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Ore Valley Housing Association (OVHA) has closed a deal with the European Energy Efficiency Fund (eeef) on a £4.6 million project to develop wind turbines and replace 200 heating systems for OVHA homes. This is eeef’s first community based transaction within the UK and the result of a four-year l

Plans have been unveiled to invest £163 million into building affordable homes in the Scottish Borders. The new five-year Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) will be discussed at a Scottish Borders Council meeting on Tuesday, 29 November.

Housing and care provider Sanctuary Group has welcomed the Autumn Statement by announcing 30,000 new homes to be built in England and Scotland by 2026.

Philip Hammond Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced an £800 million increase in capital spending for Scotland over the next five years.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has highlighted that 241,000 more tenants in Scotland will be affected by the announcement that all social housing tenants on Universal Credit will be brought under the new Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap when it is introduced in 2019. Ministe

Stephen Herriot Continuing our series of Just A Minute profiles is Stephen Herriot, head of operations at PfH Scotland.

Philip Hammond Chancellor Philip Hammond is to unveil a £1.4 billion investment in affordable housing and introduce measures to ban letting agents from charging upfront fees as he unveils the UK government’s Autumn Statement later today.

Plans have been submitted to build 15 new homes at a vacant Glasgow hospital site for Yoker Housing Association. Grant Murray Architects have lodged proposals for bungalows and two storey cottage flats at the former Blawarthill Hospital in the Knightswood area of the city.

Cunninghame Housing Association, working in partnership with East Ayrshire Council and the Scottish Government, held an official ceremony yesterday to mark the progress achieved to date on the site of the new build development at Hill Street in Kilmarnock. The event was attended by Kevin Stewart MSP

Small housing developers in Scotland are optimistic about the numbers of homes they aim to deliver over the next five years but have expressed frustration over the “myriad of obstacles and barriers” that they expect to face, according to a new survey. The findings of the poll, which explored the

Highland Council Employee of the Year Gail Ward (centre) with council leader Margaret Davidson and awards host Norman MacLeod Housing policy officer Gail Ward has been named Employee of the Year by Highland Council for the care and compassion she has shown in welcoming Syrian refugees to the region

Jenny Speck Inverclyde residents were celebrating this week following a local woman’s win at the annual Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland (TPAS Scotland) awards.

(from left) Stella Murphy, Ann Neilson and Ian Macpherson from the residents' group Cunninghame Housing Association is celebrating the success of one its tenants groups at the recent Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland (TPAS Scotland) Gala Dinner Awards.

More loans were advanced to first-time buyers in Scotland during the third quarter of 2016 than any other since the third quarter of 2007, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). First-time buyers also borrowed more this quarter than any other quarter since CML records began.

East Kilbride Housing Association has become the newest member of Scotland’s Housing Network. The Association joins well over a hundred-strong group of social landlords who already benefit from the Network’s services.