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Link Group's existing head of ICT&D, Ken Fox, has this week been named the housing and community organisation’s new director of digital services. In his new role, Mr Fox will bring his expertise to support Link’s future ambitions and to deliver on the organisation’s new digital

West Lothian Council will spend over £80 million over the next two years with significant resources invested in the creation of new homes and a strong focus on the maintenance of quality standards across the housing stock. The Housing Capital Investment Programme was approved at a meeting of W

Building and protecting the resilience of our people, organisations and communities is likely to become central to what we all do, writes Scottish Housing Regulator chief executive Michael Cameron. It always seems to surprise how quickly at this time of year the daylight hours start to lengthen. But

A much-loved community landmark on the southside of Glasgow has been fully restored and repurposed by a Scottish architectural firm.

The JR Group has submitted a detailed planning application to West Dunbartonshire Council to deliver a new social housing development in Clydebank.

Crosbie Homes, the new build housing arm of Morris & Spottiswood, has delivered high quality social housing in North Lanarkshire after entering into its first development agreement with Clyde Valley Housing Association. Crosbie Homes identified the land and worked in conjunction with its in-hous

Work has resumed on the third and final stage of the North Kelvin Apartments development in the west of Glasgow following a year of Covid-imposed shutdowns, restrictions and delays.

Eileen Barr, a solicitor in TC Young’s Social Housing Team, outlines what can be learned from a recent decision notice by Scottish Information Commissioner on a Registered Social Landlord's (RSL's) handling of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. The Scottish Information Commissioner (

Home Group has provided devices to customers in Dumfries and Galloway to help with home schooling.

The National Housing Federation has been urged to review the current practice of inaction by social landlords when dealing with tenants' racial harassment complaints.

Aberdeen City Council has helped thousands of residents in the last 11 months during the coronavirus pandemic including 45,578 calls and online requests to a crisis support line, 4,652 food boxes sent to vulnerable or shielded people, and 8,784 calls for financial assistance and advice.

Womble Bond Dickinson partner Simon Lewis on the continuing discussion around building safety, and particularly the replacement of combustible cladding. The UK Government’s February 2021 announcement on support measures for affected buildings came against a backdrop of increasing pressure to i

International housing expert Professor Paddy Gray and John McCraw, board member of Wheatley Group's newest subsidiary Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP), have joined the board of the Wheatley Foundation. The two been appointed directors of Wheatley Foundation.

Shelter Scotland has condemned the Scottish Government for its decision to break a promise to homeless people to end the continued use of harmful and substandard temporary accommodation. The charity has said that the ongoing delay to fully implement new protections for homeless people will place a f

A total of 450,000 families across the UK are reported to have fallen behind on rent as a result of the coronavirus crisis, according to new figures released by the Resolution Foundation. The report found that 9% of families in the social rented sector were behind with their housing payments in Janu