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The official opening for the recently refurbished Female Industrial School in Stornoway was held last week by Iain Macmillan, chair of Hebridean Housing Partnership. The Category B listed historic building was renamed Lady Matheson Court and has been converted to six residential flats which were com

Alastair MacGregor, the chief executive of the ACHA Group, which includes Argyll Community Housing Association and its maintenance subsidiary Argyll Homes for All, is to retire at the end of May 2022. During his 17 years as chief executive, Alastair led the housing stock transfer to ACHA from A

Fife Council has congratulated its very own head of housing services, John Mills, after he scooped the Excellence in Leadership Award at this year’s Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland Awards for excellence in housing. The Scotland Housing Awards recognise the creativity, passion and

Hawthorn Housing Co-operative has unveiled Daniel Moodie as the winner of its Young Co-operator Award for 2021. The award was presented by Kevin Wallace who is chair of Hawthorn Community Action Group and a member of Hawthorn Housing Co-operative.

Work has started on three new council housing developments as part of Aberdeen City Council’s flagship 2,000 new council houses building programme. (from left) Councillor Marie Boulton (convener, capital programme committee), John McHardy (business development director, Robertson Con

Ending Scotland’s contribution to climate change, tackling inequalities and investing in the economy and public services were at the forefront of the 2022-2023 Scottish Budget yesterday though some in the housing sector believe it has fallen short in delivering on house building and energy eff

Tenants of Caledonia Housing Association have moved into new homes in Bonhill with AS Homes (Scotland) set to complete the final phase of homes in March 2022. Laura and Scott Dickson moved into a three-bedroom home at the development, which is on the site of the former High Dykes Primary School

The last tenant has completed their move to Rural Stirling Housing Association’s new 50 home development at Claish Farm, with the construction by Lovell now complete. Sarah and Joseph Thain receive their keys and welcome hamper from Sarah Freel (Lovell) and Mark Griffiths (RSHA) (Photo credit:

A forthcoming project that will better manage flood risk and improve greenspace in Cardonald in Glasgow has recently won the esteemed Building with Nature National Award at the Landscape Institute Awards 2021. The joint project between Southside Housing Association and Glasgow City Council through t

Plans to deliver around 92 apartments and six ground floor commercial units on the site of a Glasgow car park are the subject of an online consultation.

More than one in every ten private rented homes in England contains a serious threat to health and safety with associated costs to the NHS at £340 million per year, the National Audit Office (NAO) has estimated.

The outcomes of the prestigious 2021 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were announced last night at a celebratory presentation event in Glasgow’s Voco Grand Central Hotel. Representatives of the five category winning initiatives for 2021 were personally congratulated on t

Solar Energy Scotland (SES) has welcomed the call for the Scottish Parliament to back the country’s solar energy industry, in a motion put forward by Fergus Ewing MSP highlighting the need to scale up solar energy deployment to meet the country’s net zero targets. For years, the assumpti

Revised plans to convert the former Department for Work and Pensions building in Dundee into residential properties has been granted planning permission.

Drum Property Group has sold its build-to-rent development in Glasgow to Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management’s (REIM).