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More people will be able to make their homes warm and water-tight through a new £10 million fund. The pilot scheme in Glasgow, Argyll and Bute and Perthshire will provide equity loans of up to £40,000 to home owners on low incomes to help them make essential repairs to leaking roofs and building s

Dr Miles Mack Patients could be at risk of “unsafe care” if plans to build new housing do not consider the impact on GP services, a group of medics have warned.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is to announce its decision on the classification of housing associations in Scotland on September 29. Registered social landlords (RSLs) north of the Border are currently regarded as private bodies for accounting purposes, though the classification is unders

A major new free website designed to help private flat owners carry out repairs to their shared properties has been launched by housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP at an event in Glasgow today. Written by Annie Flint and John Gilbert, the authors of the acclaimed Tenement Handbook originally publishe

Des Phee, policy and performance officer at Queens Cross Housing Association (left), is presented with QCHA’s renewed HouseMark complaints accreditation award by Scottish Public Service Ombudsman Jim Martin Queens Cross Housing Association has been declared “complaints accredited” for a second

Housing convener Councillor Barry McCulloch (seated) takes a look at the new portal with David Shaw, service improvement manager (back left), and Stephen Llewellyn, operations manager North Lanarkshire Council is helping tenants on its waiting list match their homes with others suitable for mutual e

Ian Potter SafeDeposits Scotland has announced the appointment of Ian Potter as its new chairman.

Lesley Laird Fife Council’s depute leader, Councillor Lesley Laird, has raised concerns about the latest delay to FIFEplan - the Fife Local Development Plan - and the impact of this on communities and developers.

Plans to develop the historic Broadford Works site in Aberdeen into a new urban residential and retail space have been approved in principle. Aberdeen City Council’s planning department made the decision under delegated powers which could see private and student apartments, restaurants, cafes and

The demolition of the last remaining Red Road flats in Glasgow that left two tower blocks partially standing had failed because they were built with steel and were “too tough” to be demolished, a report has found. An independent review of the demolition last October found that contractor Safedem

Chairman Charlie Milne talks through Kingdom's successful year Kingdom Housing Association recorded another successful year at its AGM last night with Chairman Charlie Milne praising the work of the staff who made last year such a positive one for the association.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP marked the first ever Scottish Housing Day with a visit to Sanctuary Scotland. Mr Stewart joined residents and office staff at Sanctuary’s 267 Donside Village development in Aberdeen. He heard first-hand the success of the mixed-tenure community in the project’

As fuel poverty in the Western Isles continues to climb, a report to the Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) board has highlighted the Association’s progress as it endeavours to provide tenants with the best opportunities possible to escape fuel poverty. A recent HHP study, which was funded by Cal

Celebrating Scottish Housing Day with tenants at Burgh House Fife Council celebrated Scottish Housing Day yesterday with retirement housing tenants at Burgh House in Leslie.

Rachael Clark By Rachael Clark, service manager for the Shelter Scotland Glasgow Housing Support & Prevent Service