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Resigning Thistle board member questions ‘over £500,000 spend’ on consultants
Nearly two years after the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) took statutory action against Thistle Housing Association, long-serving committee member Brenda Wilson has resigned from the board, saying that more than half a million pounds has been spent on consultants since the Association found itself in trouble.
Published 3 July 2020
Cunninghame Housing Association and RBS agree £15m funding agreement for new social housing
Cunninghame Housing Association has agreed a £15 million funding programme with Royal Bank of Scotland to create a new social housing programme for Ayrshire and the Borders.
Published 3 July 2020
SFHA provides weekly Social Housing Resilience Group update
The recent work of the Social Housing Resilience Group (SHRG) has been outlined in the weekly update provided by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA).
Published 3 July 2020
Regulator renews commitment to tenant and service user involvement
The Scottish Housing Regulator has published its new plan for involving tenants and service users which it said will put them at the heart of its work.
Published 3 July 2020
Aberdeen extends city centre affordable housing moratorium
A moratorium on affordable housing requirements for developments in Aberdeen city centre has been extended until June 2022.
Published 3 July 2020
Positive outlook for McTaggart Construction
McTaggart Construction has begun the second half of the year positively with several contract wins, new site starts and a senior appointment.
Published 3 July 2020
Survey: Digital exclusion and the impact of COVID-19 among Scottish social housing tenants
People working within the housing sector are being invited to participate in an online survey that is focusing on the impact that COVID-19 is having on digitally excluded social housing tenants across Scotland.
Published 3 July 2020
New COVID-19 planning guidance and advice notes unveiled
The Scottish Government has issued a raft of new planning guidance and advice notes to assist with the easing of lockdown restrictions.
Published 3 July 2020
Scottish Government overturns Dunfermline housing decision
A developer has successfully appealed to the Scottish Government after its plans for new homes next to Townhill Country Park in Dunfermline were rejected by the local authority.
Published 3 July 2020
Aberdeen approves flats plan at Greyfriars House
The demolition of a former office block in Aberdeen in favour of 140 flats moved closer this week with approval in principle agreed by councillors.
Published 3 July 2020
Kinross development plans rejected over Loch Leven sewage concerns
Perth & Kinross Council has rejected an application to expand a housing development in Kinross amid concerns that sewage water would spill into Loch Leven.
Published 3 July 2020
Scottish Government supports EU Citizens Rights Project
The Citizens Rights Project is to receive a grant of £42,810 from the Scottish Government ensuring that EU citizens in Scotland will receive increased support in the last six months of the EU Exit Transition period.
Published 3 July 2020
Planning progress for 200-home vision at Govan waterfront
Govan Housing Association’s proposal for a residential-led mixed-use regeneration of land at Water Row has been awarded planning permission in principle.
Published 2 July 2020
Decision delayed on New Gorbals flats plan
A decision into plans by New Gorbals Housing Association to deliver an eight-storey block of flats on a city gap site has been delayed by councillors.
Published 2 July 2020
Letting Agent Code of Practice: New study reveals subjective approach to compensation
A recent study conducted on behalf of the Legal Services Agency seeks to examine the valuation of compensation awards in the two years following the introduction of the Letting Agent Code of Practice. LSA volunteers and Glasgow School of Law graduates Alice Dalkin, Caitlin Perring and Marianne Wilson detail its findings.
Published 2 July 2020
