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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

The UK government’s much-heralded change to the social security system contains a number of inherent flaws which are causing serious problems for people in need, according to a detailed new report from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). The new Universal Credit (UC) policy is a massive reform to soci

Henderson House Architecture firm Barton Willmore has secured planning permission in principle for up to 125 residential units on the site of the former Fire & Rescue Service College in Gullane, East Lothian, subject to the signing of a planning agreement.

Mike Basquill After winning most seats in the Scottish parliamentary election, but not a majority, the Scottish National Party (SNP) have decided to form a minority administration. Mike Basquill, UK residential associate director at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) estimates what th

Tenants Ann Greer and Jean Murphy join GHA housing support coordinator, Brian Doherty, at the bee hives Tenants at a Queen’s Park sheltered housing complex are enjoying the buzz created by a brand new wildlife project.

Members of the Maryhill team at the Pink day Maryhill Housing Association was firmly in the pink this week with a fundraising day to help the battle against breast cancer.

Partick & Thornwood Action Group (PTAG) hosted their first family event with generous support from Partick Housing Association (PHA), Keep Scotland Beautiful, Glasgow City Council’s new Environmental Task Force and the local Morrisons supermarket. On a day of glorious sunshine, the ‘Picnic &

Rena Smith MBE It is with great sadness that the Dundee Federation of Tenants Associations (DFTA) has announced that its chairperson Rena Smith MBE has passed away.

Artist’s impression of the Queensferry Crossing from South Queensferry With six months to go until Scotland’s newest bridge, the Queensferry Crossing, is set to be opened, campaigners are calling for the country’s next big infrastructure project to be one that makes a difference to people’s