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Partick Housing Association is hosting a series of walking tours in the local area as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations. Take a walk through time and explore Partick’s heritage, taking in its medieval, industrial and more recent past. Each walk has a unique theme and explores a different a

35 hardy souls spent a chilly night camping out at the Shettleston Community Growing Project site last week. The Big Shettleston Sleepover aims to raise awareness of fuel poverty and to raise money for people in the Shettleston area affected by it. The event was organised by the Shettleston Housing

Aberdeenshire Council has agreed a new strategy for the provision of sites for the travelling community. Aberdeenshire already has a permanent site at Greenbanks in Banff, but a recent report has argued for more in north, south and central Aberdeenshire.

River Clyde Homes, in association with Greenock Morton Football Club, is offering free football at Broomhill 3G Football Pitch in Greenock (off Broomhill Street) on Friday evenings until the 1st of May. The football sessions, which are funded by Awards For All Scotland and are supported by the Inver

A Wishaw based soft furnishing supplier, run by North Lanarkshire Council’s housing property service has launched a bright new brochure for housing suppliers. Detailing the huge variety of quality services which businesses can take advantage of, NL Industries new brochure was launched to more than

A home-owner at Bield’s Weavers Court development in Hamilton has celebrated her milestone 100th birthday with 50 of her closest friends and family – including her five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. To kick off Muriel Revell’s birthday celebrations, staff planned a celebratory cof

Councillor Ramsay Milne Four new developments totalling 107 homes and 108 flats, including affording housing, have been given the green light by Aberdeen City Council.

Clive Betts MP A UK parliamentary committee inquiry into the effects of banning letting agents’ fees in Scotland has decided that the next UK government should assess the impact on the private rented sector before making any decision to ban or rule out a ban on letting agents' fees in England.

Katy Dickson A new English law banning retaliatory evictions in the private rental housing sector can pave the way for similar targeted legislation in Scotland, a rural membership organisation has said.

Work to create 15 new homes in Barrhead is now underway. Barrhead Housing Association revealed that the demolition contractor has taken possession of the site at Darnley Road to start to clear the former school and council office.

A public consultation has given residents the chance to find out more about plans for an affordable housing development in Forfar. Angus Council has submitted a planning application to convert the former Chapelpark primary school into 29 new homes.

Shona Robison The Scottish Government has announced a two-year additional funding package of £200 million to support the implementation of health and social care integration.

Cheque this out…….staff from Maryhill Housing Association with the bumper sum obtained for tenants Tenants are celebrating a cash boost of over £2 million after Maryhill Housing Association swung into action to offer a helping hand.

The Future Skills team A new online resource offering financial advice has been launched by Future Skills Inverclyde.

A Bield retirement housing development in Dunbar is looking for tech savvy volunteers to help expand activities offered to its tenants. Southfield Court in East Lothian is looking for volunteers as part of its Silver Surfer Project, a project that aims to teach tenants how to stay connected to frien