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The Scottish Government has recently stated that it will not meet its target to end fuel poverty in Scotland. The chair of The Independent Scottish Fuel Poverty Strategic Working Group informed the Housing Minister that the fuel poverty target will not be met this year.

Caledonia Housing Association has received confirmation that their PCF(People and Communities Fund) grant of £24,000 has been approved. This grant will go towards furthering the funding their volunteer project.

The Eildon Group, a housing association based in the Scottish Borders, has achieved the prestigious Investors in Young People Silver Accreditation, the only people management standard that focuses on an employer’s recruitment and retention of young people. IIYP, Scotland’s only people management

Carwyn Jones Welsh First Minister The Right to Buy scheme has been outlined to be abolished under a bill due to be introduced later this year.

Steven Heddle Scotland has seen an increase of around 160,000 households across cities, towns and countryside in comparison with a decade ago.

Kirsty Wells HouseMark has published detailed research into empty properties and lettings based on data collected in the five years up to March 2015.

The last year has witnessed a drastic revamp of a Dumfries housing association and its restructure is expected to result in a number of job losses.

Jon Sparkes - Crisis Chief Executive Crisis, a national charity for homeless people, has questioned whether the statistics published yesterday show the real extent of homelessness in Scotland.

Queens Cross Housing Association has awarded two new repairs and maintenance contracts, running until 31 March 2021. The decision sees P&D Scotland re-appointed to provide the Association’s reactive repairs service in a deal worth £2.4million per annum.

Port of Leith Housing Association has been awarded with a 4 star Recognised for Excellence award and a Good Practice award: Harnessing Creativity and Innovation by Quality Scotland at this year’s Scottish Awards for Business Excellence, which took place on Friday at the EICC. Now in its 25th year,

Hardies Property and Constructions Consultants, which has its head office in Edinburgh as well as thirteen other offices across Scotland, has achieved Investors in People Gold and Investors in Young People accreditations. Hardies is a multi-disciplined property consultancy, serving clients in both

EVH have been nominated 7 times this year for the Helen McGregor Award, which is sponsored for the second year running by the Cunninghame Housing Association.

Hundreds of buildings across Tayside will be heated by power generated from the River Tay.

Kevin Stewart The number of homelessness applications and the amount of people assessed as homeless in Scotland has reduced during 2015/16, according to a publication today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.

Laurice Ponting Laurice Ponting has been appointed chief executive by HouseMark, taking up the post on 1 October.