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Justice secretary Michael Matheson at the new visitors centre A new visitor centre which offers support to the families of prisoners at Glenochil Prison has been officially opened by justice secretary Michael Matheson.

David Melhuish By Scottish Property Federation director David Melhuish

New tenants Frances and George McPherson Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has welcomed more residents into its St Nicholas Court sheltered housing complex on Ferry Road, Edinburgh.

Fresh Start Borders was set up in 2009, with support from Scottish Churches Housing Action, whose administrator Lauren Forbes reports on a visit to the charity last month to see how things were going. “Thank you very much – tears in my eyes!”

Heather Anderson Irvine Housing Association has announced the appointment of Heather Anderson as its new head of service delivery.

Aberdeen City Council has spent more than £7 million on temporary accommodation for homeless people over the last year, the Evening Express has reported. The figures obtained in a Freedom of Information request show that £7.3m was spent placing homeless people in temporary accommodation in the cit

Construction work is getting underway on a state-of-the-art sheltered housing complex in Saltcoats. A ground-breaking ceremony signalled the beginning of the £6.48 million project to create 36 new homes for older people.

Linkwood View Hanover Scotland has taken delivery of a new development for older people in Moray, which has been purpose built to provide innovative, high quality services, including dementia, wheel chair adapted and Extra Care facilities.

Daradjeet Jagpal Daradjeet Jagpal looks at the provisions of new legislation set to bring the data protection regime into the 21st century.

https://vimeo.com/223461746 A West Lothian social enterprise which provides hospitality training to young people furthest from the job market is seeking to extend its work with social housing providers following a successful partnership with Almond Housing Association.

Gavin Leask visits Orkney to see why the islands have amongst the highest rate of empty homes anywhere in Scotland. Last week I spent three days up in the Orkney Islands, training the newest member of the Scottish Empty Homes Network, Rachael Bowes. Her post is part funded by the Scottish Government

John Reilly Everyone at West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative Ltd has been deeply saddened by the passing of its former senior maintenance officer John Reilly.

Glenn Adcook Osprey Housing Group has appointed current executive director Glenn Adcook to the role of chief executive.

Young people and private renters are disproportionately affected by a “terrible shortage” of affordable homes in Scotland, according to a new report. Figures from Shelter Scotland’s ‘Impact Report’ have highlighted that a shortage of affordable homes, welfare reform and stagnant wages have

Self-assessing against regulatory standards of governance and financial management helps landlords improve their governance, a new report from the Scottish Housing Regulator has found. All landlords understand the Regulator’s requirement to assess themselves against regulatory standards. The repor