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John Perry There is no doubt that the introduction of document checks has increased the incentive for landlords to discriminate. So what can be done? CIH policy adviser John Perry explains.

Plans for a major new Inverness development consisting of 60 new homes and a family restaurant have been granted approval by councillors. Aberdeen-based developer Kirkwood Homes and Tweed Estates applied to build the homes on land close to the city’s Asda supermarket at Slackbuie. A quarter of the

Staff and tenants past and present get together to celebrate BHA turning 21 Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA), the first Large Scale Voluntary Transfer organisation in Scotland, turned 21 years old this month and celebrated with a garden party at its head office in Duns.

(from left) Back row: Trust staff members Amanda Meldrum and Elaine Cannon, Sean Batty, also Trust staff Sheila Hook and Ryan Dudgeon. Front row: Trust tenants Bernadette Graham and Irene Kerr Trust Housing Association held its second combined Tenants’ Conference and AGM on last week at the Macdon

Loreburn Housing Association has announced that its very first Breakfast Club commenced on earlier this month at Belmont Primary school in Stranraer and will run every Monday and Wednesday morning throughout the 2016/17 school term. Breakfast Clubs provide an ideal opportunity for children to have a

Workers at Wishaw & District Housing Association will begin a four day strike today in a dispute over holiday pay and an increased working week. Some 14 members of the Unite union will take part in the strike action, including housing officers, senior staff customer services assistants, cleaners

Artist's impression of homes set for The Boulevard in Glasgow Housebuilder Persimmon is to invest £75 million in building 500 homes next to the Silverburn Shopping Centre in the south side of Glasgow.

Glasgow City Council has approved the sale of the former Golfhill Primary School site for new housing in Dennistoun. Spectrum Properties (Scotland) Limited will purchase the former school buildings, janitor's house and adjacent ground at Firpark Street for £550,000.

(from left) New tenants Amelia, Christopher and Jillian Lowry; Alan Hutton (Strathblane Community Council); Baillie Violet Weir; Mrs Anne Ryan; housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP; Mr Robert Ryan; Margaret Vass (Rural Stirling Housing Association); Mrs Elizabeth Mckerrell and Mrs Kathleen Crawford Ru

Cairn Housing Association has thanked Board member Euan Bell-Scott and chair Ken Ward after they stepped down from Cairn’s Board. Jason MacGilp, chief executive, said: “Ken and Euan have been instrumental in steering Cairn through many challenges and changes over the years and achieving the good

Cllrs Donald Morrison and Jeanette Gaul on site yesterday The old made way for the new in Forfar yesterday as work began on a new social housing development at Viewmount.

The total number of households in Scotland now stands at 2.43 million and the private rented sector now accounts for 14 per cent of all tenures, the latest Scottish Household Survey has revealed. Published today, the 2015 Scottish Household Survey is a continuous poll based on a sample of the genera

Aberdeen’s new Health & Social Care Partnership is already having a “very good” impact on people in the city, according to Scotland’s health and care watchdog bodies. A joint inspection report into health and social work services for older people in Aberdeen by the Care Inspectorate and

Housing and care provider Bield is looking for a lunch club assistant to help organise opportunities for social interaction within its Stewart Court retirement housing development in West Calder and the wider community. Craig Meek, manager at Westport, said: “Lunch club assistants play a vital rol

Mary Taylor The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that proposed changes to its policy on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) will apply to all tenants in supported housing, not only those with new tenancies.