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Trust Housing Association is rolling out the delivery of 90 iPads to tenants in 13 local authority areas who are struggling with the effects of isolation.

The pandemic has forced us all to consider alternative ways of communicating and engaging with family, friends and colleagues and the same is true for Fife Housing Group’s Resident VOICES scrutiny panel.

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) is hoping to spread a bit of cheer this Christmas, with a donation to the Cash for Kids Mission Christmas Appeal. (from left) Dizzy White, charity manager, Cash for Kids; Barry Wood, financial support worker, SBHA; Tommy Williamson, neighbou

A Santa impersonator in the form of Argyll Community Housing Association's Alastair MacGregor dropped in on Valerie Weight from Oban with a surprise Christmas hamper. Every year ACHA does a draw for four hampers for ACHA members who are £1 shareholders in the charity.

The City of Edinburgh Council has approved proposals for 126 new energy-efficient homes on the site of a former care home in Corstorphine. Artisan Real Estate’s Rowanbank Gardens site brings together a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments on the site of the former Gylemuir Care Ho

Stirling Council’s annual housing rent consultation is now open for tenants to share their views on rent levels for 2021/22. The survey seeks to gather people’s views on potential rent increase options for the coming financial year, helping tenants inform councillors’ decisions wh

A £700 million programme that will boost economic prosperity across Tayside and north-east Fife was confirmed today with the formal signing of the Tay Cities Region Deal.

The first residents have been welcomed to Clydebank’s new £14.092 million state-of-the-art care facility at Queens Quay House. In line with coronavirus restrictions, residents from Mount Pleasant House and Frank Downie House moved in over a two day period, and will remain within the

A total of 1,057 affordable housing supply homes completed in the latest quarter, July to September 2020, an increase of 860 homes on the 197 completions in the previous quarter, April to June 2020. According to the latest statistics released by Scotland's chief statistician, there were about half t

A new report released by HACT has revealed how social housing organisations responded to the COVID-19 pandemic across the UK. A Sector Together is an anthology of stories, statistics and viewpoints highlighting the action taken by housing organisations to address the plethora of problems brought by

Many staff at Govan Housing Association have volunteered to work on Christmas day delivering meals to those most in need.

Brendan Hall, who led the crew that won The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in 2009, has praised Caledonia Housing Association’s commitment to employee wellbeing. Speaking at the association's first virtual event for its employees across Scotland, he said: "Wellbeing in the (remote) workpla

Shawfair LLP director Nick Waugh on the importance of community engagement when building a new town. This year has taught us many things – most of them character-forming as my mother was fond of saying - but one genuinely good thing to have emerged from this pandemic is the curative power

Shetland’s 10-year-old Thomas Leask and Keiko the cat are set to become internet sensations in a new film highlighting why Lerwick’s district heating system means local people can have warmth, fight fuel poverty and save the planet.

A group of people with experience of homelessness are to lead a new walking tour which celebrates the rich history of Glasgow’s Laurieston and Gorbals area. Urban Union, the developer behind Laurieston Living, has partnered with Invisible Cities - a social enterprise that trains people affecte