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Di Alexander, chairman of the Highlands & Islands Housing Associations Affordable Warmth Group and former chair of the Scottish Government’s Rural Fuel Poverty Task Force, details how extreme fuel poverty continues to affect far too many of Scotland's citizens. Extreme fuel poverty continu

Tulloch Developments is to begin the first phase of demolition work at the old Anderson High School site at the Knab in Lerwick. Work is set to begin in early May, and take around eighteen weeks to complete. This initial phase will focus on physically separating the existing buildings by removing va

Linstone Housing has completed a tartan fundraising triumph for St Vincent’s Hospice in Renfrewshire after staff raised £5,000 to support the work of the hospice. Fourteen staff from the housing association took part in the recent Kiltwalk – held virtually across Scotland because o

The first album from an award-winning music collective set up by Wheatley Group to support young people was released on Friday.

Aurora Planning Ltd has been recognised in the prestigious Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence 2021. Company founders Maggie Bochel and Pippa Robertson said that they are delighted at winning the Small Planning Consultancy of the Year category.

Housebuilder Dandara (East Scotland) has relocated into the heart of the Central Belt as part of its ambitious expansion drive to more than quadruple its annual rate of construction. MD Iain Innes, who joined Dandara last year, has led a recruitment campaign to get a larger team in place ready to ex

CALA Homes has submitted a new planning application to Aberdeen City Council for a development in partnership with the charity VSA.

Property lettings firm Bowman Rebecchi Letting has acquired Castle Estates, the largest independent residential lettings agency in Inverclyde, in a six-figure deal. Castle Estates manages a stock of nearly 350 properties across Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, and Inverclyde. Its four highly ex

Thousands of files belonging to an organisation that provides homelessness services to vulnerable groups across Glasgow have been posted online in a "sickening" cyber attack. Glasgow-based Aspire was targeted by criminals who dumped a vast tranche of its corporate information, including th

Social landlord rent arrears have fallen to their lowest level since April 2020, according to the Scottish Housing Regulator.

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