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Langstane Housing Association has welcome GREC (Grampian Regional Equality Council) to share its office space at their main premises located on King Street, Aberdeen.

The family of Alasdair McKee have paid tribute to his life and work as a response to the outpouring of affection and sorrow following his death. They have taken the opportunity to say thank you for the many messages of condolences received by the family – every one of which has been read and d

The UK Government is being urged to lift children across the UK from poverty this winter by making three key changes to the social security system.

Members of staff, committee and tenants of Tollcross Housing Association remain in shock at losing two of its close colleagues and friends recently. Linda Miller (65) passed away on Tuesday, 27th September 2022 and Karen Ritchie (56) shortly afterwards on Monday, 24th October 2022.

Two of its recent new build projects by Hjaltland Housing Association have received awards recognising their contribution to the communities of Shetland. The association's head of investment & asset management Paul Leask recently accepted the Development of the Year award for its Houlland Lea pr

Wheatley Homes South’s environmental teams got top marks from a leading charity – just a year after they started working. Neighbourhood Environmental Teams (NETs) were introduced by Wheatley Homes South last summer to help keep communities in Dumfries and Galloway clean and safe through

The first large-scale affordable modular housing development in Scotland has been completed within budget and one month ahead of schedule. The ground-breaking £9.8 million project was successfully delivered by Riverside Scotland and Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group, and will provid

Tenants' union Living Rent has launched a petition in response to the City of Edinburgh Council’s consultation on holiday lets in Edinburgh calling on the council’s Planning Committee to massively reduce the number of homes converted into short-term lets. The tenants union said that the

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has written to all social landlords to confirm that there will be no change to ARC (Annual Return on the Charter) indicators following the publication of the updated Scottish Social Housing Charter by the Scottish Government. Last week, the Scottish Governme

Reidvale Housing Association’s decision to seek a larger association to take it over is a matter of deep regret and one that will be a betrayal of the local community, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). The Forum says it has had serious concerns

Lochay Homes has submitted plans to Fife Council to build 59 new homes in Dunfermline on land near Kent Street, located between the northern edge of the city and Townhill. Around 15 units, or 25% of the homes, would be affordable with hopes to deliver the full development within the next four years.

ESPC has just launched a new charter which aims to raise the bar when it comes to the quality of service and expertise from local solicitor estate agents. A total of 25 solicitor estate agents who are members of ESPC have already committed to the charter and will proactively encompass the charter pl

A total of 45% of Scotland's wealth is held by 10% of households, whilst a tenth of households have no, or negative wealth, according to a new report from the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI). The report, carried out by the institute, which is part of the University of Strathclyde, explores trends

There will also be £120,000 for Cost-of-Living crisis payments to kinship and foster carers. Fifty community groups across Perth and Kinross have shared more than £111,000 of Council funding to provide warm spaces for residents this winter.

Edinburgh Tenants Federation (ETF) held its first face-to-face Annual General Meeting (AGM) since before lockdown, held on Friday 4th November 2022 at Boroughmuir Rugby Club was a huge success. At the AGM, the Federation’s convenor, Betty Stone welcomed members from across the city to the