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Galashiels-based housebuilding and contracting business Murray & Burrell Limited has ceased trading with the loss of 38 jobs. Thomson Cooper partner Richard Gardiner has been appointed as administrator.

SHARE is delighted to announce that from January 2017 we will be delivering the CIH Level 4 Certificate in Housing.

Jim Brown Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association has launched a brand new volunteering service to combat social exclusion among their residents, an issue that disproportionately affects older people.

Changes are to be made to a scheme introduced by Moray Council four years ago to encourage tenants to downsize from under-occupied council houses. Tenants currently receive a basic payment of £1500 plus £400 for each surplus bedroom that they give up.

West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative has secured funding to allow for a full low rise window replacement contract to be carried out this financial year. CMS Window Systems have been appointed to carry out the works.

Trust Housing Association is launching a pioneering series of design guides that aim to improve existing housing stock so it is better catered to the changing needs of older people. Entitled ‘Remodelling housing for older people’, a special launch event for the new design guides will take place

Cllr Robin Currie Argyll and Bute Council is planning to build hundreds of new affordable homes over the next five years.

Jen Paice Thousands of deposits worth a total of £2.4 million have not been claimed back following the end of private tenancies in Scotland, according to new Scottish Government figures.

The average cost of renting a standard-sized private home has increased in all areas of Scotland apart from one, according to new figures. Private Sector Rent Statistics, Scotland, 2010 to 2016:

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a report highlighting how important it is for social landlords to consult with their tenants annually on rent levels. The report is a result of an inquiry carried out to find out how social landlords go about consulting their tenants about proposed rent i

John Blackwood Scottish landlords will today announce their support for new action by the Scottish Government to encourage better enforcement of laws and regulations to force rogue and illegal players out of the Private Rented Sector (PRS) and provide a better service for tenants.

Battlefield Road’s Nightingale wings will be retained as part of the project A local design team has been appointed to create a housing vision for Glasgow’s former Victoria Infirmary.

A group of housing associations are considering sharing greater information regarding their performance and value for money within their Annual Return on the Charter (ARC) reports to tenants each year. Formed in 2015, the ‘Haymarket Group’ of housing associations has been meeting to discuss how

Bill Sharkey Bill Sharkey died on the 27th October 2016 after a short illness at QEU Hospital. Bill, aged 83, was a founding and long serving committee member of New Gorbals Housing Association.

Craig Sanderson, Link Group chief executive, (left) and Councillor David McBride, West Dunbartonshire Council's convener of housing and communities Link Group Ltd has begun the £3.4 million construction of 30 new homes for social rent which will be completed by August 2017.