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Jim Eadie MSP The general principles behind a bill that aims to introduce a new single tenancy for the private rented sector and have been given support from a committee of MSPs, though some suggestions for improvements have been recommended.

Dunedin Canmore, part of Wheatley Group, has promoted one of its managers to a new key role of operations director. Robert Buchanan, 40, previously head of IT and change management, took up the new position at the start of January.

John Alexander A new report has identified one hundred sites across Dundee that could play host to thousands of new homes.

Regeneration funds earmarked for deprived urban areas are being siphoned into city-centre commercial developments and exacerbating inequality, a new report has found. Independent regeneration network SURF, which represents 250 organisations across Scotland, found that half of £50 million earmarked

Andrew Senew Care and Repair Edinburgh, the charity dedicated to assisting older people and the disabled to live in their own homes and communities for as long as possible, has announced changes to its board of directors.

(left to right) Tracey Wilson tenant participation manager, Sean Batty TV weatherman and Marianne McManus, divisional housing manager North Ayrshire Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to successfully achieve the gold standard of TPAS accreditation.

Thenue Housing is currently consulting tenants on what its rents should be from April 1. The association is proposing that rents increase by 1.7 per cent with the exception of semi-detached houses, where rents will remain frozen for one more year.

People living in council accommodation across North Lanarkshire are being encouraged to give their views on how to further improve housing repairs. Tenants taking part will also have the chance to win £50 of shopping vouchers.

A refugee support group in Dundee has transformed itself into a charity that supports people suffering from homelessness. Dundee Supports Refugees has remodelled itself as Dundee The Caring City, taking inspiration from the similarly named Glasgow organisation.

Alex Neil Almost 900 Edinburgh affordable homes for rent are to be delivered by the National Housing Trust initiative (NHT), social justice secretary Alex Neil revealed today.

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The City of Edinburgh Council has granted planning consent for plans to build up to 400 new homes at Fountainbridge, according to developers. The Grosvenor Group said the consent unlocks the potential for its proposed build-to-rent scheme in the former industrial area close to the city centre.

The Accounts Commission has urged Scotland’s local authorities to further improve the way they manage major projects like schools, roads, housing and flood prevention. Over the last three years councils spent £7 billion on capital investment - more than half of Scottish public sector capital expe

Blair Allan The chief executive of Lochaber Housing Association has been appointed as the new chair of Care and Repair Scotland.

The new housing development at Albion Road in Leith The latest development by Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) and its subsidiary company Persevere Developments Limited (PDL) was officially opened by Malcolm Chisholm MSP this week.