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Blackwood awarded £430,000 funding to improve lives of vulnerable people
Blackwood Housing and Care has been awarded £430,000 which will enable it to adapt homes and directly improve the lives of people with disabilities across Scotland, enabling them to live as independently as possible.
Published 26 October 2020
Kingdom Housing Association awarded carer positive accreditation
Kingdom Housing Association has been recognised as a Carer Positive Employer by Carers Scotland.
Published 26 October 2020
Wheatley Group plans for homes in Glasgow's West End rejected
Glasgow City Council has rejected plans submitted by Wheatley Group to demolish 12 lock-up garages and build seven mews-style homes in the city's West End.
Published 26 October 2020
Former housing professional Evelyn Tweed launches bid to become MSP
Councillor Evelyn Tweed has announced her candidacy bid to succeed Bruce Crawford MSP as the standing party representative in the Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021.
Published 26 October 2020
Persimmon to deliver 86 homes on former Wishaw hospital site following appeal
Persimmon is to start work on 86 new homes on the grounds of the former Cleland Hospital in Wishaw in the coming weeks after it completed the purchase of the site from NHS Lanarkshire.
Published 26 October 2020
Andy Robertson named Street Soccer Scotland ambassador
Homelessness charity Street Soccer Scotland has today announced Scotland captain Andy Robertson as an official ambassador.
Published 26 October 2020
South Lanarkshire Council launches consultation for council house rent setting
South Lanarkshire Council has launched an online consultation concerning the setting of council house rent.
Published 26 October 2020
New homes planned for Kilmarnock
Clowes Developments (Scotland) has submitted plans to build 73 new homes next to the former BMK carpet factory in Kilmarnock.
Published 26 October 2020
Angus Council welcomes SURF recognition for housing regeneration
Angus Council has been shortlisted in the Housing and Regeneration Category of the SURF Awards.
Published 26 October 2020
Shirley-Anne Somerville: Designing a benefit service with those who will use it
As the Scottish Government share details of what its new disability benefits will look and feel like for those who interact with the new benefit system, cabinet secretary for social security and older people Shirley-Anne Somerville explains how a series of policy position papers will set out the journey from application right through to the appeal process.
Published 26 October 2020
Call for social care staff to by added to Scotland's Shortage Occupation List
Finance secretary Kate Forbes has urged the Home Office to include social care workers on a list of under-filled jobs in its new points-based immigration system.
Published 26 October 2020
SFHA welcomes clarification on Scottish Government’s infrastructure investment
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has received clarification from the Scottish Government regarding the detail of funding announced in its £24 billion Draft Infrastructure Investment Plan (IIP) 2021–26.
Published 23 October 2020
Social Housing Resilience Group to consider need for further guidance for housing providers
The Social Housing Resilience Group (SHRG) has agreed to consider the need for further communication or guidance for housing providers on service delivery, in light of recent announcements from the First Minister.
Published 23 October 2020
Charities criticise 'cruel' Home Office plans to deport non-UK national rough sleepers
New immigration rules from the Home Office outlining that non-UK nationals rough sleeping could face deportation from January 1 next year have been branded as "cruel" and a “huge step backwards” by homelessness charities.
Published 23 October 2020
Regulator updates Cadder engagement plan
The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a revised engagement plan for Cadder Housing Association following its appointment of an interim senior officer.
Published 23 October 2020
