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A revised Housing Allocations Policy has been approved by Aberdeen City Council that will see the Choice Based Lettings (CBL) approach replace the current system.

The UK Government is being urged by the Scottish Government to invest in public services and deploy its full range of powers to tackle the cost of living crisis, supporting people and businesses. Deputy First Minister John Swinney has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt ahead of h

Council tax in Aberdeenshire will rise by 4% in the coming year, as Aberdeenshire Council agreed its full 2023/24 budget last week.  Papers with saving proposals were posted online last week by the council, which outlined a range of financial savings across all services to bring spending in lin

A consultation by the Single East Ayrshire Register for Community Housing (SEARCH) partners – namely Atrium Homes, Cunninghame Housing Association, East Ayrshire Council, Riverside Scotland Housing Association and Shire Housing Association, on proposed changes to the Common Allocation Policy

Local communities across Scotland will be supported to take climate action in their areas through a new nationwide network of Climate Action Hubs. This follows the success of two pathfinder hubs in the North East and the Highlands, which helped to widen participation in climate action and have suppo

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published its Equalities Statement to restate how it aims to encourage better and positive equality outcomes for tenants, people who are homeless and Gypsy/Travellers through its regulation of social landlords. It also re-affirms the Regulator’s co

Springfield Properties has been given the green light for the next phase of energy efficient homes at its Elgin South Village.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has concluded a contract with Home Group Scotland to deliver 55 affordable homes for social rent, which will form part of its Auldcathie View development and the wider masterplan vision for the new community that is now emerging in Winchburgh. The conclusion of this agree

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) brought Ofgem chair Martin Cave together with Scottish housing associations to discuss the impact of the ongoing energy crisis on the social housing sector and what’s needed to tackle it.

A year on from the launch of the Scottish Government’s Super Sponsorship Scheme, thousands of people displaced from Ukraine are still living in temporary accommodation in Scotland, according to a report from the British Red Cross.

Delighted tenants in West Lothian have welcomed a £750,000 investment in their homes.

SHARE’s Management Development Programme was created with the aim of providing aspiring or existing managers the tools and techniques to lead a team or organisation at a senior level, but with a specific slant towards the housing sector.

Tenancy sustainment support provided by housing associations is crucial but under increasingly intense pressure, according to a new report from the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). From research carried out in the second half of 2022, the Forum says that feedback fr

The founder and chef of one of Scotland’s most popular Chinese restaurants is now cooking up a storm for elderly tenants. Jian Wang 61, who previously owned the successful Chop Chop restaurants and was praised by TV chef Gordon Ramsay for making the best dumplings he had ever tasted, has taken

Aberdeenshire Council has approved plans to build three new homes near Gartly School despite contamination fears.