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Macclesfield-based Peaks & Plains Housing Trust is the latest housing association to announce that it may need to make a number of redundancies in the face of UK government reductions in social housing rents. Peaks & Plains, which owns and manages 5,000 homes across East Cheshire and employs

Drew Hendry MP addressed the audience as the Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust held its AGM/Open Day on Friday. The event, at the Townhouse in Inverness, included an interactive session where discussion groups fed back their thoughts on the main issues affecting rural communities.

The upward trend in the number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland in 2015 was halted slightly between June and August, according to new figures. The National House Building Council (NHBC) said that 3,471 new homes were registered over the quarter compared to 3,543 homes between

Annie Mauger The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has added its voice to growing concerns over the potential impact of the UK government’s 2015 Immigration Bill on migrants living in the private rented sector.

A new report commissioned by the Scottish Government has highlighted an emerging gap between the housing aspirations of younger and older households. Co-authored by the University of St Andrews and the University of Sheffield, ‘Understanding the Housing Aspirations of People in Scotland’ highlig

The development firm owned by Sir David Murray has submitted proposals for the first phase of a £1 billion “Garden District” in Edinburgh. Murray Estates’ plans will see 1500 homes, a new primary school and a network of roads and streets built on land next to Edinburgh Park and the Royal Bank

Cllrs Ross & Hamilton on site with ward members Cllrs John O'Brien & Jim Young, Stewart Shearer (director of Robertson Partnership Homes) and project officers Work has started on Fife Council’s latest housing development of 101 new affordable homes in Methil.

(from left) Charles Milne, chairperson; Catherine Marnoch, finance manager; Laurie Naumann, vice chairperson and Bill Banks, chief executive Kingdom Housing Association has presented a long service award to Catherine Marnoch, its longest serving member of staff, who has worked with the Association f

The City of Edinburgh Council has asked for further discussions about the issue of compulsory redundancies as it attempts to address a £126 million budget shortfall over the next four years. The local authority had earlier suggested that as many as 2,000 jobs could be lost but councillors have aske

Tenant Mr Maley (left) and housing officer Alan McKee A formal management agreement between Trust Housing Association and Rural Stirling Housing Association (RSHA) is paying dividends for residents of a general needs development in Killin.

Cairn has launched a year of community events to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Tenants of the Association and community groups across Scotland are invited to apply to Cairn's Community Fund to develop their own projects, bright ideas and events.

Cordale Housing Association has held its first Annual General Meeting after having joined the Caledonia Housing Association Group in April of last year. The meeting was very well attended with a great deal of interest shown in and lively debate on the work and progress of the Association over past y

Edinburgh’s Lord and Lady Provost were joined by 126 local fundraisers last week as they braved a cold night at the Zoo.

Scottish Government ministers have provisionally upheld plans to develop a former psychiatric hospital in Dundee into hundreds of new homes. Plans for Strathmartine Hospital in Baldovan, to the north of Dundee, had originally been approved by Angus Council despite strong opposition from neighbouring

Teresa Bray, chief executive, Changeworks Practitioners involved in tackling fuel poverty must act now to influence future delivery, a fuel poverty conference was told.