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From 1 October, the Coronavirus Recovery and Reform Act abolishes mandatory grounds for repossession and the First Tier Tribunal will only evict where the members believe it to be reasonable in the circumstances. Given these significant changes, Scottish Housing News editor Kieran Findlay interviewe

Progressive think tank IPPR Scotland has revealed that 4 in 5 Scots (79%) would support a minimum income guarantee. A minimum income guarantee is a safety net to ensure nobody falls below a minimum acceptable standard of living.

The manager of Right There’s supported accommodation for young people in Maryhill has made it to the final of the Scottish Social Services Awards 2022. Alice Vaughan has been shortlisted for the ‘Social Care Worker of the Year’ category, due to her exceptional work with young peopl

Patrick Harvie, MSP and minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants’ rights, has visited Inverclyde to see the area’s first Air Source Heat Pump installation. This environmentally friendly heating technology was installed back in 2018 by River Clyde Homes and was one of

Cassiltoun Housing Association's wider work with the community has been recognised with not one but two awards over the past few months. The association has been working with individuals to enable them to ‘go digital’. This has been through the provision of devices such as laptops, table

A plot of land which once formed part of the former Tate & Lyle sugar refinery in Greenock is being proposed as a new £15 million 46-home private housing development by Sandy and James Easdale, the owners of Easdale Investment Group.

Four site managers for Cala Homes’ East region, have been recognised as one of the country’s best after scooping a prestigious industry award for their dedication to quality housebuilding. Cathal Lamph, Alex Sinnet, Gavin McCann and Steven Maguire were all named as winners in the Nationa

Open land looking out from Stirling Castle has been earmarked for future development by Miller Homes.

Plans for a new £4 million visitor centre and 10 new homes at Dunnottar Castle have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council. Dunecht Estates, which owns the castle near Stonehaven, is proposing to build a visitor centre with panoramic views of the castle.

Scottish Housing News reached a record audience last month with 131 new subscribers taking the service through the 9,000 mark to a total of 9,045. Followers to our Linkedin page reached 6,170 with 136 new readers and 76 new Twitter followers took the total to 14,110.

Wheatley communities are looking their best thanks to a pioneering partnership with environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful. Wheatley Group teamed up with Keep Scotland Beautiful in 2017 to help improve neighbourhoods.

Councillor Jane Meagher from the City of Edinburgh Council has officially broken ground at Scotland’s largest net-zero housing development in Granton. The start of construction works at the £72m ‘Western Villages’ project represents a significant milestone for the City of Edi

Aberdeen Cyrenians is appealing for pledgers as the first round of this year’s Big Give Christmas match funding appeal kicks off. Last year’s match giving campaigns raised more than £35,000 thanks to generous pledges and donations from local people and businesses alike.

Mears Group, in partnership with Aberdeenshire Council, is working to improve the energy efficiency of social housing across Huntly, Inverurie, Kemnay and Turriff, and has installed more than 500 solar panels on homes across these areas. The installation of the panels, which are called photovoltaic

Aberdeen City Council is asking its citizens to nominate an exceptional council employee or council team that they think are worthy of being crowned People’s Champion 2022. The Star Awards are the council’s annual staff recognition awards, which includes the People’s Champion and i