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Rowan Gardens, a Very Sheltered Development in Greenock celebrated Halloween in style this year with its own self-decorated ghoulish party.

Jenny Laing Aberdeen City Council has agreed to take forward a feasibility study to build 2,000 new council houses in the city by 2022.

The number of empty council properties in Aberdeen has been halved in the past year. The number of void properties available for re-let declined from 399 to 211 (47 per cent) between October 2015 and October 2016, a new report by Martin Smith, the council's area housing manager, states.

Bernadette Hewitt Glasgow Housing Association (GHA), Scotland's largest social landlord, has named Barmulloch tenant Bernadette Hewitt as its new chairperson.

North Lanarkshire Council's annual tenant conference takes place this Saturday with the theme 'NL Homes - Building Your Future'. The conference, taking place from 9am to 12.45pm at Airdrie Academy, brings together tenants and residents, partner agencies and voluntary organisations who have the same

West Dunbartonshire Council will today discuss proposals to refresh its empty homes strategy in a bid to tackle the housing shortage in the area. There are more than 400 empty private properties in West Dunbartonshire, according to council tax records, and more than 3,900 applicants on the council's

Julie McElroy A recent PhD graduate is looking for funding to conduct research into the prevalence and application of assistive technology for disabled people in the Scottish housing sector.

Glasgow has topped property website Zoopla's list of UK cities where it's cheaper to buy a house than to rent. Buying a home is now more cost-effective than renting in nearly two thirds (60 per cent) of British cities, according to Zoopla's research into the monthly cost of renting a two-bedroom hom

Scottish council house tenants continue to pay less per week than their counterparts in England and in Wales, new figures from Scotland's Chief Statistician show. Tenants paid an average of £66 per week to rent their homes, compared to £86 per week in England and £76 per week in Wales.

David Bookbinder The Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has warned that the direct payment of the housing element of Universal Credit to social landlords may not happen until 2022.

Councillor David McBride West Dunbartonshire Council is consulting local residents for their views on how the council allocates its homes.

Bill Sharkey New Gorbals Housing Association has announced the death of founding member Bill Sharkey, a long-standing committee member, ex-chairperson and stalwart of the Community Controlled Housing Association movement.

Last year's Sleep Out The Rock Trust youth homelessness charity will hold its annual 'Sleep Out' in Edinburgh's Festival Square this Friday 4 November to raise funds for its essential work.

A care home in Bellshill celebrated Halloween in style this year with a traditional, spooky tea dance.

Scary stuff… ”zombies” on the loose in Maryhill with local youngsters Residents' associations in Maryhill were supported by Maryhill Housing to host two spook-tacular Halloween events at the end of October.