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The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has highlighted the key role the social housing sector will play in the design and delivery of the policies outlined in the Scottish Government’s draft Heat in Buildings Strategy. The Federation has submitted a response to the go

River Clyde Homes has handed over the first 50 homes of its waterfront development at James Watt Dock in Greenock.

Home Group Scotland has launched a new guide for housing managers to understand more about new or existing customers to ensure they have the right support to manage their tenancy The Tenancy Sustainment Framework has been designed by the team at Home Group as a tool to help support customers and ide

Up to 60 modern apprenticeship places are up for grabs at Wheatley Group. Wheatley has one of the largest modern apprenticeship programmes in Scotland with opportunities to join the group available in Edinburgh, Dumbarton, Glasgow, West Lothian and Dumfries and Galloway.

Almost nine in ten people think that homelessness is a serious problem and nearly three-quarters of the public believe that not enough attention is given to the issue in the UK, newly published research by Ipsos MORI has found. The survey was conducted for the Centre for Homelessness Impact, an inde

The Scottish Housing Regulator has issued its first report on its contribution towards gender equality on public boards in Scotland. The Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 was introduced to help address the underrepresentation of women in public life and public bodies must no

Hundreds of vulnerable homeless people are receiving their first COVID-19 vaccinations in Glasgow as teams of nurses visit temporary accommodation and support services to provide injections. Glasgow's Health & Social Care Partnership is coordinating the huge logistical operation in a bid to reac

A  new apartment block containing 20 two-bedroom homes is set to be built in Yorkhill at the corner of Gilbert Street and Teviot Street. Plans submitted by Surplus Property Investments were given approval by Glasgow City Council.

Perth-based developer A&J Stephen has submitted plans for the second phase of a 700-house development in Scone. The application, first submitted to Perth & Kinross Council on April 9, details plans to construct 58 new homes on the H29 North Scone site.

New plans have been lodged to bring a former independent school in Glasgow into residential use. Designs by Wellwood Leslie Architects will see properties on Hamilton Avenue at St Andrews Drive, Pollokshields, transformed into two villas, six duplexes and a one-bedroom apartment.

A housing developer and groundworks contractor have been fined after an employee was crushed and severely injured during an excavation collapse in Cumnock. Ayr Sherriff Court heard that, on 20 February 2018, employees of W & E Lammie were carrying out drainage works within an excavation at

The Resource Efficient House – a joint initiative by Tigh Grian and Zero Waste Scotland to showcase the benefits of modular, zero carbon housing – has moved from its home for the last seven years at the Building Research Establishment Innovation Park in Motherwell.

Thenue Housing has appointed Linda Chelton and Bryan McMahon to its board. The two bring specialist sector knowledge, experience and an enthusiasm for community-based housing to the Association and join the board of management.

Social enterprise letting agency Homes for Good (HfG) and the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership have launched a partnership to address the rising number of empty homes in the west of Scotland through the purchase and letting of empty properties, a fund to refurbish properties, and the recruitmen

The Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has urged incoming ministers to provide a cast-iron guarantee that social housing tenants won’t end up footing the bill for replacing existing heating with renewable systems such as heat pumps. Responding to the Scottis