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Retiring Kingdom Housing Association group chief executive Bill Banks has been recognised by Secured by Design (SBD) for his work around Designing Out Crime in Kingdom Housing Association’s properties. Bill joined Kingdom Housing Association in 1987. Headquartered in Glenrothes, Kingdom works

Housing will be given its own ministerial office after new first minister Humza Yousaf completed the appointment of his ministerial team. Consisting of 10 cabinet secretaries, including the first minister, the Scottish cabinet will be supported by 18 junior ministers, with Paul McLennan aw

Perth and Kinross Council members have approved plans to construct four new flats within a Conservation Area in Blairgowrie.

The Dundee Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board (IJB) agreed its budget for the coming year at its meeting yesterday. A total of £284.1 million will be spent on service delivery in 2023/24, an increase of £4.5m on last year’s figure.

A significant proportion of Romanian migrants have experienced an increase in xenophobia and racism following the Brexit vote of 2016, A recent study by a University of Glasgow-led research centre has identified.

As part of its support for East Renfrewshire’s Developing the Young Workforce programme, and its commitment to the Scottish Government’s Young Persons’ Guarantee Scheme, Taylor Wimpey West Scotland hosted a site visit at its Duncarnock development in Barrhead for 14 students aged 1

The Citizens Advice network in Scotland helped people with energy issues more than 12,000 times in February, new data from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has revealed. In total, the CAB network issued advice on gas and electricity 12,386 times in February. Gas and electricity remained the single top

A major new study into the effect of Universal Credit on social housing tenants has revealed the detrimental impact it is having on lives and how it is driving people into debt and poverty.

A development site in Oban that has the capacity for around 100 new homes could be acquired by Link Group after Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) decided to prioritise other locations. ACHA unveiled plans in January 2020 to deliver new affordable homes in the Glencruitten area af

Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA) chief executive Lynn Wassell will be leaving the Association this Summer after six years in the role. Ms Wassell will move on to an exciting opportunity to head up the strategic development of new services for a children’s charity.

Work has commenced on Cruden Homes’ latest ‘age-exclusive’ residential development in Edinburgh.

The publication of yesterday's Quarterly Housing Statistics has raised concerns that the number of affordable housing approvals has fallen to the lowest level for eight years.

A launch event for the publication of the annual UK housing ‘bible’ – the 2023 UK Housing Review - was hosted at the House of Lords yesterday with key stakeholders from across the sector in attendance.

Clydesdale Housing Association’s CHA Community Hub in Lanark has been officially opened by Màiri McAllan MSP and minister for environment & land reform. Part of a new build project that delivered four flats for social rent and offices for the Association, the CHA Community Hub was c

Barratt Developments North Scotland has unveiled a new road, Mill Drive, at its Riverside Quarter development in Bucksburn as part of a multi-million-pound commitment to improving local roads, services and amenities. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place this week at Riverside Quarter hosted by David