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Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter The UK government is facing questions from local government over plans to issue new guidance on 'desktop studies', whereby combustible materials are not regularly tested before their use in buildings.

The Herald has published a full obituary of Harriet Haire MBE, a prominent figure in the Clydebank and Scottish housing association sector who died in January at the age of 87. Ms Haire was a founding member of the steering group that set up the Trafalgar Housing Co-Operative in 1990, later the Traf

Monica Lennon Scottish Labour has urged the Scottish Government to take steps to introduce a tourist tax in Scotland after COSLA unanimously backed the plans.

Jennifer Simon Maryhill Housing has announced a pair of senior appointments to equip the housing association for the future.

Fife Housing Group has been recognised by The Sunday Times and Best Companies as one of the top not-for-profit employers in the country for the first time.

Rachael MacIndeor and George Williamson Two Modern Apprentices at Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) have undertaken a day course on routine playground inspections.

Housing associations in the UK made record operating profits in 2017, despite the introduction of a 1% annual social housing rent cut in England until 2020, according to Moody's Public Sector Europe.

Representatives of the housing sector from across Scotland will gather in Edinburgh for Scotland’s Housing Festival 2018, the annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland, taking place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 February.

Callum Milne Almost ninety housing association properties in Dundee have been ‘future-proofed’ against changing energy legislation and price hikes, following a multi-million pound energy overhaul.

Letting agents and landlords have been urged to drop blanket bans on housing benefit claimants after a single mother successfully argued that a lettings agency discriminated against her.

The regeneration of the Gallowgate has taken a huge step forward as work has started on 143 new GHA homes in the area. The new development marks the second phase of the Gallowgate new-build programme and will be made up of 115 homes for social rent and 28 for mid-market rent.

Hanover Court social group with the cheque for £2,000 from Lintel Group A social group made up of residents from a Hanover Scotland housing development for older people in Dunfermline has been awarded £2,000 by Lintel Trust to support an exciting programme of events aimed at combating social isola

Graeme Brown The Scottish Government's target of 50,000 affordable homes is within reach over the period of this parliament, according to a first-of-its-kind independent report.

Cllrs Barrie and Cameron onsite with Calum Murray of CCG Work has begun on 75 new homes for mid-market and social rent at Greendykes in Craigmillar.

Keith Anderson Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) is on course to create 500 homes in Leith and North Edinburgh by 2020 and a total of 846 homes over the next five years thanks to an investment of £110 million.