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The South Fort Street Project at Gowrie Care, which is part of the Hillcrest Group A pioneering initiative to measure the vital impact of housing support services in Scotland has surpassed a milestone after it was revealed more than 12,000 people have used the service.

David Cameron The Scotland Bill has completed its Parliamentary stages and received Royal Assent to become the Scotland Act 2016.

People living in Castlemilk can now make use of a new state-of-the-art digital learning centre providing free internet and computer access at their local library. The computer learning centre at Castlemilk Library is the first ‘Click & Connect’ centre to be opened in one of Glasgow’s libra

Staff from DGHP’s Crichton office supporting the Daffodil Appeal Staff at Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) have been supporting the Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal.

(from left) Ryan Wilson (QS), Jennifer Breaden (Assistant Planner), Jim Ward ( BAM Construction Director), Robin Wallace (Y People), Ross Gunning (Trainee Site Manager), Alex and Carl (bending down) are two young people staying in the shelter. Three graduates from BAM Construction put their entrepre

David Cowans, group chief executive at Places for People and Jenny Laing, Aberdeen City Council leader Places for People has signed a pioneering partnership with Aberdeen City Council which will create 2,000 new homes in the city with the potential to build a further 1,000 properties.

Cllr Margaret Davidson with Keith Brown MSP (left) and Lord Dunlop Inverness is to benefit from a major increase in the city’s homes over the next 20 years following the award of a £315 million City Deal.

Keith Vaz MP A committee of MPs is to launch an inquiry into the Home Office’s outsourcing of asylum seeker housing to private companies across the UK.

Kezia Dugdale A new form of local government tax based on property value will replace the “unfair” council tax under new plans revealed by Scottish Labour.

Cllrs Judy Hamilton & David Ross visit tenant Maria McKenzie The completion of a housing development in Thornton has signalled the halfway stage in Fife Council’s Affordable Housing Programme.

James Battye Shelter Scotland policy officer, James Battye, reflects on last week’s passing of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill.

Glasgow City Council has issued a tender for lead contractors to progress the ‘Blue-Green’ infrastructure works at its £250 million transformation of Sighthill. Comprising approximately 800 new homes, a new school campus and community facilities, as well as commercial units, the Sighthill regen

Gowrie Care staff and residents in Glasgow were delighted to host a visit from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week. Ms Sturgeon took the time to visit Gowrie’s homeless support project and find out more about the life changing work that the charity does.

A new “mini multis” community garden and play park has been created with support from Maryhill Housing Association. The grand opening saw a bumper turnout of around 250 people turn out to mark the occasion which brings play facilities and a community garden to this part of Maryhill for the first

Margaret Burgess Up to 4,000 Scottish households could benefit from a new £14 million interest-free loan fund to make their homes cheaper to keep warm.