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Anna Evans Housing consultant Anna Evans outlines what can be learned by the work of housing associations in the mid market rent sector.

LinkLiving staff with the two awards LinkLiving Ltd is celebrating after it won two awards at the Scottish Mentoring Awards ceremony last week.

River Clyde Homes has underlined its commitment to affordable rents by proposing that the rent charge increases next year be restricted to the rate of inflation and is asking customers if they support the plans. Back in 2014 a majority of customers who responded to a consultation agreed with proposa

Alison Notman Scottish Borders Housing Association’s tenant participation manager was named a Tenants’ Champion at the weekend’s annual Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) Scotland Conference Awards.

Progress at the Alva development Link Group Ltd and Tigh Grian Ltd are holding an open day at their site in Queen Street, Alva.

Douglas McLeod Housebuilder Barratt Developments has delivered a £319 million boost to the UK economy over the past year, according to a new report from the firm.

New figures have revealed Scottish Water's green schemes generated enough power for 11,200 homes last year. With 37GWh of electricity generated, carbon emissions were down 3.5 per cent compared to the previous year, and 16 per cent overall since 2006/07.

A new study has revealed that almost half (49 per cent) of people in Scotland admit to being in debt with many of these feeling the strain, just weeks before Christmas. The YouGov poll, which was commissioned by Scotcash and Scotwest Credit Union, revealed almost 1 in 2 (49 per cent) of adults surve

Derek McGowan Aberdeen City Council has announced that Derek McGowan has been appointed as the new head of communities and housing at the local authority.

Local authorities is Scotland have spent more than £750 million on temporary accommodation for homeless families in the last five years, according to new statistics. The data was obtained by the BBC as part of a wider investigation which found that the amount spent on temporary accommodation by cou

Simon Little Scottish Housing Regulator Board member Simon Little paid tribute to the commitment of active tenants in social housing during the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) annual conference on Saturday.

Argyll Community Housing Association is today celebrating 10 years since it was formally registered. On the 21st November 2006 the Association took over ownership of just over 5,000 affordable homes from Argyll and Bute Council as part of the then Scottish Government’s Community Ownership Programm

Kingdom staff members (from left) Back Row: Technical officer Sean Whittet, head of HR Andrew Latto, Kerri Gell and finance apprentice Michael Mayes. Front Row: Health and safety officer Dave Roy, housing officer Susan Lowden and chief executive Bill Banks Kingdom Housing Association is supporting t

A St Andrews councillor has called for a ban on new homes in the town being sold as second homes after a council in England won a landmark court decision. A neighbourhood plan for St Ives in Cornwall’s – similar to a Local Development Plan in Scotland – will be the first in the UK to require n

The award-winning renovation at 50-52 Main Street The project to bring a vacant B-listed 18th century tenement on Campbeltown’s Main Street back to life has won a prestigious national award.