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The City of Edinburgh Council has asked for further discussions about the issue of compulsory redundancies as it attempts to address a £126 million budget shortfall over the next four years. The local authority had earlier suggested that as many as 2,000 jobs could be lost but councillors have aske

Tenant Mr Maley (left) and housing officer Alan McKee A formal management agreement between Trust Housing Association and Rural Stirling Housing Association (RSHA) is paying dividends for residents of a general needs development in Killin.

Cairn has launched a year of community events to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Tenants of the Association and community groups across Scotland are invited to apply to Cairn's Community Fund to develop their own projects, bright ideas and events.

Cordale Housing Association has held its first Annual General Meeting after having joined the Caledonia Housing Association Group in April of last year. The meeting was very well attended with a great deal of interest shown in and lively debate on the work and progress of the Association over past y

Edinburgh’s Lord and Lady Provost were joined by 126 local fundraisers last week as they braved a cold night at the Zoo.

Scottish Government ministers have provisionally upheld plans to develop a former psychiatric hospital in Dundee into hundreds of new homes. Plans for Strathmartine Hospital in Baldovan, to the north of Dundee, had originally been approved by Angus Council despite strong opposition from neighbouring

Teresa Bray, chief executive, Changeworks Practitioners involved in tackling fuel poverty must act now to influence future delivery, a fuel poverty conference was told.

Glasgow City Council has given its approval to a £72.84 million investment that will bring hundreds of new affordable homes to the city. The Glasgow Affordable Housing Supply Programme will help to deliver 743 homes towards the council's commitment to build 3,500 affordable homes by May 2017, and c

Alex Neil Vacant land and buildings which were previously in public sector ownership are being redeveloped to allow the construction of hundreds of affordable homes, the Scottish Government has announced.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called on the Scottish Government to switch its housing policy from assisting demand to assisting supply if it is to effectively tackle the housing crisis. In its annual Residential Policy Paper, the RICS highlighted the success of Help to Buy

(from left) Frank Sweeney, chief executive, Cunninghame Housing Association; Cllr. Willie Gibson, leader, North Ayrshire Council; Alex Neil MSP, cabinet secretary social justice, communities & pensioners’ rights and Janet Strang, chair, Cunninghame Housing Association Cunninghame Housing Assoc

Jenna McKinnon (centre) with Albert Henderson and Fiona MacLeod A young accounts graduate from Greenock has secured part-time employment with River Clyde Homes through a partnership with the Inverclyde Trust.

Gavin Smart The number of households accepted as homeless across England has increased by five per cent, according to official figures.

(from left) Foodbank volunteers Ellen Kilpatrick and Kirsty Murrin, Foodbank manager Janice Burns and Melville’s Caroline Langton Staff of Melville Housing Association have raised £800 for a local charity that provides food and support for people in crisis.

Mr McDougall with his trophy Cunninghame Housing Association’s annual garden competition proves as popular as ever with the tenants.