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Aileen McLeod More than four per cent of homes in Scotland are thought to be exposed to flooding, a new report from the Scottish Government has warned.

Alex Neil MSP with manager Ann Conlan at the sensory garden at Oakburn Park The Scottish Government has pledged a £20 million investment into helping communities tackle poverty and inequalities and take forward regeneration in their areas on their own terms.

Kingdom Housing Association has enlisted the help of local school children to help raise awareness of its major £26 million regeneration project in Inverkeithing. Working alongside Fife Council, the Association is to demolish 236 properties on Fraser Avenue and replace them with 189 new energy effi

Thousands of older tenants in some of Scotland’s most deprived communities are receiving extra help from their housing association this Christmas. Wheatley Group’s social landlords - GHA, Cube, West Lothian Housing Partnership, Loretto and Dunedin Canmore - are distributing £40 of food vouchers

West Highland Housing Association (WHHA) has revealed its delight to have been awarded Silver accreditation from the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS). The TPAS award is given to organisations that involve their tenants in the organisation's activities and decision making process.

Highland Council is asking its tenants for their views on how their rent should be spent over the next year. The local authority would like to hear views on the council's proposals for next year’s rent and to find out which housing services are the most important to its residents.

Stirling Council is developing work to tackle disadvantage and deprivation in priority areas across the district. The Community Empowerment Act, passed in July 2015, contains a requirement for Community Planning Partnerships to produce unique local outcome plans for communities that are experiencing

The City of Edinburgh Council has approved revised plans for over 2,000 homes at Edinburgh Marina as well as a retail and spa hotel development and a 300-berth marina. The Edinburgh Marina project, which will be the focal point of Granton Harbour’s regeneration, is believed to be the first new Mar

Freida (left) with residents A committed Bield care home worker is hosting two Christmas dinners, one for family and one for care home residents to ensure no one misses out on celebrating the special day.

Angus Lamont Hebridean Housing Partnership chief executive Angus Lamont is to retire in May 2016.

As Crisis opens its Christmas centres to an expected 4,000 homeless guests, new research by the charity reveals how one in four homeless people in the UK will spend this Christmas alone, while more than six out of ten will spend it with neither family nor friends. Drawing on a survey of more than 50

Julie Watson from Kingdom hands over the keys to their new home to Mr and Mrs McAlpine An Alloa couple are celebrating Christmas with their son in a new house specially designed and built to meet the family's requirements after Kingdom Housing Association brought forward construction plans to meet t

A landmark development is set to breathe new life into a neglected part of the Grassmarket in Edinburgh city centre. A planning application, taken forward by a joint venture between Peveril Securities - the development arm of the Bowmer and Kirkland Group - and Campus Development Management, has bee

CALA Homes has signalled its intent to deliver much needed family homes at a site on the outskirts of Linlithgow. The firm plans to create a new community of up to 60 properties on land at Preston Farm, on the south west edge of the town.