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The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published the findings from its thematic review of how social landlords assure themselves about their compliance with regulatory requirements, and how this helps them to inform their Annual Assurance Statements.

Tenants of Muirhouse Housing Association in Edinburgh are to benefit from new doors and windows in a £1.5 million boost for their homes. Work has recently begun on the large-scale project which will take place over the next five years across approximately 185 homes and common stairwells.

Deputy prime minister and secretary of state for housing Angela Rayner has announced the UK Government’s first steps to reform planning in England. The ambitions include building 370,000 new homes each year, reforming council housing targets, and enforcing new provisions to open up the me

Age Scotland is urging the UK government to reconsider plans to scrap the winter fuel payment for pensioners who do not receive pension credit. Scotland’s charity for older people has said the move will push tens of thousands of low income pensioners in Scotland further into poverty, and puts

Miller Homes has successfully acquired a 13-acre site on Cardross Road in Dumbarton. Chapel Gardens will bring 81 new energy-efficient homes to the area.

Detached homes are the most popular among people moving home as buyers seek more privacy and space, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Home Mover Review.

Lovell Partnerships has donated its building expertise to support two charities that serve Midlothian communities while building 39 new homes for Melville Housing Association near Dalkeith. The first of these new social rented homes are now being handed over to Melville at the Oakwood Edge developme

A low carbon community with 1,100 new homes, a hotel, leisure facilities and public open space at Yorkhill Quay has gained full planning consent.

Plans have been submitted to develop 24 apartments for social rent at a former church in East Kilbride.

Renfrewshire Council has approved plans for 31 flats to be built to the southwest of an existing care home at Stanely Road, Paisley.

A B-listed former school and hospital building in Garnethill is to be restored as part of a newly approved residential development.

A full obituary of John Ferguson MBE, honorary president and founding member of Parkhead Housing Association (PHA), has appeared in The Herald. Described as a 'man of action' in the housing association movement, Mr Ferguson passed away at the age of 85 in June.

The Housing Ombudsman has launched a special investigation into Lewisham Council following a high maladministration rate, including a significant number of severe maladministration findings, and some compliance issues. The Ombudsman has the powers to do this under paragraph 49 of the Housing Ombudsm

North Ayrshire Council is working with staff in secondary schools to ensure parents are accessing welfare benefits they are entitled to. Over the past two years, Welfare Rights Officer Audrey Ritchie has been offering parents and carers free, impartial, and confidential benefits advice and she has h

As part of the transformation of the brownfield former Viewforth High School site in Kirkcaldy, Whiteburn Projects is delighted to confirm the completion and handover of 15 affordable homes to Kingdom Housing Association.