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Edinburgh Council has approved a ‘boiler on prescription’ scheme to improve residents’ health and reduce emergency NHS admissions. The pilot seeks to build on a similar scheme in Sunderland in 2014 by Gentoo Group and Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group.

LHC Scotland would like to hear from contractors experienced in providing heating services for social landlords and other public sector bodies. The public sector procurement specialist consortium is launching its first specialist Heating Services framework in Scotland, which will be launched in the

(left to right) Mark Herd (Fife Council Building Services) John Mills (Fife Council Head of Housing) Cllr Judy Hamilton and Fiona Stenke (Historic Buildings Trust) A project to convert unused office space at Cupar County Buildings into social housing is now underway.

Margaret Burgess A pilot project which reduces reoffending and supports around 750 prisoners and ex-offenders every year will be extended to March 2017 thanks to an additional £200,000 funding from the Scottish Government.

Nick Kuenssberg UK investors are being targeted by a new pioneering Scottish third sector fund which aims to provide a social as well as financial return.

House prices rose 13.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2014-15 compared to the same period in the previous year, according to official statistics published by Registers of Scotland (RoS). The average house price in Scotland from January to March was £173,830, the highest figure recorded for any q

Christine Macleod The Scottish Housing Regulator has published factsheets on whistleblowing which explain the protection for whistleblowers who report public interest disclosures to the regulator.

Glasgow Credit Union has pledged to make £10 million available to help first time buyers onto the property ladder this year from as little as £1000 deposit. The UK’s largest and most successful credit union has launched its promise to make mortgage borrowing more accessible and affordable, by re

Gordon Nelson Plans to alleviate Scotland’s housing crisis could be threatened by increasing shortages of bricks and bricklayers, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned.

Representatives from Caledonia Management Board, Cordale Committee of Management and Dunbritton Housing Association The start of a new development of affordable housing in central Alexandria was marked by a ‘sod cutting’ ceremony last week.

Nicola Sturgeon The SNP has called on the UK government to increase housing investment to enable 100,000 affordable homes to be built in the UK every year.

Landlords who own properties in East Renfrewshire are set to get some expert advice on letting and related topics including tenancy deposit schemes and the Trusted Trader scheme at a special event tonight. Speakers on the night will include John Blackwood from the Scottish Association of Landlords,

David Orr Labour’s latest housing plans will only make the housing crisis worse, an array of sector bodies have warned.

Steve Clarke Twenty Welsh housing organisations have joined together under the Homes for All Cymru banner to launch their manifesto, ahead of the National Assembly for Wales 2016 election.

A Shelter Scotland charity shop in Clarkston is hoping to score with an auction of a signed Scotland shirt. The shirt signed by Scotland and Rangers legend Colin Stein has been donated to the housing and homelessness charity’s shop at Clarkston Toll, and will be auctioned off to raise vital funds.