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Chris Bartter By Chris Bartter – Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland

Albert Henderson At Tuesday’s Annual General Meeting of River Clyde Homes, the membership of the Inverclyde-based housing association heard confirmation of plans for another low rent increase for 2017.

Ben Macpherson (centre) with 25 Rock Trust supporters The Rock Trust is calling for supporters to swap their beds for sleeping bags and take on a challenge faced by thousands of 16-25 year olds every night.

Dunedin Canmore staff Craig Stewart, Sandy Hazzard, David Baptie, Arron Tippet, Nadia Winnick and Mark Horeckyj involved in the Energy 2020 project celebrate with their award Dunedin Canmore has scooped a prestigious UK energy-efficiency award for work tackling fuel poverty in its Edinburgh communit

Mike Dailly Govan Law Centre (GLC) has published its annual report detailing its successes in balancing landlords and tenants' rights in new tenancies legislation as well as the fraught issue of "up front" rent.

More people will be able to make their homes warm and water-tight through a new £10 million fund. The pilot scheme in Glasgow, Argyll and Bute and Perthshire will provide equity loans of up to £40,000 to home owners on low incomes to help them make essential repairs to leaking roofs and building s

Dr Miles Mack Patients could be at risk of “unsafe care” if plans to build new housing do not consider the impact on GP services, a group of medics have warned.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is to announce its decision on the classification of housing associations in Scotland on September 29. Registered social landlords (RSLs) north of the Border are currently regarded as private bodies for accounting purposes, though the classification is unders

A major new free website designed to help private flat owners carry out repairs to their shared properties has been launched by housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP at an event in Glasgow today. Written by Annie Flint and John Gilbert, the authors of the acclaimed Tenement Handbook originally publishe

Des Phee, policy and performance officer at Queens Cross Housing Association (left), is presented with QCHA’s renewed HouseMark complaints accreditation award by Scottish Public Service Ombudsman Jim Martin Queens Cross Housing Association has been declared “complaints accredited” for a second

Housing convener Councillor Barry McCulloch (seated) takes a look at the new portal with David Shaw, service improvement manager (back left), and Stephen Llewellyn, operations manager North Lanarkshire Council is helping tenants on its waiting list match their homes with others suitable for mutual e

Ian Potter SafeDeposits Scotland has announced the appointment of Ian Potter as its new chairman.

Lesley Laird Fife Council’s depute leader, Councillor Lesley Laird, has raised concerns about the latest delay to FIFEplan - the Fife Local Development Plan - and the impact of this on communities and developers.

Plans to develop the historic Broadford Works site in Aberdeen into a new urban residential and retail space have been approved in principle. Aberdeen City Council’s planning department made the decision under delegated powers which could see private and student apartments, restaurants, cafes and

The demolition of the last remaining Red Road flats in Glasgow that left two tower blocks partially standing had failed because they were built with steel and were “too tough” to be demolished, a report has found. An independent review of the demolition last October found that contractor Safedem