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Weslo Housing Management is marking its 21st year of operation with the launch of a book charting the fascinating rise of one of Scotland’s most successful independent social landlords. Launched on Monday November 30, ‘High Hopes - The Weslo Story’ was the result of almost two years’ painsta

Places for People has picked up another award for its innovative affordable housing development in the former mining community of Twechar, East Dunbartonshire. Named after the nearby ruins of the Roman-built Antonine Wall - a UNESCO World Heritage Site dating back to 142AD – Roman Fields has now r

Kevin Stewart MSP Council pension funds should invest more capital in local projects such as affordable housing despite the “risks” involved, according to a committee of MSPs.

(from left) Julie Cosgrove, Caledonia Housing Association Group chief executive, Bellsmyre Hosing Association chairperson, Dianne Williamson and Brenda Higgins, interim director at Bellsmyre Housing Association Members of West Dunbartonshire based housing association Bellsmyre have voted overwhelmin

Twenty new flats for elderly and disabled residents in Clydebank have been given the go ahead. The proposal to build two blocks of four-storey flats, which will be linked by a central glazed lobby, was granted planning permission on Wednesday.

An ambitious project to build a new community of affordable homes in Leith is now underway. Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) and the City of Edinburgh Council have started work on the Leith Fort housing development, with the first homes due to complete in 2017.

John Blackwood Landlords are being urged to make use of a new procedure which will allow them to gain access to their properties to carry out essential work, helping to maintain the standards of stock in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) in Scotland.

The Scottish Government has been issued with a ‘final demand’ to end fuel poverty by the national fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland. The letter, sent to all MSPs as well as to Scottish ministers yesterday, is a reminder that it is exactly one year until the statutory duty to end fuel p

Some of the new homes in School Park, Strichen A housing project which brought 12 families to an Aberdeenshire village has been praised by residents new and old.

The staff from Loretto Fullarton with their pets A service which provides life-changing support for people with alcohol-related brain damage has picked up a top Scottish care award.

(from left) Eildon employees Anita Hill, Davie Forster, Irene Wielbo, Carol Robertson and Michael Todd Five staff from Eildon Housing Association reported to local charity Stable Life last week to give a half day’s voluntary work as part of the ‘Eildon Makes a Difference’ programme.

Capacity to help deliver the Scottish Government’s new target of 50,000 social and affordable homes over between 2016 and 2020 will depend on what ministers decide to do with new build subsidy rates, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). In summer, the

Housing refurbishment firm Lovell has been appointed by South Lanarkshire Council to carry out £2.1 million of improvement work to transform a multi-storey block of flats in Cambuslang. Work is set to begin early in 2016 on the 40-week programme for Kyle Court, off Main Street in the town centre, w

Persimmon has unveiled plans to build over 80,000 new homes across the UK in the next five years. The announcement, which comes day after pro-house building policies made in the Autumn Statement, will see the firm create 1,000 new jobs.

Andrew Burns Partners behind the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Deal hope to have a deal agreed by early next year after both the UK and Scottish governments showed their commitment to the £1 billion project.