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Scotland’s population reached its highest ever total in 2014, new statistics have shown. Figures from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) show that the estimated population of Scotland was 5,347,600 in mid-2014.

Annual rental returns in Scotland have risen to the highest ever recorded, according to the latest data. The figures provided by Your Move show that Scottish landlords have seen total annual returns of 9.7 per cent on average in the 12 months to March.

Grahame Smith New public procurement rules in Scotland should help tackle tax dodging, blacklisting and climate change, according to a coalition of civil society coalitions.

Abertay Housing Association is one of 24 UK organisations to have signed up for a new social housing rents campaign, launched to deliver vital time and cost savings for housing providers. The campaign, which encourages tenants to switch to the ease and convenience of Direct Debit, is run by Bacs Pay

David Nicolson, relationship manager at Bank of Scotland Lerwick Branch and Bryan Leask, chief executive of HHA, at the Fort Road site Building work has begun on two new Hjaltland Housing Association (HHA) projects in Lerwick which when complete will accommodate 55 tenants.

Mr Adam with Councillor Judy Hamilton and Joanne Saurin, empty homes officer Fife Council has approved the first successful loan from the ‘Empty Homes Loan Scheme’, a scheme available to owners of long-term empty homes with properties that require extensive repairs to bring them up to a lettable

The judging panel with Roan Rutherford on the right and Hugh Dutton second from the right Ayrshire Housing’s Burns Wynd, Maybole development is one of only two Scottish housing association projects to be shortlisted in the prestigious annual RIAS and RIBA awards.

The Inverclyde Common Housing Register (ICHR) is reviewing its Allocations Policy and would like to hear the views of customers in relation to the draft policy and feedback on the proposed changes. The policy is being changed in response to the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 and to reflect changes in i

Aberdeenshire Council will be asked to decide on two retrospective planning applications relating to an unauthorised Gypsy/Traveller site near St Cyrus today. Two applications have been received for a change of use of agricultural land beside Eskview Farm, to the south of St Cyrus and near the Natio

The Stopover project Edinburgh’s Lady Provost met with young tenants of the Four Square Stopover to celebrate the Grove Street hostel’s £60,000 makeover.

PWS installed REHAU PVC-U frames finished in grey to replace grey aluminium frames which had been in place previously Grey foiled PVC-U windows are a key element in a stylish renovation of a disused bakery building in Glasgow carried out by civil engineering and ground works specialists Deans Engine

Representatives from five of the General Election candidates for the Dundee West constituency came together last night to debate social housing and devolution last night in a hustings organised by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and co-hosted by Angus Housing Association. Labo

Christine Macleod The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a new summary report for tenants on the key findings of its first National Report on the Scottish Social Housing Charter.

Margaret Burgess The Scottish Welfare Fund has helped nearly 135,000 households since the scheme began in April 2013, according to new statistics.

Judy Hamilton Fife Council is to continue beyond its current commitment of 2,700 new homes by 2017 after agreeing a two-year extension of its Affordable Housing Programme.