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Bridgewater Housing Association has announced the retirement of its first and long-standing chief executive Ian McLean. Ian joined Bridgewater 24 years ago, as a fresh-faced thirty-odd year old, after two years with Dumfries and Galloway Council as a neighbourhood housing manager based in Stranraer

As new heat and smoke alarm regulations come into effect, campaigning trade association SELECT has launched a goodwill initiative that will see its members install free domestic alarm systems for some of Scotland’s most vulnerable people. Sponsored by Aico, the Alarm Ambassadors campaign will

Building work has started on a development of new homes on the site of a former Aberdeen fire station. Housing provider Sanctuary is delivering the project on North Anderson Drive which will create 118 affordable homes for local people.

An application by Barratt Homes to build a new family development is set to go before Dundee City Council's planning committee next week.

Angus Council has decided against a proposed 2% rent rise for council tenants in favour of an increase of 1%.

A third of local authorities in England are subject to penalties to encourage development after new figures revealed they are failing to deliver an adequate number of homes.

Councillors have given their approval for a new student accommodation block in Glasgow city centre following a hearing into the plans.

Children’s charity Barnardo’s Scotland has been granted planning permission for new homes for young people in Stirling. Stirling Council’s planning panel last week unanimously approved an application for four flats and a two-storey house on land behind Braehead House at 14 Cal

Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) is launching an island wide survey to inform what accommodation and range of tenures is required for keyworkers, now and into the future.

Sandy Morrison has officially opened Hebridean Housing Partnership's (HHP) James Place housing development in Tarbert.

Aberdeenshire Council will be asked to consider limiting an increase to rent charges to 1.5% this year to take account of the Covid-19 pandemic and the rising cost of living for tenants. The proposal follows an extensive review of the authority’s Housing Rent Strategy by a working group involv

Argyll and Bute Council’s Housing Services team has had five nominations shortlisted in Shelter’s 2022 Empty Homes Awards. The annual awards celebrate the impactful and transformative work undertaken across Scotland to bring back many of the country’s 43,000 long-term empty homes.

Cairn Housing Group has been awarded a grant of £264,920 from the Scottish Government’s Social Housing Fuel Support Fund. The group, which consists of Cairn Housing Association, Ancho, and commercial subsidiary Cairn Living, will reach out to families with children aged 19 and under who

Hillcrest Homes has been awarded £85,000 from the Communities Recovery Fund, with the cash helping support a wide range of people, charities and community groups in the city of Dundee. Hillcrest Homes is managing the distribution of the funding through their extensive network of partner organi

Details have now been issued for the funeral of the late Rani Dhir MBE. Rani died peacefully in her sleep on January 25 at The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after a long illness.