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Loretto Care staff nurse and dementia ambassador Bridget Martin with some of the Japanese delegation at Loretto Care’s Fullarton service A team of Japanese health experts have visited Loretto Care to learn about support for people with dementia.

Lisa Glass By Lisa Glass, partnership officer for health at Shelter Scotland

An example of a home planned at Heathfields Persimmon Homes North Scotland has started construction on a £30 million housing scheme in Muirhead and an £18m residential development in Dunfermline.

Kay Blair The Scottish Housing Regulator has published two new procedures that will give landlords and individuals new ways to challenge regulatory decisions.

A new affordable housing development in Glasgow’s new East End has been put firmly on the map with a giant Google map pin. Cruden Homes’ multi-million pound Baron’s Vale development will comprise a total of 139 flats and 98 terraced homes and semi-detached homes.

Judy Hamilton Over £225 million is to be invested in Fife’s council homes over the next three years to ensure the local authority continues to reach the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS).

Two council housing developments in Aberdeenshire worth more than £8 million are back on track a year after the contractor for the works went into administration, the Aberdeen Evening Express has reported. Aberdeenshire Council said it expects to complete 54 affordable homes in Fraserburgh and Inve

Melville staff move in to the Dalkeith Corn Exchange Melville Housing Association has welcomed the first customers to its new office at the renovated and restored Dalkeith Corn Exchange.

Jimmy Black Sheltered housing generally involves a warden call system. If tenants press their buttons when the wardens have gone home, the alarm may go through to the council’s community alarm system. Two systems? Why does there need to be two systems which effectively do the same thing?

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its plans to engage with RSLs and local authority landlords over the next 12 months following the completion of its annual risk assessment. This year the Regulator will engage 51 RSLs, fewer landlords than last year, 47 of which will be medium engagement.

Representatives from AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd, Clydebank Housing Association’s staff and voluntary Management Committee, Gregor Cameron Ltd and local councillors Work has started on a project to deliver 44 homes for affordable rent for Clydebank Housing Association (CHA).

Loreburn Housing Association and local building company Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd have celebrated the completion of over 500 new build affordable homes together. Loreburn has been providing affordable homes since 1982 and operates across Dumfries & Galloway. It owns almost 2,500 properties, 94 per

Kirsty Wells As legislation to implement the integration of health and social care in Scotland comes into force today, housing professionals are being encouraged to participate in a new Housing, Health and Social Care club to discuss the potential implications for the Scottish housing sector.

David Baptie, senior building surveyor (planned) at Dunedin Canmore and George Donaldson, managing director at Insulation Solutions Scotland, celebrate with their award A project to help tackle fuel poverty for 200 Dunedin Canmore tenants has scooped a top energy-efficiency award.

The housing allocations’ policy used by three of the biggest social housing landlords in Perth and Kinross has been updated. Perth and Kinross Council, Caledonia Housing Association and Hillcrest Housing Association operate a Common Housing Register (CHR) to improve access to social housing and ad