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Shire Housing Association has secured a further grant of £63,000 from the Scottish Government’s Community Recovery Fund. The funding up to March 2022 will support projects promoting health and wellbeing, digital inclusion, and community food hubs and larders.

Over 250 bookings were received from tenants and housing professionals across Scotland to attend the first-ever virtual TIS National Housing Conference. The event took place from Tuesday 5th – Thursday 7th October 2021 and was staged online as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Residential developer HUB has teamed up with sustainable and impact investor Bridges Fund Management to acquire a 2.6-acre site on Baltic Street in Leith.

Morris & Spottiswood has appointed Brian Pettigrew as director of its housing division, incorporating private housing arm Crosbie Homes. Bringing a wealth of experience from across the industry, Mr Pettigrew's addition to the team will allow Morris & Spottiswood to increase focus on dev

CALA Homes has submitted a planning application to Aberdeen City Council for the third phase of its Grandhome development in Bridge of Don.

A new retail and housing development has been created in Airdrie, as part of North Lanarkshire Council’s regeneration of the town centre.

Two first-time buyers from Aberdeenshire have moved into their new home thanks to Places for People’s Shared Equity scheme, which has also released new properties in Stirling. The team at Chapelton welcomed the first-time buyers to its latest phase of homes, with teenager Cian Douglas (age 19)

Households in the UK are set to be £1,000 worse off next year due to the tightening of living costs, caused by rising energy prices, alongside a shortage of workers and supplies caused by Covid and Brexit, according to a new report by the Resolution Foundation. The think-tank warned that highe

Four more energy firms GOTO Energy Limited, Daligas Limited, Pure Planet and Colorado Energy have ceased trading with more than 280,000 customers impacted.

Following a detailed selection process, Charing Cross Housing Association has appointed West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) as the preferred transfer partner. Charing Cross, based in Glasgow, conducted a strategic options appraisal to explore the best future shape of the organisation to do m

Link Group has been shortlisted in two categories at the CIH Scotland Housing Awards. Speaking of the achievement, David Mackenzie, managing director of Link Housing, who started with the organisation in September, said: "It is exciting to be in the running for such prestigious sector awards.

Elspeth Millen, a long-standing servant of housing in the Govan community, has been presented with her British Empire Medal. Elspeth Millen received her BEM from Lord Provost Philip Braat at the City Chambers in Glasgow.

Homeless Project Scotland has revealed that it has helped more than 50 rough sleepers on the streets of Glasgow city centre in the last two weeks. A number of these individuals experiencing homelessness were recently released from prison and said there is an issue with men being released late in the

The Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust (TGDT) has secured £507,000 from Social Investment Scotland (SIS) to help build affordable housing on the site of the former Tomintoul Secondary School.

A new report by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and the Centre for Homelessness Impact highlights that money spent on housing support could be used more effectively. The report has suggested that The Exchequer could save £1.9 billion a year by moving recipients of Housing Benefit (HB)