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Gorebridge Midlothian Council tenants whose properties were demolished after elevated levels of carbon dioxide were found in them have been given first priority when allocating new homes in a development in Gorebridge.

West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative (WWHC) is to freeze energy costs for tenants connected to its District Heating System until March 2018. The announcement means WWHC has frozen prices for the 44th consecutive month since it began being the heat and hot water supplier in 2014.

Andrew Leslie Many housebuilders and property developers hold an unfortunate perception around the extension of Community Right-to-Buy, introduced by the Scottish Government last year.

The historic Grade A-Listed Corn Exchange in Dalkeith has won a 2017 Civic Trust Award following its recent regeneration by Melville Housing Association. Vacant for several years, and experiencing some deterioration, the building was in need of repair, restoration and regeneration.

Perth & Kinross Council has approved a new hoarding protocol to support tenants with hoarding difficulties. Members of the council’s housing & health committee heard that the protocol was developed to ensure that tenants with hoarding difficulties were responded to in a co-ordinated way.

Four governing body members have been appointed to Molendinar Park Housing Association by the Scottish Housing Regulator. The Regulator took the statutory action after the Association identified that its governing body did not meet its own constitutional requirements and sought support from the Regu

The latest version of the Scottish Social Housing Charter has now been published by the Scottish Government following a review and consultation. Available on the Scottish Government website, the revised Charter was approved by the Scottish Parliament on February 8 and takes effect from April 1.

Registered social landlords (RSLs) in Scotland continue to have access to sufficient finance as lenders maintain their investment in the social housing sector, the Scottish Housing Regulator has found. Detailed analysis of the borrowing and other funding arrangements that RSLs had in place as at 31

The UK government is to make households that are made homeless exempt from Universal Credit following reports that the new benefits system has led to an increase in rent arrears. According to The Guardian, local authorities in London have said that rent collection levels for homeless tenants placed

South Lanarkshire Council has given the go-ahead to the construction of more than 400 new homes in the Rutherglen and Cambuslang areas. The council’s planning committee this morning approved a proposal to build more than 380 new houses in Cambuslang – at the same time securing a future site for

(from left) Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Helen Forsyth of BHA and Nicholas Gubbins of Community Energy Scotland. Photo credit Tara Grey. A new wind farm in the Scottish Borders which will create enough revenue for Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) to build 500 new homes over the next 25 years was offic

Jacqueline Norwood Jacqueline Norwood is a housing consultant with more than 20 years of experience working in the Scottish housing sector. This year, she will chair HouseMark Scotland’s Tenancy Sustainability Specialist Club. She reflects on her own experiences and what these have taught her abou

East Lothian councillors have agreed to submit the council’s Proposed Local Development Plan (LDP) to Scottish Ministers for examination. A blueprint for potential development across East Lothian for the next 10 years, the LDP was agreed at a meeting of full council yesterday to send the plan to S

Jamie Carruthers (left) and Kevin Stewart MSP A Lockerbie estate that has pioneered affordable, energy efficient housing has been visited by Scotland’s housing minister.

Rory Mair Rory Mair CBE has been elected as the new independent chair of Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) at the charity’s AGM in Edinburgh.