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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

East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) has reached two major targets a year ahead of schedule. Four years ago, the Association set five-year targets of 80% of tenants using their digital My Home accounts and 80% of tenants going paper-free.

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) has joined forces with mental health charity Penumbra on a new pilot project aimed at supporting the mental health and wellbeing of its tenants.

Staff from Melville Housing Association have gone the extra mile to raise £900 for local Midlothian charity St David’s Bradbury Day Centre to help pay for day trips and activities. (from left) Mary Monteith of Melville Housing, Karen Murdoch from St David’s Bradbury Day Centre

Scottish Greens candidate for Glasgow Kelvin Patrick Harvie visited a development site in Partick yesterday to discuss the party’s plans to tackle the "massive unmet need" for social and affordable housing in Glasgow and prevent housing inequality worsening in the area and across Sco

Local residents in North Ayrshire will get the chance to have their say on plans for new housing on part of the former Garnock Academy site. North Ayrshire Council is holding an online consultation on the plans for 50 properties which include a mix of general needs houses, homes suitable for wheelch