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Attracting and retaining new governing body members has been reported as a key challenge facing the housing sector in a survey of housing governing bodies. Scotland’s Housing Network has undertaken a survey of housing governing bodies to understand the composition and demographics of governing

Cunninghame Housing Association has donated a cheque for £470 to help support the forthcoming Big DoG Book Festival for children within Dumfries. The Wigtown Festival Company is a charitable organisation run by a voluntary committee. It aspires to make Dumfries & Galloway a better pla

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has acquired land to allow the delivery of 132 new homes at its Lauder Grove development on land off Hillwood Gardens towards the eastern boundary of Ratho Station.

Bringing some of Scotland’s 43,000+ long term empty homes back to use can help local authorities to address housing shortages across the country, a new guide published today by the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) has shown. 'Why Empty Homes Matter' will be launched at the 11th Ann

Contractor A.C. Whyte & Co. Ltd welcomed MSP Gordon MacDonald and Councillor Neil Gardiner, ward councillor for Pentland Hills to the City of Edinburgh Council site in Murrayburn, Edinburgh last week where it is undertaking a programme of regeneration works to 29 blocks of four-storey flats.

Scottish developer Kelvin Properties has made its first move into Edinburgh with plans for new homes. The urban regeneration specialist has completed the purchase of a site in Canonmills that was formerly home to a charity’s furniture warehouse, where it plans to build 48 new apartments includ

Nursery school children were the first to visit Wellhouse Housing Association’s new rainwater gardens which are part of the organisation’s commitment to improving sustainability in the local area.

Scotland Excel has re-opened its highly successful graduate trainee programme after it was paused during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Deputy director for policy and research for the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) John Stewart died on Saturday, March 19 aged 49. The former Aberdeen City Council leader was elected as Liberal Democrat councillor for Berryden in 2003 and was re-elected in 2007.

A distinct route to accommodation, support and care in Scotland is now available to people displaced by the invasion of Ukraine.

More than three quarters of Scottish adults impacted by debt during the pandemic say their mental health has been negatively impacted by it, according to new polling for Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). Polling for the charity by YouGov found that 77% of Scottish adults in debt or at risk of debt sin

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has appointed local firm John Brown of Strone to build four new homes in Eton Avenue in Dunoon, three of which are special needs. The homes are specifically designed to meet the needs of applicants on the association’s waiting list. The site in the c

National fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland has awarded money saving expert Martin Lewis a special ‘Fuel Poverty Hero’ award. In an annual ceremony to honour those who help households struggling to heat their homes, Martin Lewis received the award from Energy Action Scotland CEO

Plans to extend housing tenants’ rights that were introduced as an emergency measure during the Covid-19 pandemic will have a "devastating" effect on the private rented housing sector, rural landlords have warned. Scottish Land & Estates (SLE), which represents rural businesses across Scot

Fresh from the 20th anniversary celebrations of the community buy out on the Isle of Gigha, Community Land Scotland chair Ailsa Raeburn joins Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay to share the community’s successes, highlight the transformation of the island’s homes and discuss the parallels b