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A dementia friendly home in North Ayrshire The cost of dementia care will rocket if more is not done to better plan local environments to enable people with dementia to live more independently, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has warned.

Members of Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) have voted to approve significant reforms to the charity, including radical changes to the charity’s board, after a highly critical independent report on the charity’s governance was published last year. In a vote taken at a general meeting in Edinburgh,

Parkhead Housing Association (PHA) has formally launched its new trading subsidiary Parkhead Development Company (PDC). The business has been in operation since October last year and is now beginning to establish itself within the local community.

Yvette Cooper The state of some asylum accommodation provided by Home Office contractors throughout the UK has been branded “disgraceful” by MPs.

LAR chairman Andrew Robertson A Scottish housing charity has made its first move into Glasgow to help tackle a severe shortage of affordable properties to rent in the city and is now inviting applications from tenants.

Plans for a new housing development in East Dunbartonshire have been rejected by councillors. An application by CALA Management/Ashfield Land proposed to build 57 new homes on a greenbelt site near Birdston Road, Milton of Campsie.

Outside the dementia friendly home A ground-breaking project which aims to show how life can made easier for people living with dementia has been unveiled by North Ayrshire Council.

LinkLiving has been awarded £50,000 as part of the latest funding package from the Young Start Fund, run by the Big Lottery Fund Scotland. This funding will enable LinkLiving's award winning SmartLiving employability service to work in partnership with Total Health, a specialist health and sports s

Best New Concept winner MEBot Digital glasses which assist people who have lost the use of their arms and a wheelchair that goes up and down steps have been crowned the winners of a ‘Dragons’ Den’ style design competition by housing provider Blackwood.

Artist’s impression of the interior at the revamped flats Social landlord River Clyde Homes is holding a Prospecthill Court Open Day on Wednesday 1st February, 3pm – 7pm to allow prospective customers first-hand experience of its newly modernised, super energy-efficient flats in the transformed

A consultation has opened on a proposed development plan which would serve North Lanarkshire for the next ten years. The North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan (NLLDP) sets out the policies and proposals to guide future development of the area, creating the environment for new housing, local servi

Victoria Nixon Almost £2 million of tenant deposits have been transferred to SafeDeposits Scotland in the last six months as five letting agents took the decision to change their tenancy deposit provider.

The winning team from RBS The Housing and Property heat provided a goal fest for the final qualifier of Business Fives winter season.

Shelter Scotland will be holding its annual homelessness conference on 22nd March 2017 in central Edinburgh, based around the main asks of current Far from Fixed campaign. Chaired by Ewan Aitken, director of Cyrenians, the conference’s agenda is packed with a variety of fantastic speakers and topi

Simon Little Regular governance self-assessment is an important tool to help RSLs maintain strong governance, the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has said.