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Partick Thistle Football Club has awarded its Community Champion prize to a local man who has been involved in the community for over 30 years. Charlie Lunn first became involved in the governance of housing associations in 1987 when he joined a steering group with James Nisbet Housing Co-operative

Plans to convert a derelict building in Fraserburgh town centre into homes have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council. The Press & Journal reports that Peterhead firm Kevin O’Brien Architects wants to bring a dilapidated storehouse in Love Lane back into use as two flats.

The development of a new community in Aberdeen which will ultimately comprise of 3,000 homes has welcomed its first residents. Stewart Milne Homes welcomed the owners of the first five homes at Regency Place in Countesswells.

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon encourages more people to take part in the Scottish Government’s Social Security Experience Panels.

Aileen Campbell More than £1 million has been awarded to voluntary organisations to help support and develop social and community care services in Scotland.

New proposals to ensure all privately rented homes in Scotland meet a minimum standard of energy efficiency have been published today for consultation. The consultation seeks views on requiring all private rented sector properties to have a minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of ‘E

Tammy Adams Homes for Scotland has said it is “extremely disappointed” with the Scottish Government’s proposals for changes in planning policy which it argues will only “exacerbate Scotland’s chronic housing shortfall”.

Plans to build 10 new affordable homes in the Black Isle have been given the go-ahead by the Highland Council. Area planning committee members meeting in Inverness this week approved the Cameron Crescent development in Munlochy, the Press & Journal has reported.

The creation of 28 new affordable homes in Dundee took a step closer last week when Dundee City Council granted planning permission for Caledonia Housing Association’s £3.5 million development at the former Taybank Works site on Morgan Street. The approved plans for the redevelopment of the derel

Kingdom Housing Association is to press ahead with plans to develop 98 homes for rent across Fife after securing a £5 million bond issued as a loan by social investment charity Allia as part of the Scottish Government’s More Homes Scotland strategy. The new homes will be built at Inverkeithing, T

Construction firm CCG (Scotland) Ltd has completed a new residential development at Main Street in Stenhousemuir. Delivered on behalf of Falkirk Council, ‘The Old Police Station’ comprises 18 social rent flats on the site of the former Larbert Police Station, and the council’s Registry Office.

Jeane Freeman Families with children will be among those worst affected by a number of UK government changes which came into force yesterday, Scotland’s social security minister has said.

A report detailing the scale of the problem with “short-term lets” in Scotland’s capital has been published by a Green MSP. The publication by Andy Wightman MSP, the Scottish Greens’ housing spokesperson, shows there are more than 6200 properties available in Edinburgh for short term letting

Trust Housing Association’s Happy to Translate has been awarded the UK’s Most Innovative EDI (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion) Initiative of the Year 2017. The National Centre for Diversity held its prestigious Annual Grand Awards at the Queens Hotel, Leeds last month. It was night of celebr

(from left) Bertie Hunt (chair, Y People), Derek May (CEO, Brightwork) and Joe Connolly (CEO, Y People) One of Glasgow’s oldest charities has continued a period of development and growth with the addition of Derek May, CEO of Scotland-wide recruitment business Brightwork, to its board.