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Loreburn Housing Association welcomed members to its Annual General Meeting this week when the Association gave an update on activities, finance and performance, and looked ahead to the future. The first in-person meeting in recent years, the meeting was well attended by shareholding members.

Welcome to the launch of Scottish Housing News' new Charity Spotlight - a Friday feature that will highlight the vital work of charities across Scotland. To feature your local charity, whether housing-related or not, send your story and images to us at newsdesk@scottishnews.com.

A series of informal events will take place across West Lothian in October to start the process of preparing a new local development plan (LDP).

The Equality in Housing podcast series, delivered by Housing Options Scotland in partnership with the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), has published a new episode.

The Kingdom Group is celebrating achieving Payroll Assurance Scheme accreditation, becoming the only housing association in Scotland to receive the accolade.

Homebuilder Miller Homes is inviting local causes, charities, and projects across Scotland to apply for its second round of community funding for 2023, which will see £10,000 shared among those in need near its 18 developments.

Caledonia Housing Association has unveiled a number of management board changes following its Annual General Meeting this week. Current chair, Alan Nairn, has stepped down from the board after three years as chair having originally been appointed to the Caledonia board as a non-executive director in

Elgin-based housebuilder Springfield Properties has seen its share price take a hit after it suspended its dividend payments amid significant financial and housing market challenges. Despite having delivered the firm's "highest level of annual completions and revenue", with total revenue growing 29%

Additional projects to provide more than 460 new homes for tenants and residents across North Lanarkshire have been added to the local authority's five-year Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP).

Tenant organisations, trade unions, built environment bodies and energy companies have combined to criticise Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plans to change some of the UK Government's key green policies, including proposals to water down housing energy efficiency standards and a weakening of targ

Scottish youth homelessness charity Rock Trust has partnered with Glasgow City Council to expand its successful Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) service into the city for the first time. The team began working with young people in Glasgow in summer 2023, and the programme will be officially launched t

Stirling Council’s Housing Service is hosting a Housing Open Day for tenants tomorrow. At the Albert Halls in Stirling between 10am and 2pm, officers will provide advice, information and sources of support with staff from repairs, benefits, income maximisation, housing options and housing mana

The latest provisional statistics from the UK HPI have recorded an average property price in Scotland of £192,000 for July 2023, denoting a 0.1% increase from the previous year. Compared with the preceding month, house prices experienced a 1.1% increase on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, whil

Two tenant participation groups in the north of Scotland joined forces to host their first interactive virtual session centred around the theme of 'Working in Partnership'.

More than 400 tonnes of furniture has been saved from being dumped or going to landfill thanks to a furniture service from Wheatley Group.