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An online survey has been published to help ascertain whether the Scottish Housing and Support Conference (SHASC) still has a purpose in supporting the sector. Having been an annual fixture of the Scottish conference calendar for over twenty-five years, the SHASC is unique in at least two respects.

(from left) Assistant technical manager Robert Boal; apprentices Morgan and Daniel with chief executive Mike Bruce Two young trade apprentices are embarking on a career with Weslo Housing Management that will change their lives forever.

The Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust is to hold its AGM and Annual Conference on September 8 at the British Legion Club, 17 King Street in Inverness. The events promises to be an opportunity to hear from a variety of speakers about rural housing and related subjects, like community empowerm

(from left) Anna Stuart MBE, chair Cassiltoun Trust; Bailie Councillor Glen Elder, Glasgow City Council and Anne McChlery, director, Glasgow Building Preservation Trust Cassiltoun Housing Association’s subsidiary Cassiltoun Trust has celebrated the 10th anniversary since the multi award winning Ca

Plans have been submitted for a £1 million community-owned housing scheme on the Hebridean island of Eigg. The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust, which only recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of buying the isle, plans to deliver four homes.

John Low, MD of Stewart Milne Homes North, and Carole Baxter from Beechgrove Garden Communities up and down the UK could benefit from greener, more attractive communal spaces as part of a Stewart Milne Group campaign to give back to the regions in which it works.

Maree Todd Nearly 500 community groups in Scotland own their own land as a result of new land reform policies, Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) figures have revealed.

The Scottish Government is underestimating social housing demand in Scotland by around 30%, according to new analysis from Scottish Labour. While the government estimates that there are 142,500 households on council waiting lists, Labour said the real figure is closer to 200,000 as it does not inclu

A typical CALA West street scene CALA Homes (West) has submitted a planning application for a proposed development in Claddens, Lenzie.

Forth Court A new development of one bedroom flats in the heart of Craigshill has been handed over to Almond Housing Association.

Terrie Alafat The latest benefit cap statistics released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show there is a need for the UK government to re-look at welfare policies, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has said.

Over £10 million of taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private homes being let out as holiday accommodation during the Edinburgh festival, according to an MSP. Lothian representative Andy Wightman MSP said he has been “inundated” with correspondence from constituents concerned

Plans have been submitted for a £6 million housing development on a former hospital site in Arbroath. Chamberlain Bell Developments Ltd has applied to create 49 homes on the 2.2 hectare site of Little Cairnie Hospital in Arbroath, which closed in 2015.

Nicola Barclay New energy performance data gathered from buildings in England and Wales has busted the myth perpetuated by critics of modern new homes that they are “rabbit hutches”, according to trade body Homes for Scotland.

Gillian Craig Gillian Craig looks at the risk attaching to ownership in an imperfect registration system.