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David Wood, PAS planning and policy manager Community groups, development trusts and members of the public are being urged to sign up for a series of events being held by planning charity PAS, where they can give their views on how they think the Scottish planning system should be reformed.

Alex Johnstone MSP A voluntary code should be adopted by house builders to end ‘rabbit hutch housing’, the Scottish Conservatives have announced.

Eighty-six properties have been completed in the final phase of Sanctuary Scotland's £30 million regeneration of Shortroods, Paisley.

Annie Mauger, director of CIH Scotland The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has reiterated its welcome for targeted rent controls in the wake of the latest private renting statistics published by the Scottish Government today.

Shona Stephen, chief executive at Queen's Cross Housing Association Queen's Cross Housing Association is to spend £13 million to carry out major internal and external improvements to 314 of its properties.

Alison Johnstone Alison Johnstone, Scottish Green MSP for Lothian region, has lodged a motion at the Scottish Parliament calling for financial support for the 200 tenants of Lorne Street in Leith who face being evicted from their homes by the charity that owns their flats.

Pictured (l-r): Cllr Fay Sinclair, Cllr Brian Goodall, Cllr Helen Law (Chair of the City of Dunfermline Area Committee), John Mills (Fife Council’s Head of Housing), Cllr Judy Hamilton (Executive Spokesperson for Housing & Building Services), Stephen Cairns (Kingdom Housing Groups Head of Hous

Ruth Simpson West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has elected Ruth Simpson as Chairperson of their Management Committee.

Aileen McLeod The Scottish Government has said it is prepared to look into potentially reintroducing loans for building croft houses.

Linthouse Housing Association is celebrating after being voted winner of the coveted TPAS award for Involving Customers in Services 2015.

FES FM and Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) have been voted the joint winners of the Premises and Facilities Management (PFM) Award for Partners in Expert Services – Property Management 2015 at the PFM Awards ceremony in London.

Cllr Douglas Reid, Leader of the Council Seventy-three homes in Gatehead and 100 homes in Stewarton are warmer and more energy efficient after the Council carried out a large scale housing improvement programme.

Sheratan Ltd has lodged a planning application for new housing, a primary school, and a park on a council-owned site covering 170 acres at the Edmonstone Estate in Edinburgh.

River Clyde Homes opened in three new locations today as part of a service transformation programme designed to help customers access services.

More than 400 tenants and staff from all over Scotland gathered at St Andrew's Fairmount Hotel over weekend for an awards ceremony and two days of learning and building contacts. Barney MacKay, TPAS Scotland chairperson, said: "Tenants, customers, staff and landlords deserve applause for their achie