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Reducing the cost of living for tenants and building more affordable homes have been identified as the key elements to a new raft of objectives to improve housing in Edinburgh. A nine-point action plan for the next decade was approved for further consultation by the City of Edinburgh Council’s hea

Housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP (left) joins Colin Rae, group development director, Places for People on site at Shrubhill Housing minister Kevin Stewart has marked the start of work on a new affordable housing development in Edinburgh today.

Andrew Burns Councillor Andrew Burns has announced that he will not be putting himself forward for re-election as leader of the City of Edinburgh Council in the 2017 election.

(from left) Councillor Joan Griffiths; Councillor Cammy Day; Gerry O’Sullivan, chair of Bield; Councillor Stefan Tymkewycz and Brian Logan, chief executive of Bield One of Scotland’s largest housing and care providers for older people marked their continued commitment to invest in new affordable

The City of Edinburgh Council’s proposed Local Development Plan (LDP), which has scope for the provision of thousands of new affordable homes, should not be modified to include further housing land release at a strategic level, the Scottish Government has said. The feedback comes in a report t

The City of Edinburgh Council has launched a new programme to catalyse development in the city with housing being a main target area. The aims are outlined in a report, which will be considered by councillors on the Economy Committee next week.

The City of Edinburgh Council has set out plans on the delivery of a new-look housing strategy which aims to significantly increase the number of new affordable homes in the city from 3,000 to 8,000 and accelerate investment in the services that will reduce tenants’ cost of living. A repo

A tenants and residents association in Edinburgh has scooped a top housing award at the annual gathering of the Tenants Information Service (TIS). The Gateside Tenants and Residents Association won the Tenants and Residents Association of the Year award at the National Excellence Awards 2016 which r

Two pilots to improve recycling provision for city tenements and flats have seen the amount of some materials recycled increase by up to 300 per cent. The pilots, carried out by the City of Edinburgh Council in the Hillside and Bellevue areas, tested a number of different approaches, including incre

(from left) Tenant Deba Odoko, Kingsley Umweni, Cllr Cammy Day, tenant Stephen Ritchie and tenant Toni Anne Grady City of Edinburgh Council housing convener, Councillor Cammy Day met with tenants yesterday for a tour of the newest completed homes at the Pennywell site.

Cllr Cammy Day unveils new scheme to tenants (l-r) Barbara Stark, Sharon Robertson, Maud Wylie and James Galloway A new City of Edinburgh Council tenant discount scheme has been launched which will save tenants money.

Cllr Andrew Burns Satisfaction with Edinburgh as a city to live in is the highest it's ever been, the City of Edinburgh Council’s annual residents’ survey has shown.

Cllr Lesley Hinds, resident Michael Smith and volunteer Stuart McKenzie plant some strawberries. An Edinburgh care home has become the first in Scotland to win a coveted Soil Association’s Silver Food For Life (FFL) Catering Mark.

Link chairman Roy Stirrat & Councillor Cammy Day Link's new affordable housing development at Balmwell Terrace has been officially opened by the City of Edinburgh Council’s vice convener for health, social care and housing, Councillor Cammy Day.

(from left) Des Clarke (host); Cllr Cammy Day; Mandy Rudden, Edinburgh Council; Caroline Muirhead, North Edinburgh Arts; Rachel Fraser, 21st Century Homes; Janice Russell, Urban Union and Catriona Shearer (host) The team behind the regeneration project at Pennywell in Edinburgh is celebrating after