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The Scottish Government’s Housing to 2040 process needs to combine radical, new approaches with what is already known to work, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). Responding to the consultation, GWSF welcomed the indication that ministers want to

Work has completed on a £5.4 million transformative new community built on a greenfield site in the Newburgh area of Fife. A total of 40 high-quality affordable homes have been delivered at Banklands by Robertson Partnership Homes, part of Robertson Residential Group.

Stirling Council has granted planning permission for the development of 44 new homes on the former MFI site in St. Ninians.

CIH Scotland’s Housing Festival takes place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre 3 – 4 March. The biggest housing event in Scotland brings together around 1,000 housing professionals, expert speakers and exhibitors to discuss challenges and solutions.  

Wheatley Group has launched a modern apprentice recruitment drive, hoping to recruit 25 youngsters for its two-year programme. The apprenticeships are funded by Wheatley Foundation, the group’s charitable trust which helps tackle unemployment.

Two young members of staff at Elderpark Housing are celebrating the start of Scottish Apprenticeship Week by moving on to new roles. Lauren Herd and Laura Gibbons were given the good news by Elderpark as their two-year Modern Apprenticeship in housing draws to a close.

Almond Housing Association welcomed nine local groups to pitch for funding at their community soup event last week. The Association secured funding to invest in community projects and was delighted to hear each group pitch their ideas that would benefit local residents.

Scottish school children should be taught how their actions now can impact on climate change and the kind of homes they will live in in the future. Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) has called for more education for school kids on the important role housing plays in our lives, in response to the Sco

A project that offers tenement homeowners free advice to tackle problems over communal upkeep is to receive an extra £50,000 from the Scottish Government. An additional £10,000 will support research into potential safety issues, such as electrical fires.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has today launched a new campaign to help people who are struggling to pay their Council Tax bills after new figures revealed Scots owe almost £7 million in arrears. The two-week campaign, Council Tax: Check to Save, urges people to check if they are entitled to

Living Rent has hailed the success of its actions last week after protesters from the tenants’ union shut down a property investment workshop in Edinburgh. The event, which was to be hosted by the BBC’s Martin Roberts, of Homes Under the Hammer fame, boasted that it would teach landlords

Representatives from Aberdeen City Council, Scottish Fire and Rescue Scotland (SFRS) and Police Scotland are to accompany residents as they lead inspections in their own multi-storey buildings.

Fife Council has agreed a one-year rent increase of 3% for council house tenants from April 2020. The announcement comes after the local authority set its budget for the year ahead amid a £15.449 million budget gap.

The 2020/21 budget proposed by Angus Council’s administration was set at a special meeting of full council on Friday, with an agreement reached to raise council tax by 3%. The council said that the equivalent of 269 new houses expected to raise £315k of extra income. It argued that the m

Falkirk Council has set its budget for 2020/21, agreeing on a 4.84% increase in Council Tax for the year which will see an average ‘Band D’ Council Tax figure increase by £56.58 a year. The council has highlighted that despite the increase, council tax in the area remains one of th