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One of the UK’s largest landlords has conducted research which it claims will allow housing providers to build homes for ‘Generation Rent’ without any government grant. Hosting at the housing fringe at the Conservative party conference in Manchester yesterday, Home Group launched its ‘Flexib

A target which aims to get renewable energy into community or local ownership has been met five years early. An estimated 508 megawatts (MW) of community and locally owned capacity is now operational in Scotland which exceeds the 500MW target by 2020.

Alex Burns Alex Burns is Blackwood’s new housing officer for the East Region and will provide support to tenants throughout areas such as Edinburgh, Livingston, Peebles and Penicuik.

Bield is looking for a social activity co-ordinator in West Lothian to organise and run events and encourage tenants to become involved with group activities including bingo, dominoes or quizzes. The “super organised” volunteer will help to facilitate an Inter-Scheme Challenge throughout several

(from left) Mary Taylor (chief executive of SFHA), Graeme Brown (director of Shelter Scotland) and Annie Mauger (executive director of the Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland) The level of need for affordable housing in Scotland is double what is currently being delivered, according to a new

The allocations policy used by three of the biggest social housing landlords in Perth and Kinross is being updated.

John Blackwood Landlords have urged the Scottish Government not to demonise the private rented sector and ensure that new legislation protects tenants’ rights without strangling investment.

West of Scotland Housing Association's tenants conference West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) is committed to delivering a first-class service to its tenants and customers and will be celebrating National Customer Service week in a number of ways.

Mr Hosie inspects a cutaway portion of the steel structure in a property at Noran Avenue. (from left) Derek Black, Abertay Housing Association asset manager, Stewart Hosie, Michael Dignan, lecturer in Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Building Environment at Robert Gordon's University, Fin

Lesley Fraser Lesley Fraser on what has happened since the Scottish Housing Event at Murrayfield on 18 November 2014.

Confidence amongst Scottish construction employers about the year ahead has declined during the third quarter of 2015, according to a new report. The latest Scottish Construction Monitor, a quarterly survey of the membership of trade body the Scottish Building Federation (SBF), found that confidence

As part of its 40th Anniversary celebrations, Partick Housing Association (PHA) sponsored a schools sports athletics festival for children from local Thornwood and Notre Dame Primary Schools. The event was organised by Sports Scotland Active Schools Glasgow.

Gowrie Care has officially been named as a volunteer friendly organisation after achieving the Volunteer Friendly Award. The Dundee charity, part of the Hillcrest Group, achieved the accolade for the way it involves and manages volunteers in its work following the five strands of the Volunteer Frien

Simon Mountford (left) and Ray Licence Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has elected Simon Mountford to succeed Ray Licence as chairman.

The Living Rent Campaign has called on the Scottish Government to take action following “unacceptable” rent increases of more than 8 per cent in a year in Edinburgh. New research from Citylets has shown that average 2-bedroom rents in Edinburgh have increased by 8.5 per cent in one year, up more