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Tom Manion Dr. Tom Manion, chief executive Irwell Valley Housing Association, has died suddenly over the Easter weekend.

Ian Brennan Rising rent levels are a potential risk to housing associations if tenants’ incomes fail to increase at the same pace, the Scottish Housing Regulator has warned.

Ross Fraser HouseMark chief executive Ross Fraser has announced his plan to step down from his role in January 2017 at the age of 60.

Charlie Nicholas and Jim Duffy with Cube staff and tenants at the launch of Cube’s £40m investment plans for its homes Two top Scottish football stars returned to their roots to kick-off a massive £40 million campaign to transform thousands of homes and make communities safer.

The final phase of a housing development at Jeanfield in Perth has been handed over to the local authority. The project will provide 62 high quality and energy efficient homes, which are multi tenure but all affordable, for Hillcrest Housing Association and Perth and Kinross Council. Developer Cullr

The transformation of the former Police Station and Registrars Office in Stenhousemuir town centre into a new social housing development is to be launched this month. Developed by Falkirk Council, corporate and housing services, and built by Glasgow construction and manufacturing company CCG, the Ma

Plans to build 600 homes between Bridge of Allan and Causewayhead have been refused by Stirling Council. Proposals submitted by Graham’s The Family Dairy, which included plans for 600 homes and a new primary school at Airthrey Kerse, were rejected by councillors by 12 votes to eight (with two abst

Rising house prices have driven a deterioration in home affordability in Scottish cities for a third consecutive year, according to a Bank of Scotland report. The bank’s Affordable Cities Review found that the average Scottish city house price has risen by three per cent, from £176,009 in 2015 to

Alastair MacGregor Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has welcomed a grant approval by the Scottish Government to support its Welfare Rights Information Service.

The first meeting of Bield tenants Tenants at Bield developments across Scotland are being promised a greater role in the running of the organisation thanks to the creation of new ‘people power’ forums and a national improvement group.

Plans to offer a home in Orkney to Syrian refugees took a further step forward last week as councillors recommended that two properties currently held for student accommodation be used to house the two families that could be resettled here. A number of housing options were put forward at a meeting o

A new regeneration strategy aimed at creating strong and diverse towns and vibrant, growing communities has been approved by Aberdeenshire Council. Previously Aberdeenshire’s Regeneration Strategy focussed the council’s whole regeneration budget of £400,000 on the Fraserburgh area.

The construction of an £800 million new community development in Aberdeen can begin next month after the UK government pledged funding for the project. The Westminster guarantee of £86m means Stewart Milne Group can now deliver new housing, schools, healthcare and parks at the Countesswells site.

Plans for a new £150 million mixed use development that will create a new town centre, with housing, retail, leisure and business facilities at Blackdog have been lodged with Aberdeenshire Council. If successful the development will create 600 new homes, including 150 affordable homes, to accommoda

(from left) Site manager Bill Anderson, David Zwirlein and John Alexander. Photo Credit: Evening Telegraph Funds available for new build council and housing association houses in Dundee are set to go up by over £4 million in the next financial year, the city council has confirmed.