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Viewpoint in Edinburgh is Scotland’s oldest housing association. Not only that but it is unique in that it has both care homes and sheltered housing. The three care homes are located in Edinburgh and housing within Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife.

New Gorbals Housing Association’s newest homes in Laurieston have been named in the top 100 buildings of the century, and shortlisted for the Scotstyle architecture award. The Scotstyle list, which features buildings from 1916 right up to the present day, has been compiled by Royal Incorporation o

Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association has launched a new Facebook group for residents to share news, views and useful tips with friends and relatives and to ask any questions they may have about Hanover’s services. ‘Hanover Blether’ went live last month and was made a reality after a resident

Ms Dena MacLeod (HHP chief exec), Mr Iain MacMillan (HHP board chair), Mr Douglas Scott (Wylie & Bissett) Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) held its tenth Annual General Meeting this month in An Lanntair, Stornoway.

Link Housing Association Ltd recently visited tenants across Scotland as part of its first ‘Link on Tour’ event. The aim of the tour was to meet tenants to tell them about the variety of projects and services Link has to offer.

The team at Muirhouse Housing Association has decided to get on their feet and raise money for charity. Five members of staff will be walking 10,000 steps every day for the month of September, the equivalent of five miles each day.

Week beginning September 12, 2016

Damian Green The UK government has announced that its policy to cap Local Housing Allowance (LHA) for supported accommodation will be put on ice until 2019 when the funding for Scotland will then be transferred to Holyrood.

This year Albyn Housing Society has already delivered 37 homes in Alness Albyn Housing Society is set to embark on an ambitious plan to deliver up to 750 new affordable homes in the region by 2021, with the potential for even more.

Reducing the cost of living for tenants and building more affordable homes have been identified as the key elements to a new raft of objectives to improve housing in Edinburgh. A nine-point action plan for the next decade was approved for further consultation by the City of Edinburgh Council’s hea

An affordable housing development was opened in Banff this week by Aberdeenshire Provost Hamish Vernal as part of the Banff Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARs). The redevelopment of the gap site at Carmelite Street has been key in the wider regeneration of Banff town centre.

(from left) Ilene Campbell, TIS chief executive; Yvonne Baulk, head of physical environment at North Ayrshire Council; Tracey Wilson, tenant participation manager at North Ayrshire Council and Elaine Byrne, Scotland’s Housing Network director North Ayrshire Council has achieved a Gold accreditatio

Dovecot Court in Peebles Members of Scottish Borders Council’s executive committee will be asked to commit to assisting the development of extra care housing across the region at a meeting next week.

Ayrshire Housing tenants at the AGM Attendees at Ayrshire Housing’s 2016 Annual General Meeting heard that the Association’s finances remain healthy and its staff are meeting the challenging delivery targets set by the Board.

Staff and tenants receive their floral gifts A special anniversary was commemorated at Thenue Housing this week – 21 years on from its first-ever stock transfer.