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The City of Edinburgh Council is to pilot an initiative that will offer homeowners the chance to sell their homes back to the local authority if they are struggling to pay for shared repair responsibilities. The plan coincides with a programme of repairs works at mixed tenure blocks in Dumbryde

A joint project between Women's Aid East & Midlothian (WAEML), East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) and East Lothian Council has received a two-year grant from the Scottish Government's Third Sector Homelessness Fund. The funding will create East Lothian’s very first Housing First

Given the public nature of many housing association offices, David Bookbinder suggests they should be subject to the same coronavirus restrictions as libraries and community centres. For any type of business or organisation, it goes without saying that navigating through the various ups and downs of

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has started work to deliver the first of 69 affordable homes for Home Group Scotland at its Calderwood development on land off Clifton Road in East Calder. This parcel of land within phase 4 of Taylor Wimpey’s Calderwood development will provide a mix of two and thr

Construction work to build new council homes at Eagle Brae, Livingston is now well under way.

Residents in the Canongate area of Edinburgh's Old Town will benefit from a range of conservation and energy efficiency improvements on track to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions by over 50%.

A new pantry aiming to help people access healthy and affordable food has opened its doors to the community in Castlemilk. The Castlemilk Panty is the latest to spring up in Glasgow, is a much-needed boost for local families and has been driven forward by local housing associations.

Forgewood Housing Co-operative and Garrion People’s Housing Co-operative have spoken of their delight to be part of this year’s Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival.  The theme of this year’s festival was ‘Normality’ and the inspiration for the event was a quote by

Ten days have now passed with thousands of asylum seekers, including several hundred in Glasgow, being left without working payment cards due to a Home Office contract changeover, writes Robina Qureshi.

Regeneration firm Urban Union has strengthened its Glasgow-based team with four new appointments, as it continues to transform communities across Scotland. Daniel MacDonald, Claire Ferris, Ashleigh Donnelly and Chloe Paterson will join Urban Union’s head office in Glasgow across the firm&rsquo

John McNairney has announced that he intends to retire from his position as chief planner at the Scottish Government later this summer. Mr McNairney took up the chief planner role in 2012, after previously holding lead roles in planning policy and practice, digital planning and information. Prior to

Local authorities can now apply to a new £20 million fund launched by the Scottish Government which will help to provide more and better accommodation for Gypsy/Traveller communities. This funding will help to build experience and skills in Gypsy/Traveller site development by focusing on demon

Around 23,000 people in Scotland will be given new online skills and training to help improve their chances of securing a job or to reduce isolation. The £26 million Connecting Scotland programme, which helps those on lower incomes and groups like the elderly, will offer online training skills

The City of Edinburgh Council has set out a city-wide approach to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions as part of new plans being considered by councillors to tackle climate change.

Mears has welcomed the appointment of Steve Smith and Karen Hardwick to its Customer Scrutiny Board. The Scrutiny Board was set up in 2020 to work alongside the Mears PLC Board and provide oversight, challenge and support to improve Mears services.