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Partnership housing developer Lovell has started work on the first of three new housing developments for Clyde Valley Housing Association which will help tackle the shortage of new affordable homes in South Lanarkshire. The three developments in East Kilbride, Blantyre and Hamilton combined will cre

Elaine McShane, Glen Oaks chairperson accepting CSE Award from Harry Nicol from CSE, alongside Alasdair McKee, Glen Oaks chief executive and Laura Strang, corporate services officer Glen Oaks Housing Association has been awarded the prestigious Customer Service Excellence Standard.

The level of income required to afford a socially acceptable standard of living and to participate in society is ten to thirty per cent more expensive in remote rural Scotland than elsewhere in the UK, a new study has found. The report on Minimum Income Standard for Remote Rural Scotland 2016, publi

Artist's impression of the Donside Hydro scheme Councillors have agreed to offer support to a pioneering community-owned energy project in Aberdeen.

Neil Collar, head of Brodies’ Planning Group Why do Ministers call-in planning cases? Does it make any difference to outcomes? Neil Collar from Brodies discusses.

Lord Freud Minister for welfare reform Lord Freud is to retire from his ministerial position at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) at the end of December.

Osprey Heights Kirkgate Developments, a subsidiary of Grampian Housing Association, is providing 17 three-bedroom houses for mid-market rent in Aberdeenshire.

Springburn Academy pupils with McTaggart’s community benefit officer, Ross Hammell, Wheatley Group’s Rona Anderson and Kevin Chavner, site manager, Joe Jordan assistant site manager, Craig Helders Glasgow school pupils laid the foundations for their future careers with a day helping out at a con

The team from Thenue soon after winning their award Thenue Housing has celebrated winning another award – just months after becoming ‘Housing Association of the Year’.

Mo Connolly – picture by Raymond Keith Photography Prospect Community Housing resident and Committee member Mo Connolly recently took part in a project which celebrates the Clovenstone community in Wester Hailes.

Aoife Deery details Shelter Scotland’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on social security. At the end of October, Shelter Scotland submitted our response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on social security. We appreciated this opportunity to help shape the new Scott

A Chloé “Edith” bag priced at £350 The style-conscious of Glasgow have a new place to shop where the designer and brand-name goods can transform your wardrobe and the life of someone battling bad housing or homelessness.

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation proposing the extension of Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation to RSLs in Scotland. The consultation proposes extension under Section 5 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 which would designate housing associations as ‘publ

A new structure for tribunals in Scotland came into effect on December 1 with the launch of a Housing and Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland. The Housing and Property Chamber will take over the work of the former Private Rented Housing Panel (PHRP) and the Homeowner Housing Pan

Around two thirds of social landlords in Scotland have insufficient in-house skills and capacity to deliver an expanded programme of new affordable housing beyond what they currently have planned, a new survey has revealed. According to the poll, this includes one third who say they have no or insuf