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An Airdrie couple has helped North Lanarkshire Council celebrate a special milestone this week when they became the 1,000th tenants to move into one of the local authority's new build homes. The couple, who are settling into their new two-bedroom net zero home on the site at Dykehead Road, shared ho

Osprey Housing has received gold accreditation from Zero Hours Justice as a No Zero Hours Employer. Zero Hours Justice is an organisation that aims to promote employers who do not use zero hours contracts or only use them with certain minimal requirements. It has a new Accreditation Scheme that reco

In 2021/2022, 64,807 incidents of domestic abuse were reported in Scotland, however it is estimated that only around 20% of incidents are reported, meaning the problem is much wider than the statistics would suggest. Many housing professionals will have to deal with customers who have encountered do

Residents of four Glasgow neighbourhoods are being encouraged to share their views on early-stage proposals to create people-friendly streets that are less dominated by traffic.

Renfrewshire Council is to identify a new location for 93 social homes after a site was agreed in principle to deliver a new primary school in Dargavel.

Housebuilder Cruden is set to start work on a mix of 49 affordable properties in Livingston on behalf of Link Group. The £8.7 million development will see energy-efficient new homes built on a previously disused 1.2-hectare, brownfield site in Craigshill.

A voluntary organisation formed to raise funds and carry out community work to benefit the area and the community of Eastriggs has received a donation from Cunninghame Housing Association (CHA). Eastriggs Community Group liaises with Dumfries & Galloway Council on problems that affect the commun

An Aberdeen bank is working with a community group to help people who are homeless in the city. The Yorkshire Building Society branch on Union Street has established a collection point for Street Friends Aberdeen and is collecting tea, coffee and non-perishable food.

After a recent Care Inspectorate visit to Eildon’s learning disability service at Station Avenue in Duns, the service received high praise for the quality of its combined care at home and housing support service. A Grade 5 'very good' was awarded across the board following the inspection. This

Plans to develop more than 80 homes at the site of a former Dundee care home are now off the table after Barratt Developments failed to reach an agreement with the landowner. The housebuilder had submitted an application to Dundee City Council in 2021 seeking permission to demolish We

The “warm, genuine, kind and respectful” support by staff shown to people using Orkney Council’s Care at Home Services and overall leadership has been praised in a new inspection report.

A new Active Travel Hub has launched in North Glasgow as part of an ongoing partnership between ng homes and local organisations, including On Bikes based in Provan.

The rise in reliance on familial financial support in the UK housing market has hit record levels, with new research revealing that the so-called 'Bank of Family' is anticipated to facilitate over 318,000 property transactions with support worth around £8.1 billion in 2023.

The story behind Hanover Scotland’s award-winning development in Drymen has many threads.  Not just Hanover’s first certified Passivhaus development, it is located at the very site of its first ever development in Scotland as a separate entity.

Cunninghame Housing Association, in partnership with Miller Homes, has delivered 29 new affordable homes for rent at Irvine Road, Kilmaurs.