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Douglas Edwardson The Scottish social housing sector has paid tribute to Aberdeenshire Council’s head of housing Douglas Edwardson who died following a crash earlier this month.

Councillor Neil Cooney Budget proposals for Aberdeen City Council’s 2016/17 Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and Housing Capital Account have been approved by councillors.

Iain Duncan Smith The ‘bedroom tax’ is forcing people to cut back on food and essential items while burdening them with large personal debts, an official government study has revealed.

Nicola Barclay Industry body Homes for Scotland has welcomed latest Scottish Government planning performance statistics which indicate a reduction in the time taken to decide major housing developments for Q2 2015/16 – from 64 to 34.4 weeks since the last quarter.

(from left) Derek Grant, Scott Cunningham, James Cunningham, first minister Nicola Sturgeon and Johnny Smith Almost 150 young people in Edinburgh have improved their health, wellbeing and job prospects thanks to a Dunedin Canmore project and the great outdoors.

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North Lanarkshire Council is to publish its Consultative Draft Local Housing Strategy (LHS) following a series of Local Housing Strategy engagement opportunities. The publication on Monday will mark the formal consultation stage of the strategy’s production and the local authority is now seeking f

Tenants at a Bield retirement housing development in Motherwell have embarked on a mission to stay active by taking part in a global initiative for the over 50s. With the support of a group of volunteers from the local church, Daziel Parish, fifteen tenants from Glenview Court have become involved i

Partick Housing Association has produced a commemorative publication as part of its 40th Anniversary Celebrations. Through interviews with tenants, current and former employees and board members, the publication outlines how Glasgow’s built heritage was preserved by housing associations. There are

Bubble and Squeak Ayrshire Housing’s annual pet competition goes from strength to strength.

It was a Christmas cracker of an idea and proved to be a festive hit in Maryhill and Ruchill. Staff and board members from Maryhill Housing Association hit the volunteering trail for the second time in four months this week.

Irvine Housing Association has produced a special video Christmas card for 2015 which showcases what it has been up to this year.

Up to £20m of loan finance from the Scottish Government is available until the end of this financial year to help build more affordable homes across Scotland. The money will be loaned out by Allia, a national charity with 16 years’ experience of managing social investment products. Responding to

John Swinney The Scottish Government has announced a year-year increase of £90 million to its affordable housing budget to help it achieve its target of delivering 50,000 affordable homes during the next parliament.

Aileen McLeod Measures announced in the Draft Budget for 2016-17 will help a fairer and wealthier society through Land Reform, environment minister Aileen McLeod has said.