter ahead of Business Fours, the golf edition in spring. The date for the Housing & Property heat once again in conjunction with the Scottish Property Federation
(from left) Clive Feeney, head of operations at SPA; Kate Christie, development officer at Lintel Trust and Robert McDowall, chairperson of Lintel Trust Lintel Trust has been appointed on a two-year contract to manage the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) Community Benefit Fund which will invest u
Bruce Forbes The director of Angus Housing Association in Dundee has warned that changes to welfare payments could plunge some of the city’s poorest people further into poverty.
Graham Simpson Scottish Government officials have been accused of meddling in local democracy after new figures revealed they overrule councils on planning appeals as often as they side with them.
Sajid Javid A £7 billion programme to deliver more than 200,000 new affordable homes in England has been unlocked by communities secretary Sajid Javid in a dramatic expansion of the UK government’s affordable housing programme.
Developers are ready to press ahead with the first phase of a 1,500-home project in Oudenarde near Perth, 20 years on from when it was first mooted. Perthshire developer GS Brown Construction has teamed up with Taylor Wimpey to submit an initial planning application for 159 two, three and four bedro
Plans for a new waste incinerator which could help to heat homes and businesses have been submitted to Dundee City Council. The proposals from MVV Environment Services Ltd, which intends to take over the running of the site from the council-owned firm DERL, would see a new energy-from-waste facility