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Gary Devlin, board member at Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association, talking with residents and staff Tenants of Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association’s housing developments across Scotland came together last week for the Association’s Tenants’ Conference, held at the Stirling Court Hotel.

As the adventures continue for East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) and its happy band of Sprites, the latest volume (containing some nonsense, a few riddles but largely lots of sensible data about the year just gone) is now available to download. The Queen of Hearts herself presents the report,

Feature lighting is to be installed at multi-storey blocks after a pioneering pilot scheme was agreed by Aberdeen City Council. Morven Court, Brimmond Court, and Grampian Court in Balnagask will be the first buildings to trial the £150,000 energy efficient lighting.

Nominations are being sought across Scotland to find the country’s 2016 empty homes champions. The Howdens Scottish Empty Homes Champion of the Year Awards showcases the exemplary work of groups or individuals across Scotland to bring empty properties back into use.

Gillian Guy Some payday lenders are still failing to carry out basic checks to make sure borrowers can afford to pay back their loans, new Citizens Advice research has uncovered.

(from left) Tom Scholes (chair), George Peacock, Sheila Gillies (deputy chair), Andrew Kubski, Linda Bailey, Murray Leys, Alan Frizzell Scottish social care charity Quarriers has strengthened its board with the appointment of five new trustees following a far-reaching recruitment process.

(from left) Ruth Simpson, chair, WSHA; tenants Jean Bell and Rita Gallagher; Kevin Stewart MSP and Lynne Donnelly, chief executive, WSHA (image credit: Iain McLean Photography) West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) was joined by minister for local government and housing Kevin Stewart MSP and C

A new guide to ensure refugees’ right to quality accommodation is upheld has been issued to housing professionals. Published by the Scottish Refugee Council with the support of the Scottish Government and the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland, the updated guide aims to ensure that all refuge

Council leader Jenny Laing (centre) during the ‘Shaping Middlefield’ public engagement event earlier this year A major housing redevelopment programme in Middlefield has been given the green light by Aberdeen City Council.

Aubrey Fawcett Inverclyde Council has appointed Aubrey Fawcett as its new chief executive to replace John Mundell OBE who is set to retire from the council in September.

Twenty-seven affordable new two and three-bedroomed homes will be created by the latest phase of the redevelopment of Devilla in Kincardine, Fife, which is now under way. The £3.6 million development of new homes, on the site of former high rise flats owned by Fife Council, is scheduled for complet

Construction has started on a new £2.5 million housing development in Moray for adults with complex care and support needs. The work marks the first major project to be taken forward by the Moray Integration Joint Board (IJB) which has responsibility for bringing together a wide range of health and

Councillors have deferred a decision on whether to approve plans to build more than 100 homes for NHS staff and teachers in Aberdeen. NHS Grampian lodged proposals with Aberdeen City Council late last year to create 110 homes on the former nurses’ accommodation complex at Foresterhill Court at Abe

Kirsty Wells By Kirsty Wells, head of HouseMark Scotland

Plans have been submitted for hundreds of homes at a brownfield site on the edge of Perth. Glasgow-based consortium Perth City West has outlined proposals for up to 270 new homes on the site of the former Perth Mart off Crieff Road.