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The students at the special awards ceremony A trail-blazing course created jointly by Glasgow Kelvin College and Thenue Housing designed to help students into employment has now been completed.

Stirling Council has rejected plans for a proposed golf and tennis centre near Dunblane as the development’s residential element did not fit Scottish planning policy. The Park of Keir project, which was supported by golfer Colin Montgomerie and Judy Murray, mother of former Wimbledon champion Andy

A social enterprise which provides a range of services for vulnerable people, those experiencing poverty and homelessness across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire has won a UK-wide award. Instant Neighbour was named the UK Environmental Social Enterprise of the Year for 2015 at the UK Social Enterprise Awa

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has announced the transfer of Broomhouse Housing Association which will see WSHA provide a housing service to 98 new tenants. The transfer, which took place on 30th November, is a result of Broomhouse recognising the importance of providing tenants with a

The Scottish Housing Regulator has decided to end the appointment of the statutory manager at Muirhouse Housing Association. A revised regulation plan highlights that Muirhouse has made good progress in dealing with the issues that led to the regulator’s statutory intervention in December 2014.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has moved Maryhill Housing Association from high to medium engagement following a number of governance and performance improvements. A revised regulation plan revealed that Maryhill carried out a structural review of the organisation and developed a comprehensive deliv

View of internal street More than 100 homes for health workers could be built as part of NHS Grampian’s battle to attract staff to the north-east.

Jon Sparkes The Scottish Government blazed a trail in tackling homelessness, but there is no room for complacency, writes Jon Sparkes, chief executive at Crisis.

Cllr Danny Devlin (left) and Link Group chair Roy Stirrat Link's new affordable housing development at Hillfield Brae has been officially opened by East Renfrewshire Council’s convener for housing and maintenance services, Councillor Danny Devlin.

TIS are thrilled to have been voted in as the Secretariat for the Cross Party Group on Housing for the third year in a row. Meetings of the Cross Party Group on Housing, chaired by Margaret McDougal MSP, provide a platform for organisations with an interest in housing and MSPs to share information a

Experts have called on the UK government to review its ‘bedroom tax’ policy after a new study revealed the reform is having a serious impact on children’s ability to learn. In the first piece of research to examine the impact of the welfare policy on children and their education, academics fou

Plans to build 49 affordable homes in Cupar have been postponed until at least 2017. The proposal by Thomson Homes in conjunction with Fife Council was planned for parkland adjacent to Tarvit Ponds.

A project to revamp derelict homes in Liverpool has won Britain's leading contemporary art award, the Turner Prize. London-based architecture collective Assemble took home the prestigious prize for Granby 4 Streets, a development of 10 empty red-brick terraced houses which brought four empty shops b

Scotland’s ambitions to tackle homelessness are under threat according to a new report published today by national homelessness charity Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The report shows 28,615 homelessness assessments by councils last year – a fall of 5 per cent on the previous year. H

Police are hunting two men who deliberately set fire to a Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) office in Glasgow. CCTV footage shows the pair break into the property in Ashgill Road, Milton, on Saturday at about 20:15 and attempt to set light to the door.