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Rents in parts of Scotland have soared by more than six per cent in the past year, the fastest rise on record. The latest Scotland buy-to-let index from Your Move has found that average monthly rent in Edinburgh and the Lothians increased by £38 (6.4 per cent) to £642 in January compared to the pr

Tenants requesting repairs to their homes are to benefit from new digital technology introduced by East Dunbartonshire Council. The new scheduling system includes a text messaging service and Dynamic Scheduling software for all property repairs across the council. Jobs are now issued to operatives e

Residents in seventeen elderly amenity properties across Edinburgh are set to benefit from Castle Rock Edinvar’s new ‘Enhanced Repair Service’ after a successful pilot resulted in significant benefits to customers. The service, which closely targets those less able to manage their own domestic

Shelter Scotland’s private landlord support officer, Bryan Powell, details how he works to improve the private rented sector in Lochaber. I am working with the Private Landlords in Lochaber to improve housing conditions and tenancy management across the area. At a time when two thirds of Scotlandâ

Family Friendly Working Scotland has launched a survey to establish just how family-friendly the Scottish third sector is. The organisation, which supports and promotes the development of family-friendly workplaces across Scotland, has asked Animate Consulting to survey third sector organisations.

Local authorities in Scotland have spent or committed 97 per cent of the total estimated funding for Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) awards during 2015/16. New statistics into the DHP scheme, which provides financial assistance towards housing costs for those claiming housing benefit, revealed t

Graeme Brown Scotland’s national housing and homelessness charity is calling on kind-hearted Scots to donate this year’s Leap Day – Monday 29th February – by volunteering in one of its nationwide shops.

Barony Housing Association is in line to join Wheatley Group in April after an overwhelming majority of tenants approved the move. An independent ballot conducted by Electoral Reform Services saw 92 per cent of Barony tenants vote to join the group with a turnout of 39.9 per cent.

Maureen Morris Wellhouse Housing Association has pledged to remain an independent, community-controlled Association as it works towards improving its governance and financial management.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published an updated regulatory advice note on incidents of fraud against RSLs in Scotland. The advice note, which revises the previous notice from September 2012, alerts RSLs to recent fraudulent activity and highlights the importance of effective procedures to gu

Bill Banks Kingdom Housing Association is creating additional opportunities for young people to get a start in their careers.

North Ayrshire Council has said that housing will continue to play a key role in supporting the delivery of its priorities as it gets set to consider a housing revenue budget for 2016/17 of £46 million. Following consultation with tenants, an annual rent increase is proposed to be limited to 1.5 pe

Emma Dore Emma Dore, senior policy officer at Shelter Scotland, considers the role housing plays in delivering Community Justice.

A Value for Money (VFM) benchmarking pilot, has recently been completed with nine small social landlords from across Scotland. It examined the costs of providing services, levels of staff resources, as well as levels of tenant satisfaction and service performance.

Image of Pitscottie Road courtesy of Montgomery Forgan Associates Kingdom Housing Association has completed a major exercise in community consultation over its proposals to develop 49 affordable houses at Pitscottie Road in Cupar.