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Staff at River Clyde Homes will once again be volunteering in Inverclyde neighbourhoods for the benefit of local communities. Now in its second year, the housing association’s Working In Neighbourhoods (WIN) initiative offers staff the opportunity to give 14 hours of their working time to the bene

North Lanarkshire residents are being warned of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning and of not having their gas appliances serviced regularly, as Gas Safety Week begins today. Every year over 40 per cent of UK residents fail to have their gas appliances serviced and are putting themselves and t

The AGM gets underway Ayrshire Housing's performance over the last year was celebrated at the organisation’s 2015 AGM on Wednesday.

Roy Stirrat, chair of Link Group (left) and Lord Smith of Kelvin, chair of Clyde Gateway Regeneration firm Clyde Gateway paid around £1.5 million more for a piece of derelict land in Glasgow after it altered an independent valuers’ report of the site, according to reports.

A scale replica of a highly accessible concept house for people with disability or mobility issues is to be showcased by Blackwood at its AGM. The housing and care provider is planning to construct a “home expo style” walk-through version of the concept house, which will demonstrate the various

An artist’s impression of how the new homes planned for Beardmore Street may look Cube Housing Association has submitted plans to build 20 new flats in Clydebank.

View at junction of Muirskeith Place and Newlands Road Plans have been submitted for 31 houses for social rent and a children’s home in the Cathcart area of Glasgow.

The homes at Whitelaw Street, Maryhill Locks The third phase of the Maryhill Locks Transformational Regeneration Area (TRA) got underway this week when developers started work to create 40 new terraced homes at Whitelaw Street in Glasgow.

Waverley Housing has welcomed new apprentices which were recently recruited as part of its continued commitment to provide opportunities for young people in the Borders. Louise Davies joins existing apprentice Rachel Hunter in the office, with both completing a 2-year apprenticeship in SVQ Level 3 B

Miller Homes has been granted planning permission by Angus Council for a development of 164 homes including 43 affordable properties on the site of the former Ashludie Hospital in Monifieth. The development will comprise of a mixture of 2, 3, 4 and 5 bed private family homes alongside 1, 2 and 3 bed

A team of cycling enthusiasts is once more taking on the gruelling challenge of cycling 101 miles in a day to raise funds for housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland. The Borders Loop Cycle Challenge team, which raised £10,000 last year, aims to top the amount when it takes on the testing

Chrissie with carer Jacqui 1,000ft above Perthshire Super senior citizen Chrissie Miller has become a high flying hundred-year-old after fulfilling a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel in a hot air balloon.

A new report on the link between homelessness and re-offending has called for housing to be made a priority in the forthcoming National Strategy for Community Justice in Scotland. Shelter Scotland’s ‘Preventing Homelessness and Reducing Re-Offending’ report was the centrepiece of an event at t

A derelict site in Govanhill is to be transformed into affordable homes in a scheme put forward by Govanhill Housing Association. The £5.5 million plans involve a 42-home development at the corner of Victoria Road and Butterbiggins Road.

Alex Johnstone Thousands of homebuyers in Scotland have benefitted from the Help to Buy scheme since it was launched two years ago.