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Jean Simpson, a Viewpoint tenant at Inverleith Gardens, has retired after ten and a half years’ service as a board member. Jean, who previously worked as a co-ordinator with Viewpoint, moved to Inverleith Gardens in 2006 and was the first tenant to become a board member.

Abbeyfield Scotland has welcomed occupational therapy students Rebecca McVeigh and Caoimhe Curran from Queen Margaret University on placement for ten weeks. The first time the housing association has had occupational therapy students, it is hoped the innovative project will bring many health be

Two new recruits to Linstone Housing's estates team are helping the effort to keep communities in Johnstone and Linwood looking good. Linstone Housing has appointed two more estates staff in its ongoing drive to keep areas where it has its homes in tip-top condition.

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership wants to hear from third sector organisations with their thoughts on if and how they can use empty homes to help to meet their housing objectives. The Partnership has launched a short survey that will take 5-10 minutes to complete and seeks to find out whether or

Progressive think tank IPPR Scotland has today published new research calling for significant changes to council tax to help pay for Scotland’s Covid recovery.

Scottish Greens have pledged to give councils more powers to improve local services and bring vacant properties back into use. The party wants local authorities to be given more support to take bus companies in-house and introduce local taxation reforms. Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie

A former farmhouse in the south of Edinburgh has been identified as a possible location for a new form of co-operative housing. Comiston Farmhouse - currently for sale by the City of Edinburgh Council - is to be bid for by a spin-off to a local cohousing group, Cohousing in Southern Scotland (CHOISS

CCG Homes has secured planning permission for a housing development at the former Calderwood Lodge Primary School in Newlands.

Winchburgh Developments Limited has confirmed the landscape works have commenced on the Auldcathie District Park and that Perth-based Allison Enterprises has been awarded the contract for the landscaping of work on Phase One of the project which is due to open late summer 2021.

DTL Creative, an Edinburgh-based social housing IT and technology consultancy, has been shortlisted for an award at the Northern Housing Awards. The company is in the running for the category of Consultancy of the Year.

The First Home Fund, a shared equity pilot scheme launched by the Scottish Government to provide first-time buyers with funding, has closed for applications after just five working days. The fund opened on 1 April this year with a budget of £60 million. It provides first-time buyers with up to

A new Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) paper has set out the processes, considerations and questions faced by housing associations in relation to rents, both generally and in the context of the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Following a number of discussions in recent months on rents

Shelter Scotland has announced a new two-year project to empower organisations working on the frontline with people experiencing homelessness. Thanks to funding from the Legal Education Foundation, Shelter Scotland’s specialist team will provide training and support, with a strong emphasis on

Age Scotland, the national charity for older people, launched its election manifesto which is calling on the next Scottish Government to bring forward policies to help our older population and to establish the role of an Older People’s Commissioner for Scotland to promote and safeguard hu

The City of Edinburgh Council and its partner Novoville are proud to announce the release of Novoville Shared Repairs, a new app dedicated to improving the condition of property in co-ownership in Edinburgh, and all of Scotland.