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Pineview Housing Association has achieved Silver accreditation from Investors in People in recognition of its dedication to its employees. Achieving Investors in People accreditation also demonstrates a solid foundation of good practice which remains challenging and aspirational for many organisatio

Plans are in the pipeline to develop more than 300 affordable homes on a vacant site near Aberdeen Airport. The Evening Express has reported that First Endeavour LLP is to submit a proposal of application notice to Aberdeen City Council to build the homes near the BP garage site on Riverview Drive,

Pauline McNeill MSP Scottish Labour is maintaining its recent push for the cost of private renting to be controlled with new analysis which reveals that the cost of private rented accommodation in Scotland is rising faster than workers’ wages over the last five years.

Alan Brown Alan Brown has announced his intention to retire as chief executive at CALA Homes after 32 years at the company.

Peter McAninch laying the first bricks in Bertha Park Springfield Properties has laid the first-set of blocks for the initial phase of homes at its 3,000-home development at Bertha Park in Perth.

The UK’s first vending machine which gave out free food and clothes to homeless people has been removed following a trial. Launched in Nottingham last November by charity Action Hunger, the machine stocked items such as fruit, socks and toothpaste.

David Bookbinder The benefits and costs of installing sprinklers in social housing need to be weighed against the many other pressures on the rents tenants pay, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).

Cadder Housing Association has welcomed the results of a comprehensive independent assessment of its compliance against the Scottish Housing Regulator’s regulatory standards of governance and financial management. The review by the Indigo House Group showed that the Association scored highly i

The new Customer Connections team A new service has been launched at Cloch Housing Association which offers a one stop shop service for its customers.

A think-tank has called on policy makers to radically reform the private rental sector to make it fit for raising children and retirement after a new report found that a generation of young people face the prospect of never owning their own home. Published today by the Resolution Foundation, Home Im

New research has revealed the often devastating impact that a threat to someone’s home can have on their mental health. Analysis of national data by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute found that over a million UK adults are both struggling with their mental health and housing costs - wit

A planning application for homes near Edinburgh Zoo could be called in by ministers after concerns were raised that noise from the building site could disturb the zoo's pandas. Developers Sundial Dundas Corstorphine have applied for permission for the 78-home redevelopment of the nearby Corstorphine

Plans to bring new housing to the Whitfield area of Dundee as part of a “major regeneration initiative” commenced last week. Local developer, DJ Laing Homes has returned to the area to start work on their latest development and follow the success of the 200 homes they built previously in Ballumb

Housing providers have a vital role to play in helping victims of domestic abuse and holding perpetrators to account, new research by national domestic abuse charity SafeLives and housing association Gentoo has found. Every year, nearly 2 million people in the UK experience domestic abuse. Seven wom

More than 95% of Scotland’s homes and businesses are now able to connect to fibre broadband. The rollout has been delivered through the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) project, with a total contribution of £280 million from across the public sector in Scotland.