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Homeless people are being urged to vote in next month's General Election after years of feeling under-represented by the political process. While being homeless isn't a barrier to registering for a vote, many people don't bother if they don't have a fixed address.

A birthday party themed event has been held by Grampian Housing Association for staff and board members to celebrate the Association’s 40thanniversary. Facilitated by Mike Stevenson of Thinktastic, the day started with a ‘This is Your Life’ feature looking back at notable highlights in the Ass

A partnership programme involving West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA), Clyde Gateway and the Celtic FC Foundation is set to expand thanks to a grant award of £450,000 from the Big Lottery Fund that will help ensure its delivery over the next three years. The Gateway to Health and Opportunit

Alex Neil The Scottish Government is to publish a plan to support the delivery of new homes as new figures revealed the average time to process major housing developments was at its slowest yet.

Elaine Gibson ANCHO has managed to keep its rents among the lowest housing association rents in Ayrshire, despite an increase of 2.8 per cent being applied to its base rent for the coming year.

Annabelle Ewing MSP, minister for youth and women’s employment, with the Investors in Young People award, and, from left, Peter Russian, chief executive of Investors in People; Liz Ruine, chair of Cube Housing Association, which is part of Wheatley Group; young Wheatley employees Megan Gillanders,

The St John’s Place project during the renovation The housing association behind a social housing development above a former Perth restaurant believe the £1 million project could attract people into the city centre.

Peter Scott Peter Scott has been appointed as the first chief executive of the new Independent Living Fund Scotland (ILF Scotland).

Bield Housing and Care is looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to help support the social activities offered to tenants at St Andrews Court retirement development in Uphall, West Lothian. Lynn McCusker, manager at St Andrews Court, said: “The social activity programme was introduced in line with

David Stewart The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has today hailed the achievement of Scottish housing associations and co-operatives investing in their homes in order to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS).

Fergus Ewing New legislation comes into force today which the Scottish Government believes will introduce one of the most modern systems of debt advice and debt management in the world.

A new tax which changes the way people pay duty on house purchases has come into effect in Scotland today. The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) replaces UK stamp duty under new devolved powers contained in the Scotland Act 2012.

The Scottish Housing Regulator will have a low level of engagement with almost two thirds of RSLs, its annual regulatory assessment has revealed. The regulator has published new regulation plans for the 65 RSLs that it will engage with during 2015/16. This is two fewer than last year. It will have m

'We need at least 10,000 new socially rented homes a year' - Graeme Brown The number of people becoming homeless in Scotland fell by five per cent last year although the number of homeless children living in temporary accommodation increased, new figures have revealed.

Cunninghame Housing Association’s chief executive, Frank Sweeney, became the first housing association chief executive to be awarded Third Sector Director of the Year at the prestigious Institute of Directors Scotland Awards last week. Alongside his voluntary board of management, Frank has led the