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Homes NOT JUST houses was not only SHARE’s 32nd annual conference but also a celebration of 25 years at Peebles Hydro Hotel. The hotel has changed quite a bit over the years but some of their staff were actually in attendance for all 25 events. The hotel knows SHARE and their delegates well and th

CALA Homes (West) has commenced a new housing development at Birdston Road on the southern edge of Milton of Campsie. The Fin Glen development – which comprises 43 detached homes – will be constructed to complement the area’s existing features on a 3.2 hectare site to the north of Lillyburn Nu

George Fraser, chief executive of Tulloch Homes outside a development in Inverness A "robust" residential property market has helped housebuilder Tulloch Homes to maintain its consistent progress.

Even through the bad weather the other week, Kingdom Housing Association still managed to hand over 10 new properties for mid market rent at Law View, Leven.

People are putting their lives on hold as they struggle to save towards their ‘dream home’, new research from Nationwide has revealed. Almost nine in ten (86%) people living in their first home think it is harder now than a decade ago to make the jump to their second home, according to the build

Scots have raised over £15,000 for people affected by homelessness a Big Sleep Out for national homeless charity Bethany Christian Trust. The Big Sleep Out, which was held on Friday at two locations in Edinburgh (outside the City Chambers) and Glasgow (City Chambers in George Square), attracted doz

CIH Scotland has warned that there should be “no room for complacency” about meeting the Scottish Government’s target of delivering 50,000 new affordable homes by 2021 as it unveiled key findings from its annual UK Housing Review. On the key issue of housing supply, the report outlines a “mi

A think-tank has urged the Scottish Government to end Help to Buy subsidies after it was revealed that three executives at housebuilder Persimmon were paid in excess of £100 million last year in a bonuses scheme linked to the policy. An annual report published by Persimmon revealed that chief execu

Jimmy Black, former Housing Convener at Dundee City Council, has been campaigning to stop the demolition of historic tenements in Blackness Road. Previously he wrote that a consultation exercise had been misreported to councillors. Now he says Freedom of Information has thrown up new contradictions.

Launch of the Scottish Ethnic Minority Older Peoples Forum in The Burns Room at the Scottish Parliament A new Forum has been created to engage with, encourage and support ethnic minority older people to become effective leaders and advocates for themselves, their families and their communities.

Fanchea Kelly The chief executive of Blackwood has paid tribute to staff who went ‘the extra mile’ to ensure that vital services continued during the ‘Beast from the East’.

The streets of Leith were transformed into outdoor art galleries this month as the Window Wanderland concept visited the area for the first time. The event was organised by Port of Leith Housing Association’s (PoLHA) subsidiary company Quay Community Improvements (Quay) which enabled community gro

Shiskine residents Babs Jackson (left) and Helen Donald with the new iPads Maryhill Housing has delivered a wi-fi boost to residents at a retirement housing complex in yet another helping hand for the community.

Over 17,200 wheelchair users in Scotland do not have a suitable home and this unmet need is set to increase by 80% by 2024, according to new research. A major new report published by Horizon Housing Association and North Star Consulting and Research estimates that there are 87,340 wheelchair users i

(from left) Jamie McLean (general manager at Mactaggart & Mickel Contracts), Margaret Vass (chair of Rural Stirling Housing Association), Stirling Councillor Robert Davies, Margaret Harrison (chair of Killearn Community Council) and Donna Birrell (CEO of Rural Stirling Housing Association) New a