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(from left) Stewart Shearer (managing director of Robertson Partnership Homes), Cllr Judy Hamilton (executive spokesperson for housing & building services) and Cllr David Ross (council leader) Hot on the heels of building work beginning on 101 new homes in Methil, the affordable housing programm

Around 700 jobs could be at risk at Falkirk Council after the local authority looks to save £45 million over the next three years. The cuts may lead to 200 jobs being lost in this financial year, 300 the following year and another 200 in 2018/19 from a workforce of over 7239.

Philip Hogg The home building industry in Scotland has urged the Scottish Government to follow Prime Minister David Cameron in acting boldly to help meet the home owning aspirations of the majority of Scots.

Progress in Scotland’s planning service is being made despite a significant decrease in resources, a report from RTPI Scotland has found. According to ‘Progressing Performance: Investing in Scotland's Planning Service’, the number of planning department staff in Scotland has fallen by almost 2

Gary Haldane Kingdom Housing Association has congratulated staff members who have recently gained new professional qualifications while working with Fife's largest housing association.

Andrew Saunders, chief executive of Ore Valley HA presenting the trophy to the winning team from Rutherglen & Cambuslang HA made up of Stuart Freeland, Jim Kerr, Ronnie Cunningham & Charles Freeland This year’s CIH Scotland charity golf tournament, hosted by 2014 winners Ore Valley Housing

Glen Oaks senior project officer Louise McNicol (left) and project officer Lynne-anne Ferguson with plans for the new homes Families in Glasgow’s Arden are in line for a £6.4 million housing boost after a major new development was announced by Glen Oaks Housing Association.

Tom Barclay Tom Barclay FRICS has been appointed as co-chair of the Scottish Government’s Joint Housing Policy and Delivery Group.

Kevin Stewart Around 50 per cent of capital expenditure made by local authorities in Scotland, totalling £1.2 billion, has been invested in education and housing infrastructure, new figures have shown.

Pam Russel and tenants from Stornoway receiving their RTO certificate Trust Housing Association combined its AGM and Tenants’ Conference for the first time last month at the Glasgow City Hotel.

Launching the Sharing Lives, Sharing Spaces project A new initiative promoting engagement with the Chinese community in a north Glasgow neighbourhood has been launched by Queens Cross Housing Association.

David Mundell The Scottish Government will have the power to reverse cuts to working tax credits in Scotland as early as 2017, according to a senior Whitehall source.

New affordable homes could be built in the centre of Fort William after the Highland Council agreed a deal to buy surplus land from Tesco. The local authority purchased a site surplus to the supermarket’s requirements in Fort William for £2 million to make provision for a new hospital for NHS Hig

Nick Pollard Kingdom Housing Association Limited has signed a two year agreement for the management of its commercial and office utility services, electricity, gas and water across its sites with Business Cost Consultants Limited of Glasgow (BCC).

The Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has welcomed a new report which calls for 12,000 new affordable homes each year in Scotland. The research, launched yesterday by Shelter Scotland, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and CIH Scotland, is the fir