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John Mason MSP with (from left) Joanne Molly from Skills Development Scotland, GHA’s John O’Hara and Hugh Robertson, Alex Adrain and apprentices Sean Kelly and Steven Haldane A Glasgow MSP saw first-hand how young apprentices are improving GHA communities.

Scottish Canals has announced that the number of Scots living and working on the nation’s canals has quadrupled since the launch of its Living on Water initiative three years ago. More than 100 people have now forgone traditional bricks and mortar and chosen to join the floating communities on Sco

Garrion People’s Housing Co-op and local volunteers hosted an afternoon tea dance for the local Gowkthrapple over 60s on Wednesday. Voluntary group GOLD Group Volunteers in partnership Garrion People’s Housing Co-op organise and co-ordinate a variety of leisure and development activities and ser

Glasgow City Council received almost 5000 applications for homelessness assistance last year. And official statistics show that more than 400 people slept on the city streets the night before approaching the local authority, the Evening Times has reported.

An abandoned Edinburgh market that has lain derelict for 14 years will finally be redeveloped, with diggers set to move on to the site by the end of the month. Ediston Real Estate and RBS has concluded final contracts that will allow the regeneration of the 8.5 acre former fruit market site at Chess

Ronnie Dumma, Eildon’s development manager collecting the award Eildon Housing Association’s new Dunwhinny Gardens development in Peebles was the latest to be recognised at a national awards ceremony winning the ‘Best Development - Medium’ category at the Homes for Scotland Awards last week.

Poverty charity Cyrenians has been awarded Living Wage status. The charity, which supports those excluded from family, home, work or community, has 110 staff who deliver services in seven local authority areas as well as providing training across the country through its Scottish Centre for Conflict

A group of tenants tasked with scrutinising the work of Thenue Housing Association is in the running for a major award. The association’s Resident Empowerment Scrutiny Team (REST) - set up just 18 months ago - has been shortlisted for the TIS National Excellence Awards.

Photovoltaics (PV) are the most popular choice of sustainable technology for housing associations, a new report by the NHBC Foundation has found, with around three quarters saying they would use PV products again in the future. The social housing sector has been at the forefront of the adoption of d

North Lanarkshire Council’s new anti-social service has responded to over 8,000 complaints with a resolution rate of 99 per cent since its introduction a year ago. The number of complaints made to the service has increased by 32 per cent, something the local authority puts down to a rise in public

John and Anne Kinsman A husband and wife at a Bield retirement housing development in Fife have been ensuring the safety of the coast and those at sea between Anstruther and Elie Ness by volunteering with their local Coastwatch.

The Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme is nearly fully subscribed due to a bumper level of sales reservations, the Scottish Government has announced. The scheme, which helps people move up and onto the property ladder, will accept new applications up until midnight on Tuesday 26 May and sales will take p

Shelter Scotland has lamented new statistics which revealed that house prices in Scotland have seen their highest annual increase since 2007. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said average prices climbed by 14.6 per cent over the year to March, to stand at £207,000.

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Work has begun on a £1.2 million project to provide essential affordable housing for disabled veterans in two new sites in North Lanarkshire. A partnership between Mactaggart & Mickel Contracts and Graham + Sibbald will deliver a total of ten bespoke residential units built in both Motherwell a