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Professor Ken Gibb The University of Glasgow is to lead a consortium of nine universities and four non-academic professional bodies in a major new research programme examining the UK’s housing system.

Albyn Housing Society has completed a £2.3 million deal to secure 21 flats from a private landlord in Inverness. The Invergordon-based Association said the acquisition for the one and two-bedroom homes in the Castle Heather area was aimed at meeting “huge demand for mid-market rental propertiesâ€

Sandra White MSP A joint letter issued today by Holyrood’s social security committee and Westminster’s Scottish affairs committee has called for a clear plan is needed for the successful transfer of welfare powers north of the Border.

Bellsmyre’s maintenance team planning next stages of the Association’s £5m investment programme Bellsmyre Housing Association has reported a notable increase in tenant satisfaction since becoming part of the Caledonia Housing Association Group.

Victoria Nixon Staff at tenancy deposit scheme SafeDeposits Scotland have tracked down their biggest ever ‘missing’ tenant, who took more than a year to claim back a deposit of £5,250.

Glasgow is home to more asylum seekers than any other local authority area in the UK, research has found. More than 3,300 were living in the city as of December 31, 2016, according to the most recent Home Office figures available - almost double the number in Liverpool or Manchester, where the next

(from left) Gill Walker (National Park Ranger), Andy Biddulph (Modern Apprentice at Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park), Gordon Watson, chief executive of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, James Stuart (Convener of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park), Ben Anderson

People living with dementia in Kirkintilloch will continue to have the opportunity to dine out in familiar surroundings, after a much-loved local meal service secured new funding. Staff at Bield’s Whitehill Court Day Care set up ‘Mary’s Kitchen’ where carers and people who use the service ca

Clare Newton and her niece, Alison Brown, with the chickens. Photo credit Sandy Ferguson West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) tenant and management committee member Clare Newton is knitting 600 chickens filled with cream eggs, following an explosion of demand on a community Facebook page.

(from left) Bill Banks, Kingdom Group chief executive; Charles Milne, chairman of Kingdom Support and Care and Norah Smith, director of Kingdom Support and Care A new Community Interest Company has been launched as part of the Kingdom Group to deliver support and care services to vulnerable adults i

Work to deliver new affordable homes at the former BISF demolition site in Shortlees, Kilmarnock for registered social landlord Atrium Homes is now underway. The £4.25 million investment, which is being delivered by McTaggart Construction Ltd of Dalry, will see a total of 43 quality, affordable hom

River Clyde Homes has launched a new 24-hour in-house call centre service for customers. The move comes on the back of feedback from tenants over a number of years regarding the outsourced overnight emergency repairs reporting service.

Partick Thistle Football Club has awarded its Community Champion prize to a local man who has been involved in the community for over 30 years. Charlie Lunn first became involved in the governance of housing associations in 1987 when he joined a steering group with James Nisbet Housing Co-operative

Plans to convert a derelict building in Fraserburgh town centre into homes have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council. The Press & Journal reports that Peterhead firm Kevin O’Brien Architects wants to bring a dilapidated storehouse in Love Lane back into use as two flats.

The development of a new community in Aberdeen which will ultimately comprise of 3,000 homes has welcomed its first residents. Stewart Milne Homes welcomed the owners of the first five homes at Regency Place in Countesswells.