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North Lanarkshire Council is urging its residents to think about their household safety and help reduce the numbers of deaths and serious injuries involving unsafe electrical devices in the home. Every year, around 10 people in the UK are killed and about 750 seriously injured in accidents involving

Residents at a sheltered housing development in Moray have thanked engineers from the local Army barracks for their assistance in renovating their garden area. The residents’ association at Hanover Housing Association’s Burnside Court site in Buckpool has been awarded almost £10,000 from the Na

The New Gorbals Harriers New Gorbals Housing Association’s recently formed team of runners, The New Gorbals Harriers, took on and completed the Edinburgh Half Marathon on Sunday to raise more than £4,300 for their two chosen charities.

A new demonstration house which could make home life easier for those living with dementia was launched at the BRE Innovation Park in Ravenscraig yesterday.

Steve Kell Hillcrest Housing Association has appointed Steve Kell to the newly created post of head of housing on an 18 month contract.

Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA) has received planning permission to convert the former Carnegie Library in Coatbridge into residential flats. With the help of Historic Environment Scotland (HES) funding, the Association will retain and develop the front part of the building in Academy Street

Councillor Roger Saxon Anyone who wants to rent a council or housing association house in Thurso now has greater choice as homes are now being allocated through ‘Choice Based Lettings’.

Tigh Na Croit A low energy home in the Highlands designed by HLM Architects has been announced as a finalist in the Rural category for the 2016 UK Passivhaus Awards.

Plans to build up to 1,350 homes as part of a £1 billion ‘Garden District’ to the west Edinburgh have cleared another planning hurdle. Developer Murray Estates’ plan is for the first phase of a 675-acre ‘Garden District’ on a 54-hectare site next to Royal Bank of Scotland’s Edinburgh he

Richard Lambert Almost half of private landlords in Scotland have had one of their properties abandoned by tenants, according to a UK landlord association.

The independent review which proposed a package of measures to change Scotland’s planning system has been welcomed by Fife Council. The local authority has long called for an overhaul of the system to enable communities to have a greater say and provide a more effective system and yesterday it sai

The WLHP team, including area housing manager, Alan Glasgow (centre-right), are presented with their Dementia Friendly Communities badge by Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Advisor for Bathgate, Cherie Raby (centre-left) A housing association based in Bathgate is going the extra mile to help vulnerable c

As part of its commitment to help tenants get online, Link Group Limited is the first housing association in the UK to sign up for a service which provides an affordable way for tenants to buy technology. Run by BT and Freedom Tech, the Tech4All scheme means tenants can purchase an Android tablet, W

Energy provider Extra Energy has delivered the worst performance of complaints ever recorded by Citizens Advice. The charity’s latest league table of energy company complaints, which measures how effectively customer complaints are dealt with by energy companies, show that Extra Energy has deliver

Paul Stewart Paul Stewart blogs about his experiences volunteering on Shelter Scotland’s Digital Advice Team.