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Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association has received a loan of £4 million through a charitable bond arranged by Allia C&C.

Plans for 124 new homes in Lerwick for Hjatland Housing Association have been submitted to Shetland Islands Council for approval.

According to the latest data from HouseMark Scotland, 79% of landlords in Scotland plans to use the pandemic as a catalyst to improve services.

Moray Council and Grampian Housing Association have published plans to build a sustainable residential development for social rent at Bilbohall in Elgin.

Football crazy kids have been given a summer football boost thanks to St Mirren FC, Linstone Housing and the Scottish Government. St Mirren's Charitable Foundation has teamed up with Linstone Housing - which has been tasked with distributing the government funding - to make sure young fans rece

Homeless Action Scotland has launched a questionnaire to find out how people who work in the housing or homelessness sector feel about COVID-19. There is statutory guidance which dictates how organisations and staff should conduct their duties while trying to mitigate their exposure to contracting C

Hillcrest Futures played a role in the eradication of the Hepatitis C in Tayside, making it the first region in the world to effectively eliminate the deadly blood disease.

Ediston and Orion Capital Managers have submitted plans for one of the largest developments to come forward in Edinburgh’s city centre for a generation. The two have been working together on their shared vision for New Town Quarter, previously known as New Town North, since last year and have

Feeling Strong, a Dundee-based youth mental health charity, is creating two exciting new resources for children, guardians and young people who are facing mental health challenges.  Dundee is in the midst of an ongoing mental health crisis, in desperate need for mental health services and resou

Nationwide has reported that house prices in the UK rebounded 1.7% month-on-month in July after declines of 1.6% in June and 1.7% in May.

Evidence is emerging that Scottish Government action to lengthen notice periods in arrears cases leads to a significant number of tenants believing they do not need to pay rent during the coronavirus crisis, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).

In today’s edition of The National, Lesley Riddoch has turned her attention to recent interventions by the SHR in Scottish RSL’s and looks at the impact of SHR interventions in Glasgow’s community-led associations. The article can be accessed here.

The housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has appointed Gillian Reid to its senior leadership team as its new assistant director for operations. Ms Reid joined the charity in March 2018 as operations manager before becoming national services manager in September that year.

After more than 30 years of outstanding service with Waverley Housing, Margaret Hogg has decided to ‘terminate her tenancy’ with Waverley Housing and take early retirement. Starting in the old offices at Round Close in Hawick in April 1989, Ms Hogg joined the company at its inception and

The Scottish Government is to actively inform families that they may be eligible for Best Start Foods and the Best Start Grant. Information obtained from DWP and HMRC will allow Social Security Scotland to identify people who are on certain benefits or tax credits and have children of the right age.