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Following the success of 2014’s Community Festival in Partick Burgh Hall, this year Partick Housing Association decided to take things outdoors to Mansfield Park where the event was held as part of the West End Festival with live music, come & try sessions and arts and crafts. Samba Caramba we

Social Enterprise Scotland is encouraging all social enterprises of all types from across urban and rural Scotland to enter its annual awards. The awards are a unique opportunity for all social enterprises across the country to stand up and be counted and to celebrate their achievements.

Image provided by Holmes Miller A new £30m development including a cinema, gyms, bars, restaurants and housing is to be built in Perth.

Margaret Burgess A new fund has been launched which aims to create additional residential accommodation in Scotland’s urban and rural towns.

Ian Brennan The Scottish Housing Regulator has welcomed a new report contributing to the debate on what value for money means for tenants, social landlords and the housing sector in Scotland.

The number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland has increased by 42 per cent over the previous year, an industry body has reported. The National House Building Council (NHBC) said that 3,442 new homes were registered between March and May in 2015, when compared to 2,423 homes dur

Minister for housing and welfare, Margaret Burgess, visited Arbroath last week to see how work to develop a derelict site into affordable homes, commercial and community space is moving on in earnest. The minister was taken on a tour of the Baltic Mill site by Angus Council housing officers.

Homeless people are being prevented from accessing their statutory rights to permanent accommodation because of “major financial barriers” introduced by some social landlords in Scotland, a law charity has warned. Govan Law Centre (GLC) said it is now common place in Glasgow for a homeless perso

Iain Duncan Smith The total lifetime cost of the Universal Credit welfare reform programme has increased by nearly £3bn in the past three years to £15.8bn, according to new figures from the UK government.

Winnie Mcghie, James Hardie, Ruksana Mohsin, Steven Neil and Matthew Barker along with Loretto Care’s Heather Crilly and staff from Dobbies and Tesco A community garden in Glasgow is helping people lead more independent and healthy lives.

A concerted push towards tenant engagement in day-to-day activity across developments run by a housing and care provider has yielded impressive early results. Findings taken throughout the year by Bield show that across its 140 developments, greater efforts to involve tenants has led to a cultural c

A Scottish housing and care providers is launching a national gardening competition in a bid to find its most horticulturally-talented tenants. Blackwood is encouraging keen gardeners to don their gloves and grow an item of their choice – ranging from plants to flowers and vegetables to fruit.

The new external wall sealing system from Iso Chemie Fast and secure sealing of various thermal insulation composite systems to building openings and projections is provided by the new ISO-EWI SEALING SYSTEM from ISO-Chemie.

Isobel Barr Isabel Barr, the former chairperson of Cordale Housing Association, sadly passed away on 23 June after a short illness.

Jimmy Black You are looking for your first rented flat, and a landlord says "give me £200 and I'll keep this flat for you. But back out and the money's mine". Would you know this was an illegal premium? If the landlord then said: "Leave the place in good order and I'll give you back a month's rent"