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Charles Milne One of Scotland's leading housing associations has announced that it is planning to build up to 1,000 new homes over the next five years.

The worsening condition of many tenements is a blight on local communities and in some areas feels like a return to the 60s and 70s, a new report out today has warned. The report, from the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF), is being launched at an event at Govanhill H

Housing minister Margaret Burgess with GHA tenant Clare Carvill and GHA chair Gordon Sloan at Clare’s new home in Marfield Street A new home has changed the life of a GHA tenant in Carntyne and is even helping two of her sons get on better.

One of the new tenants and special guest Sean Batty join staff from Trust and East Dunbartonshire Council Special guest TV weatherman Sean Batty was on hand this week to officially open Trust Housing Association and East Dunbartonshire Council’s new mid market rent development at Southbank Road, K

As part of its commitment to improve communication with customers Link Group Ltd has launched a brand new website. The new website will help Link engage more effectively with its customers, especially the growing number of them who want to access information online.

New research into UK housing trends has found that more people are living alone and more are renting a home for the long term. Of the 43 per cent of those taking part in the Housing Futures Survey by Strutt & Parker who are single and planning to move in the next five years, some 75 per cent exp

Mary Barbour Sir Alex Ferguson is lending his support to a campaign to have legendary community campaigner Mary Barbour recognised with a statute in Glasgow.

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A private developer which was going to construct homes for Fife Council to purchase and make available for rent has withdrawn its planning application. Raith Developments sensationally withdrew its planning application for 36 homes at Lochty View mere hours before a public meeting on the proposed de

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has been called to give evidence on the bedroom tax to a Scottish Parliament committee. The body is being asked to testify on the efficacy of the Scottish Government's decision to mitigate the impact of the bedroom tax in Scotland, and look at h

A plan to build hundreds of flats for rent in a high-profile part of the massive Glasgow Harbour development has been given the go-ahead. Kippax, part of the Dandara Group, are building a total of 342 flats, of which 78 will be studio flats, 134 one-bedroom flats, and 130 two-bedroom flats, all of w

Stirling Council has invited private landlords to an open day and conference in the town's Albert Halls on Tuesday 12 May. The event is an opportunity for private landlords, prospective landlords, and property agents to meet key players in Stirling's private rented sector, to gather information, and

Up to 28,000 fuel poor households will benefit from a £224 million Scottish Government energy efficiency project launching this September. The nationwide scheme will install insulation, heating and low carbon or renewable measures in the homes of fuel poor households, with a wider range of options

Teachers are being offered rent-free accommodation in Moray in a bid to end a long-running staffing shortage. Moray Council has struck a deal with a housebuilder Springfield Properties to attract new blood to the area.