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A number of actions were identified during a recent tenant led walkabout in the Viewpark and Bellshill areas. Tenant led walkabouts are a practical way for tenants to raise issues which may be concerning them and helps improve communication and relationships with council staff.

Anne Smith Ochil View Housing Association has announced the appointment of Anne Smith as its new head of finance & corporate services, a role which includes additional responsibilities as depute director.

The developer behind Scotland’s largest planned new town has signalled its continued confidence in the North East as it agrees a number of new contracts. The £5 million investment by Elsick Development Company (EDC) will pave the way for the next stage of development at the Chapelton site.

The Scottish Government has upheld a decision to reject plans for 150 new homes in the Broughty Ferry area of Dundee. Kirkwood Homes had applied to build the Balgillo Heights development at Linlathen Village to the East of the city last May.

Jackie Baillie MSP launching ACHA’s new build at Jutland Court, Helensburgh with ACHA Board and staff members and developer Callum Williamson Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has made a start on its next new housing development at Jutland Court in Helensburgh.

EHRA chair Colin Cameron (left) with the poverty charter The Easterhouse Housing & Regeneration Alliance (EHRA) has launched a charter which commits its members to a range of poverty alleviation actions across greater Easterhouse.

Helen Murdoch (chief executive, Hanover Scotland) & Mark Farey (director of asset management, Hanover Scotland) with Jackson Carlaw MSP and residents from Waterford Court. Photo credit: Alan McCredie Jackson Carlaw MSP has officially opened Hanover Scotland’s brand new £1.6 million amenity ho

Kevin Stewart The total amount of derelict and urban vacant land in Scotland has decreased by 253 hectares from the previous year with housing the main beneficiary, according to new figures.

Jeane Freeman More than £26 million in grants have been issued in nine months through the Scottish Welfare Fund to help Scottish households in need.

(from left) - Elliot Gillard (architecture student), Judith Bisset (occupational therapy lecturer), Liam Davies (architecture student) 4th from left is Faith Mutyiri (occupational therapy student), Dawn Mitchell (subject lead occupational therapy), Ellen Clyde (occupational therapy student) and Neil

A University of Dundee researcher has worked with architects to produce conceptual designs for a luxury ‘eco-treehouse’ capable of housing a family, regulating its own temperature and functioning on a self-maintaining, low-energy cycle. Civil engineering lecturer Dr Anthony Leung has devised a c

A brave Dundee woman was given an extreme spring makeover when her head was shaved to raise money for a foodbank charity. The newly hairless hero, Joy Watson, went under the clippers at Hillcrest Group’s HQ to raise funds for The Trussell Trust.

In a first for a construction firm, a rescue mission was launched by Glasgow-based City Building and Scottish Natural Heritage to save endangered water voles living beneath a working site in Easterhouse, Glasgow. After repair and upgrading work began on local housing association properties in Coxton

The good progress made on social evictions between 2010 to 2014 has gone into reverse according to new analysis which shows there has been a 24% increase in evictions across Scotland’s social rented sector in the last two years. The Evictions by Social Landlords in Scotland 2012-16 report, publish

Joe Fitzpatrick MSP The Scottish Government has revealed that it will issue its formal response to the consultation regarding potential extension of Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) to Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in the Autumn.