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More flexibility in the system for seeking repossession of properties in the private rented sector has been welcomed by the Faculty of Advocates. Initial proposals by the Scottish Government last year had listed eight grounds for landlords to use for repossession, and each was to be mandatory – if

A landmark case at the Supreme Court could change the way English local authorities use the term “intentionally homeless”. The court ruled that the London Borough of Waltham Forest (LBWF) was wrong to refuse a woman’s request for housing help on the grounds she had made herself “intentionall

Lord Provost Sadie Docherty and GHA chair Gordon Sloan with GHA and Lowther Homes tenants and staff and representatives from Scottish Government and contractors City Building Tenants are celebrating moving in to their affordable new homes in the south side of Glasgow.

Provost Robbins with guests and new tenants Forth Housing Association marked the completion of its latest homes in Cultenhove, Stirling with the help of Provost Mike Robbins.

PHA housing services director Lynne Donnelly, tenant Michelle Hynes and Carillion area operations manager Neil Whannell Partick Housing Association (PHA) has celebrated the allocation of its 200th modernised void property this month.

The Sailmaker Apartments in Leith, which were built by the City of Edinburgh Council and its partners, have won an esteemed industry award. The development of 145 affordable homes took the title of Best Partnership in Affordable Housing at the prestigious Homes For Scotland Awards 2015.

GHA North West Area Committee member John Trainer and his wife Rachel join Glasgow Kelvin College's Alan Inglis, GHA chair Gordon Sloan and Phil Walker of Community Safety Glasgow at the launch A new community computer learning centre in Glasgow is helping people find work and boost career chances.

Unemployed people completed a job skills course in Dundee yesterday that will help to get them back into employment. The Care Course, delivered by Dundee-based charity Craigowl Communities, aims to give the 17 participants all the skills they need to get into a successful career in the care industry

John Mason MSP with (from left) Joanne Molly from Skills Development Scotland, GHA’s John O’Hara and Hugh Robertson, Alex Adrain and apprentices Sean Kelly and Steven Haldane A Glasgow MSP saw first-hand how young apprentices are improving GHA communities.

Scottish Canals has announced that the number of Scots living and working on the nation’s canals has quadrupled since the launch of its Living on Water initiative three years ago. More than 100 people have now forgone traditional bricks and mortar and chosen to join the floating communities on Sco

Garrion People’s Housing Co-op and local volunteers hosted an afternoon tea dance for the local Gowkthrapple over 60s on Wednesday. Voluntary group GOLD Group Volunteers in partnership Garrion People’s Housing Co-op organise and co-ordinate a variety of leisure and development activities and ser

Glasgow City Council received almost 5000 applications for homelessness assistance last year. And official statistics show that more than 400 people slept on the city streets the night before approaching the local authority, the Evening Times has reported.

An abandoned Edinburgh market that has lain derelict for 14 years will finally be redeveloped, with diggers set to move on to the site by the end of the month. Ediston Real Estate and RBS has concluded final contracts that will allow the regeneration of the 8.5 acre former fruit market site at Chess

Ronnie Dumma, Eildon’s development manager collecting the award Eildon Housing Association’s new Dunwhinny Gardens development in Peebles was the latest to be recognised at a national awards ceremony winning the ‘Best Development - Medium’ category at the Homes for Scotland Awards last week.

Poverty charity Cyrenians has been awarded Living Wage status. The charity, which supports those excluded from family, home, work or community, has 110 staff who deliver services in seven local authority areas as well as providing training across the country through its Scottish Centre for Conflict