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Work has begun to refresh plans aiming to support people experiencing poverty while living in Aberdeen. The Anti-Poverty Outcome Improvement Group met with external advisers at a workshop on 19 September to begin updating the Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP), which sets out plans for making the

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has published its third annual Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing (SRS) report for 2022/23, alongside its inaugural group-wide Sustainability Report. The SRS report, which covers the 30 borrowers in THFC’s bLEND portfolio as of 31st Marc

ng homes' Landlord Report for 2023, which highlights the firm's performance over the past 12 months, is now available. This document is a requirement of the Scottish Housing Charter which sets standards and outcomes that all Housing Associations should aim to achieve when providing services to tenan

Energy services company Union Technical is concluding work on a £1.5 million retrofit of almost 300 homes in Dumfries. Residents of the town’s Sandside Estate will benefit from newly fitted internal wall insulation, ventilation systems and heating controls this winter, designed to improv

Scottish construction market activity fell for the fourth consecutive quarter with all subsectors now seeing either flat or falling workloads according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor.

Homeless charity Social Bite has chosen Dundee as the location for its next major project - a new build recovery village tailored to provide accommodation and recovery support for vulnerable people struggling with addiction.

Elderpark Housing is celebrating a magnificent win in the prestigious CIH Scotland Housing Awards 2023. Elderpark scooped the award for 'Excellence in Learning and Development’ – a keenly fought category in which there were eight finalists.

Scottish Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) have shown resilience, securing £578 million in new financing and maintaining the confidence of both lenders and investors, but the sector continues to face significant challenges, the Scottish Housing Regulator has said.

The UK Housing Review Autumn Briefing Paper, the fourteenth in the series, was published yesterday, building on the key themes identified in the spring edition of the 2023 UK Housing Review, providing further expert analysis and specialist insight.

Schoolkids in Wyndford have created stunning artwork which is on display in the community. Youngsters from Cleveden Secondary and Notre Dame High School, as well as North Kelvinside, St Mary’s and Parkview primary schools, worked with art organisation WAVEparticle on the colourful creations.

Accountants and business advisers firm Wylie & Bisset has joined in calling on the Scottish Government to urgently address the charity audit threshold disparity between Scotland and England and Wales, suggesting it should be doubled and brought into line with other regions. Increases to the comp

Improving the way the Scottish system of social security delivers for people in need of support is at the heart of new legislation. Social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill will enhance the rights of Social Security Scotland clients by int

Members of the Highland Council's Sutherland Committee have agreed the investment priorities in the Sutherland Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Capital Programme with £5.2 million spent on projects to improve Sutherland Council homes for 2023-27. The HRA Capital Programme 2023-27 has been de

Caledonia Housing Association (CHA) welcomed housing minister Paul McLennan MSP to Perthshire this week to showcase its £6.1 million development of over 40 homes, now fully occupied, in Guildtown which benefitted from £2.7m Scottish Government funding. The minister met with Tim Goddard,

Paul Manning has been named as South Lanarkshire Council’s new chief executive. Mr Manning was appointed to the post after a rigorous selection process which concluded on Monday 30 October.