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A hospital chain has found a way of caring for both the young and the old by having them take care of each other – and in the process, built a bridge across generations. The Intergenerational Learning Centre consists of a preschool inside the Mount St. Vincent nursing home in Seattle, Washington.

Proposals multi-million pound regeneration of Aberdeen city centre which could include up to 1,600 new homes have been revealed. Published yesterday by planning consultants BDP, the proposals identified 49 projects across four masterplan themes spanning 20 years.

Michael Cameron The Scottish Housing Regulator’s work to deliver the Social Landlord Portal, Landlord Report and Comparison Tool was recognised this week winning two awards at the prestigious Holyrood’s 2015 Connect Awards.

Left to right: David, Jamie, Charlie and Bobby Staff at Maryhill Housing Association have been recognised by the community they serve after being honoured in the “People Make Maryhill” awards.

Marco Biagi The Scottish Parliament has approved a bill giving communities the right to buy land or buildings in their area.

Gordon Matheson A project has been launched to help develop a long-term plan to allow Glasgow more resilient to challenges ranging from climate change to poverty.

Jimmy Black The impact of welfare reform on the people of Dundee is set to come under the spotlight at the next meeting of the city’s Fairness Commission.

Orkney Islands Council has invited the public to attend a drop-in session to view plans for a future housing development. The site is located on the outskirts of Kirkwall in Weyland, with proposals drawn up for the development of 46 homes over two phases.

A group of eight small housing associations in the Greater Easterhouse area have commissioned a report which challenges the perception that you can only improve value for money by increasing in size. Easterhouse Housing and Regeneration Alliance (EHRA) asked the Scottish Housing Best Value Network (

John Swinney Almost £100 million in council tax bills went unpaid across Scotland last year, according to new data.

Mrs Burgess and Cllr Cammy Day. (Photo credit: Donald MacLeod) The Scottish Government has given the go ahead for 80 new affordable homes in Edinburgh, part of almost 1,000 homes earmarked for sites across the city.

Housing minister Margaret Burgess and GHA chair Gordon Sloan met tenant Domenic Lombardi in his new home Flats earmarked for demolition have been given a new lease of life thanks to a £3.4 million regeneration project in Glasgow.

Progress is well under way with the first new homes now on site at a new housing development in Niddrie, Edinburgh. Being developed by CCG (Scotland) Ltd, The Schoolhouse is giving a new lease of life to the site of the former Niddrie Mill Primary School.

The quality of the working relationship between South Lanarkshire Council and its tenants has been recognised at a national level. South Lanarkshire was shortlisted in three categories in the TIS National Excellence Awards 2015.

GHA is supporting a project to help social housing tenants most in need book an affordable break. Carers, people suffering from physical and learning disabilities, families on low incomes and tenants recovering from domestic abuse are among the vulnerable groups being helped by the Caravan Project.