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Highland Council Employee of the Year Gail Ward (centre) with council leader Margaret Davidson and awards host Norman MacLeod Housing policy officer Gail Ward has been named Employee of the Year by Highland Council for the care and compassion she has shown in welcoming Syrian refugees to the region

Jenny Speck Inverclyde residents were celebrating this week following a local woman’s win at the annual Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland (TPAS Scotland) awards.

(from left) Stella Murphy, Ann Neilson and Ian Macpherson from the residents' group Cunninghame Housing Association is celebrating the success of one its tenants groups at the recent Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland (TPAS Scotland) Gala Dinner Awards.

More loans were advanced to first-time buyers in Scotland during the third quarter of 2016 than any other since the third quarter of 2007, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). First-time buyers also borrowed more this quarter than any other quarter since CML records began.

East Kilbride Housing Association has become the newest member of Scotland’s Housing Network. The Association joins well over a hundred-strong group of social landlords who already benefit from the Network’s services.

Lord Freud The UK government’s cap on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) has been delayed for another 12 months for general needs accommodation but will now apply to all tenants who receive Universal Credit when it is introduced in 2019.

The £250 million Aberdeen City Region Deal agreement was officially signed yesterday, paving the way for investment in housing and better connectivity across the region. The terms of the deal commit both the UK government and Scottish Government to jointly investing up to £250m whilst Aberdeen Cit

Work has started on a new council housing development being built on the former Lammermuir office block site in the centre of Livingston. A total of 44 new homes, including a mix of cottage flats, houses and wheelchair accessible bungalows, are being developed with completion scheduled for the end o

Stirling Council has agreed a plan to provide over 400 more affordable homes over the next five years. Members of the local authority’s environment & housing committee approved the submission of the Strategic Housing Investment Plan for 2017/18 to 2021/22 to the Scottish Government.

Gavin Barwell Plans to make higher earning tenants living in social housing in England pay a higher level of rent to continue living there have been scrapped by the UK government.

Anna Evans Housing consultant Anna Evans outlines what can be learned by the work of housing associations in the mid market rent sector.

LinkLiving staff with the two awards LinkLiving Ltd is celebrating after it won two awards at the Scottish Mentoring Awards ceremony last week.

River Clyde Homes has underlined its commitment to affordable rents by proposing that the rent charge increases next year be restricted to the rate of inflation and is asking customers if they support the plans. Back in 2014 a majority of customers who responded to a consultation agreed with proposa

Alison Notman Scottish Borders Housing Association’s tenant participation manager was named a Tenants’ Champion at the weekend’s annual Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) Scotland Conference Awards.

Progress at the Alva development Link Group Ltd and Tigh Grian Ltd are holding an open day at their site in Queen Street, Alva.