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The Scottish Government will set out how it intends to support the Paris Agreement goal of preventing warming of more than 1.5 degrees by publishing its own indicative Nationally Determined Contribution ahead of COP26 in Glasgow next November. Roseanna Cunningham, environment and climate change secr

Michael Martin, chair at Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association Ltd, and Iain Wallace, former chair of Arklet Housing Association, discuss the recent merger between the two organisations. There’s a widely held view that Scotland has too many Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) - and as a conseq

Dalmuir Park Housing Association has welcomed new staff members to fill key roles within the organisation. Dougie Wilson joins the Association as customer services team leader with a wealth of experience in housing and comes with a vast knowledge of tenant participation and inclusion. Much of D

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has spoken of its pride of being one of 17 north Edinburgh charities, community groups, schools and other organisations to join forces to support people most likely to be hit hardest by coronavirus and associated restrictions this winter in a new collaborati

Shire Housing Association has won a tender to deliver the Care and Repair Service on behalf of the East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership for a further three years from 28 November 2020. The Association has successfully delivered the East Ayrshire Care and Repair Service since 2003.

Wellhouse Housing Association’s estates team have been praised for their herculean effort in looking after the community throughout the pandemic which included cutting the equivalent of the famous pitch at Hampden 18 times. In eight months the team of Daniel Healy, Jordan French, Dale Russell

An area of land within South Cumbernauld Community Growth Area (CGA) is being marketed for sale for housing by North Lanarkshire Council. The 18-hectare site at Mid Forest has capacity for up to 300 residential units, with 25% to be affordable homes, and the development should include play facilitie

The City of Edinburgh Council has published its response to the recent Scottish Government consultation on short term lets, welcoming the announcement that draft legislation on proposals is expected to be considered by Parliament in December. The report, which will be considered by councillors at ne

Glasgow City Council is set to begin preparatory work on the potential compulsory purchase of the site of the former Talisman public house, should a sale not be agreed with the owners. The site at 149 Balgrayhill Road in Springburn has lain derelict for almost 20 years, and is a visual and environme

A report assessing West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing service has highlighted a number of positive improvements in the past year. The Scottish Social Housing Charter report shows the service continues to perform well in areas including homelessness, re-letting empty properties and complianc

Tulloch Homes has started infrastructure works on its new all-bungalows £10 million development at Culbokie in the Black Isle. Initial site investigation works have just been completed for Glascairn Meadows, a mix of 20 two and three-bedroom bungalows on land adjacent to the village shop.

Planning officers at Glasgow City Council are recommending that councillors reject the latest application to build flats at a disused Finnieston Bowling Club.

Glasgow's Winter Night Shelter will open on December 1st this year with a change of name and a new location. Now known as the Overnight Welcome Centre, the emergency accommodation for people at risk of rough sleeping in winter will be provided in a Glasgow hotel, rather than in Lodging Housing Missi

Just under two months since becoming the first UK local authority to set a target date for ending poverty, the City of Edinburgh Council has unveiled a ten-year delivery plan outlining the actions it will take to help eradicate poverty in the capital by 2030. The End Poverty in Edinburgh Delivery Pl

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that funding for the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal will be accelerated as the UK Government reconfirmed its commitment to the deal. As part of the 2020 Spending Review, it was confirmed that the investment into the projects of the Deal would be delivered over