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Two Glasgow communities are in line for boost after a housing association announced a much-increased cash fund to keep them looking good. Maryhill Housing has more than doubled its Community Fund raising the money it hands out from £30,000 to £80,000.

Two pilots to improve recycling provision for city tenements and flats have seen the amount of some materials recycled increase by up to 300 per cent. The pilots, carried out by the City of Edinburgh Council in the Hillside and Bellevue areas, tested a number of different approaches, including incre

Communities cabinet secretary Angela Constance with staff and volunteers at The Green Room in Kirknewton, who have benefited from COSS Communities across Scotland will now receive support to become land or buildings owners thanks to a £350,000 fund.

Alec, Sharon & David at the summit of Scafell Pike The 2016 Castlehill Housing Association charity challenge is underway.

Christine Macleod The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a new report highlighting the importance of landlords gathering, assessing, and reporting on equalities.

More than £10 million of investment could see up to 150 affordable new homes built in Dundee in the next two years. A new report set to go before councillors next week sets out Dundee City Council’s housing investment priorities.

St Nicholas Court Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) and its subsidiary company Persevere Developments Ltd is offering more people the opportunity to live in Leith as it gets set to work on building more new affordable homes this year.

Housing and care providers Sanctuary Group and Housing & Care 21 have announced their intention to merge. The merger will see the creation of a new operation within Sanctuary Group specialising in the provision of housing for older people to be known as Sanctuary 21.

A development plan covering four council areas and the next 20 years has taken a step closer to being adopted. TAYplan's proposed strategic development plan, which covers Perth and Kinross, Dundee, Angus and the north part of Fife, has been submitted to Scottish Government ministers for approval.

An online collection of conversations with Glaswegians who were born outside the UK is to be exhibited in the city later this month. Part of Refugee Festival Scotland, Glasgow Anew: Untold Stories and Transnational Perspectives is the first exhibition of the Settled In Glasgow Oral History Archive (

Petra Biberbach A free breakfast seminar outlining the key findings and implications of the recently published review of the planning system will be held on Tuesday 21st June hosted by PR and public affairs agency, Orbit Communications.

The total value of the residential sales market in Scotland from 2006 to 2016 was just over £148.2 billion, a new report has revealed. Further key findings of the Registers of Scotland’s (RoS) fourth annual publication of the 10 year-property market report over the last 10 years include a 16.9 pe

Margaret Hogg, chief executive presenting the cheque to pupils Holly and Chloe Waverley Housing has made a cash donation of £100 to Philiphaugh Community Primary School in Selkirk.

Lanarkshire Housing Association Ltd (LHA) has announced that James Stevenson has retired as chief executive after more than 33 years’ service with the Association. Originally employed as a development officer in 1982, Jim was promoted to director in 1992 and finally re-designated as chief executiv

Launching North Lanarkshire Council’s Local Housing Strategy are (left to right) Elaine McHugh, head of housing solutions, NLC; Jim Leonard, vice chairperson and Anne McGhee, chairperson of North Lanarkshire Federation of Tenants and Residents; Councillor Kaye Harmon, vice convener of housing and