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The number of home repossession cases going through the courts has fallen by more than 40% in a year, according to new figures published today. There were 1,874 repossession court cases initiated in 2015-16, down 43% on the previous year and 82% fewer than in 2008-09.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has continued its statutory appointment of a manager at Ferguslie Park Housing Association. The Regulator initially made the statutory appointment of a manager and three appointees to the governing body in February 2016 after it identified serious weaknesses in the Ass

Lesley-Anne-Junner A new director of finance and corporate services has been appointed at Linstone Housing Association.

An artistic impression of the proposed layout Parkhead Housing Association (PHA) has announced the beginning of work at the site of a new Parkhead Veterans Garden.

Scottish Natural Heritage handing over the cheque to Southside Housing Association alongside local residents and members of the Friends of the Halfway Community Park group A community in Cardonald is celebrating an award of £901k from the Green Infrastructure Fund to transform the green space aroun

Ashley Campbell By Ashley Campbell, policy and practice manager at CIH Scotland

Brand new homes in Ellon from Create Homes Aberdeenshire LLP Interest in an affordable housing scheme has been “low” across Aberdeenshire, according to a new report.

Residents have begun moving in to a new town in the Highlands which will eventually grow into a community of 12,000 people. Being built on farmland near Inverness, developers claim Tornagrain is the first new town to be built in Scotland for more than 50 years.

Gerry More Housing specialist Gerry More has been appointed as managing director of Stewart Milne Homes to drive growth in the central belt.

Angela Constance Support has been stepped up for young people at risk of being pushed into homelessness due to UK government changes to housing benefit, social security secretary Angela Constance has said.

David Melhuish The returns for the Scottish Government’s Land and Building Transaction Tax (LBTT) returns in February 2017 generated the lowest LBTT revenue of any other month in 2016/17, official figures have shown.

People will have a final opportunity to comment on major changes being proposed for the planning system in Scotland, as a consultation on planning draws to a close next week. The Scottish Government has set out 20 proposals to revamp the system, which will support economic growth, delivery of houses

The Scottish Government has reaffirmed its determination to work with housing associations to help promote digital inclusion and participation. Releasing its new digital strategy this week, the government said it intends to place digital at the heart of everything it does from reforming public servi

Homelessness campaigners have called for empty shops to be opened up to provide shelter for rough sleepers following the death of a man in Glasgow city centre. The man, who was believed to be homeless, was discovered on Tuesday morning in the city’s Trongate area and charities fear that freezing t

Minister for employability & training, Jamie Hepburn MSP, visited ng homes’ Pitstops personal development project this week to see first-hand the success of the initiative. Pitstops is a Big Lottery-funded partnership project between ng homes and social inclusion charity School of Hard Knocks,