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Cloch Housing Association has announced a four-year contract with MPS. Previously known as Mitie, the new contractor will handle most of Cloch’s reactive maintenance and voids work across the social landlord’s stock of 1,390 properties and the associated common areas.

Taylor Wimpey has “acknowledged concerns” raised by customers regarding the durability of mortar on a development in the Scottish Borders. The housebuilder said it has identified “a robust technical solution” to the problem and will remediate the homes in Peebles “as so

East Renfrewshire Council has agreed funding for the first new council houses in the area for a generation as part of its budget plan for 2019/20. The funding for 240 new council homes forms part of a significant investment worth a total of £212 million in a range of ambitious infrastructure p

New social enterprise Total Homes Co-operative is to host a launch event in Glasgow. Described as “the circular solution in housing”, Total Homes is a household goods collection service with a difference; collecting, recycling, upcycling and reusing furniture and household items from hou

A public forum is being held to discuss the designation of Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) under Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation. Organisers said the Scottish Public Information Forum (SPIF) is an opportunity for rights holders and duty bearers to meet and discuss access to information i

A Holyrood committee is looking for a wide range of views on the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. The Scottish Parliament’s public audit and post-legislative scrutiny committee launched a public consultation on the Act following concerns about compliance an

Around 250 people have responded to a South Lanarkshire Council consultation exercise on the Local Development Plan (SLLDP) 2. Together they raised 502 ‘valid’ points of representation including objections to, and support for, a broad range of the draft policies and proposals. These have

Scotland’s largest landlord membership organisation has called on the UK Government to scrap legislation which makes landlords responsible for checking the immigration status of tenants, after the High Court in London ruled the law was in breach of human rights legislation. Under the ‘Ri

Housing co-ops create safer and stronger communities which offer cheaper rents and more power to tenants and action is needed to encourage more of them in Scotland, according to a new report. With 150,000 people on council house waiting lists, Scotland has just 11 registered housing co-ops, com

Queens Cross Housing Association has made it on to the Sunday Times list of the best UK employers. The Glasgow social landlord was named as one of the best employers in the country in the not-for-profit category.

A former top pupil at an iconic Govan school has responded to Elderpark Housing’s appeal for help. Elderpark asked its community to share its memories of the Hills Trust School which is to become new offices for the Association.

Work is now underway on Phase 4 of Berwickshire Housing Association’s Todlaw development in Duns which will create another 27 energy efficient and affordable homes. This is the final phase of the Todlaw project which, when completed, will have provided a total of 87 new homes.

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has announced plans to open 16 new sites creating 3,400 new homes across Scotland during the course of 2019. In addition to its home building programme, Barratt will also continue to increase its investment in land, as it looks to acquire and develop up to

Harper Macleod has unveiled it is approaching a landmark £500 million in Scottish housing association funding deals after the law firm announced a series of new investments. Led by partner Derek Hogg and senior associate Collette Miller in February the firm’s housing team advised on and

The Scottish Government has launched a £50 million fund to help boost town centres. The Town Centre Fund, which has been set up in partnership with COSLA, is supporting councils to ensure their high streets are more diverse, sustainable and successful in the face of changing and evolving retai