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Alastair Davis, SIS chief executive Scottish third sector lender Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has won a prestigious award from the Cabinet Office for its pioneering work on the SIS Community Capital Fund.

The number of houses repossessed across Scotland during 2016 will be low if interest rate rises are further postponed as anticipated, a mortgage service company has predicted. In its annual forecast, HML said that it expects a total of 830 repossessions – or 0.08 per cent of all residential mortga

Huge variations and changes to relevant national and UK wide affordable warmth policies has inevitably hindered progress to eradicate fuel poverty, according to a new report. The UK Fuel Poverty Monitor, produced annually by National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS), was publishe

A Broughty Ferry development containing the first homes to be delivered in the Dundee area under the Scottish Government’s National Housing Trust (NHT) initiative has made it through to the final stages of the prestigious Scottish Home Awards. The Sandy Loan development has been selected as a fina

A housing support service provided by Abertay Housing Association to tenants living within its seven sheltered housing complexes has been graded ‘very good to excellent’ by regulators. An inspection of the housing support service by the Care Inspectorate in March looked at three main areas and g

Jimmy Black Stairs. A complete nuisance if you have furniture to shift, babies to carry, shopping to bring home. That’s all of us at one time or another. And they’re a nuisance for disabled people too.

Over £158,000 has been injected into affordable housing in Glenrothes to bring long-term empty properties back into use as homes for people who have experienced homelessness or are in housing need. YMCA Glenrothes has received a grant from the Nationwide Foundation to go towards creating homes for

One of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders is to increase the upper age limit for its mortgages to 85. Following Friday’s announcement from the Halifax that it is to raise the age limit for people paying off mortgages to 80, the Nationwide has gone one further and upped its limit by five more year

A growing Alyth based learning disability and Homecare team and their clients are set to benefit from a better working environment in the town’s centre after their new office was opened in Pitnacree Street last week. The new office will allow Gowrie Care’s teams to expand their services, which w

Cllr Dave Doogan Perth & Kinross Council’s housing service has launched a new drive to ensure that all its tenants are clear about their responsibilities to pay rent.

Adam Knight-Markiegi My partner is an avid Boden shopper. She likes the design of their clothes for herself and the kids. Boden know this – and they understand her. A new catalogue arrives in the post seemingly every week. She also receives a constant stream of emails. Boden’s real trick is unde

Over 70 players took part in the Queens Cross Welcome Cup Over 100 football fans came together for a community football tournament to welcome refugees and asylum seekers to Glasgow.

A retirement housing development in Dunbar is looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to help tenants to get creative by engaging with art. Bield’s Southfield Court development would like artistically minded volunteers to take lessons with tenants and help build on the talents and drive t

Christine Macleod The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a major new report highlighting the importance of providing continued value for money to around 118,000 people who use the factoring services of social landlords across Scotland.

Mary Taylor Organisations from across the housing spectrum have challenged the incumbent Scottish Government to realise their pre-election housing pledges and tackle the severe lack of homes in Scotland.