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Brodies LLP has been appointed as a strategic partner to provide legal services to Sanctuary. Following a competitive tender process, Brodies was appointed to Lots 7 and 8 of the housing provider's legal panel to provide advice across the full spectrum of its activities in Scotland including develop

ng homes' Community Networking Breakfasts are celebrating two years of supporting vital connections and strengthening North Glasgow community working through their popular monthly networking sessions.

Nineteen high-quality new homes will help local people in housing need, following the first handover of seven new homes on a project involving Persimmon West Scotland and Sanctuary Scotland. The properties form part of Persimmon’s Royale Meadows development in Muirhead and have now been transf

Moray Council is restructuring its refugee and asylum seeker resettlement team following a report confirming 315 people have been supported into new lives in Moray.

Residents and interested parties are being invited to ‘Meet the Builder’ for the latest North Ayrshire Council housing development in the Garnock Valley.

Barratt Developments Scotland is extending its deposit contribution scheme to more key workers. Across the UK, the Key Worker Deposit Contribution Scheme has been extended to include the 37,000 employees and volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), as well as 60,000 foster carer

An ethical letting agency launched last year by local homeless charity Trust in Fife has unveiled its new website. Fife Private Rental Solutions will focus on the prevention of homelessness and assistance to access and sustain accommodation in the private rented sector, as well as problem-

A tenant ordered to pay over £11,000 in rent arrears from September 2021 until 2023 to his former landlord has lost an appeal against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision to make the award against him. He rented a property in Airdrie from Celtad Ltd from January 2020, and left the property

Trust Housing Association has awarded a £7 million multi-trade contract for day-to-day responsive repairs, void property works and out-of-hours emergency works to Lanarkshire-based company Rodgers and Johnston Ltd. The contract is the largest single repairs and maintenance contract to be award

Plans for new affordable homes along Main Street in Dundee have been approved by Dundee City Council.

Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black continue their look into the new Housing Bill with a look at the duties expected of social landlords regarding domestic abuse. Under the proposed legislation, social landlords will have to provide support to tenants experiencing rent arrears or risk of homelessness due

The average price of a property in Scotland in March 2024 was £192,000, an increase of 6.7% when compared to the same period last year, the UK House Price Index (HPI) has revealed.

The transformation of the former Greenock Academy site in Inverclyde is taking shape with the first of 30 new homes for sale now under construction.

More than 200 staff from Kingdom Support & Care gathered at the Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline across three half-days for the Fife-based care provider’s annual staff conference.

A 16-floor block of 432 purpose-built student flats in Glasgow city centre has been approved by planners. The L-shaped Broadway Two building at the top of Renfield Street will join the recently completed office block and hotel in phase one. The vacant site was previously home to studios for STV