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A care home company has been fined £640,000 after one of its residents choked on a piece of doughnut and died. The 65-year-old resident of Orchard Care Home in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire was on a specialist diet of minced and moist food after a severe stroke and vascular dementia left her at

Link Group has attained the Certified Sustainable Housing Label, awarded by RITTERWALD Consulting, for a second year. In 2020, Link was the first housing association in Scotland to achieve the internationally recognised accreditation.

The significant increase in people of pension age which has been projected over the next two decades means that urgent action is needed to make Scotland fit for the future, Age Scotland has warned. The national charity for older people has highlighted the importance of preparing to meet the needs of

The Highland Council is piloting a new open market purchase scheme to buy directly from owners in a bid to bolster its housing stock. The council is asking anyone considering selling a house to contact them and help make to make a difference to families who are in need of a home.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has written to all social landlords inviting them to complete a tenant health and safety survey.

A combination of wall construction membranes from Glidevale Protect has been installed across two social housing developments, designed and built by modular construction specialists Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group. The mix of membranes used included the reflective, low emissivity TF200

Crosslane Residential Developments has unveiled proposals to deliver a new form of residential living with shared social spaces to Edinburgh.

Keepmoat Homes has completed the purchase of Westwood Park in Glenrothes and will shortly embark upon an eight-year building programme to deliver 420 homes.

The ballot of Faifley Housing Association tenants to vote on whether they support the transfer to Caledonia Housing Association has opened this week. Set to close on February 7, the independent ballot allows tenants to easily cast their vote by post, online, phone, text message, or using the se

The City of Edinburgh Council has submitted its plans to deliver affordable housing at its former depot site at Cowan's Close.

The old Alexandra Court care home in Glasgow could be converted into a serviced apartment complex under newly submitted plans.

Fife Housing Group has successfully achieved the prestigious Investors in People (IIP) Platinum Accreditation. For almost three decades Investors in People has been acknowledged internationally as a leading people accreditation, assessing over 50,000 organisations in 66 different countries.

Plans for a new residential and mixed-use development in the heart of Glasgow city centre have failed to gain planning permission.

New figures obtained by The Salvation Army have revealed a drop in the number of people experiencing homelessness in South Ayrshire. The figures, which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, indicate that in 2018/2019 there were 1008 residents in temporary accommodation in South

Mixed-use plans have been submitted to Aberdeen City Council for a former paper mill in Peterculter, which could deliver 16 apartments and one shop.