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A £70 million investment in economic growth for Argyll and Bute will be used to fund affordable housing for key workers with the formal signing of the area’s rural growth deal today.

CIH has issued a good practice note which highlights some examples from across the UK of how housing organisations are supporting homeschooling.

Wheatley Group’s fuel advice service has helped tenants save over £1 million on their energy bills over the past year. The service offers expert support for tenants to help reduce gas and electricity bills and keep homes warm.

Wellhouse Housing Association (WHA) is working to help local residents stay warm this winter by sharing £1,000 among those unable to heat their homes. In a bid to reduce fuel poverty and ensure occupants are comfortable in their own homes, the community-led housing association based in greater

A child from Forth Valley with a passion for creative art has designed a new logo for Bield to use throughout its anniversary celebration.

Angus Council has appointed MPS to manage the maintenance of council homes in the region.

Families have started to benefit from a 2019 financial inclusion initiative run by Highland Council’s Health Visiting Service and Welfare Team. In 2019, the team was invited to join other organisations from across Scotland to be involved in a national financial inclusion improvement project to

Quicker response times, improved evidence gathering and working directly with communities are amongst proposals made by Fife Council's Housing Services to tackle antisocial behaviour throughout the Kingdom. Recommendations have been made to invest an additional £320,000 to recruit additional s

A landlord who did not secure the deposit from two Glasgow students has been ordered to pay them £2,800 after a tribunal ruling. Ajitpal Dhillon was taken to a housing tribunal by Laura Pollock and Rhona MacKintosh following a dispute over an Argyle Street flat.

Legislation to increase the transparency of land ownership in Scotland has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament. The Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land regulations pave the way for the creation of a public database that will provide key information about those wh

The Scottish housing market began 2021 on a weaker footing, despite the sector being allowed to remain open during the current lockdown, with Scottish surveyors reporting activity lower than in December, according to the January 2021 Residential Market Survey from RICS.

With spring nearly among us, green spaces across Inverclyde will once again play a central role in helping to support local communities during another lockdown.

The decision by the UK Government to freeze Local Housing Allowance rates could put tenancies at risk across Scotland, housing minister Kevin Stewart has warned. Mr Stewart has written to the UK Government his expressing disappointment at secretary of state for pensions Thér&eg

Cairn Housing Group has appointed Sean Connor as their new director of customer services to complete a reshaped executive team.  Mr Connor will join Cairn in April from Wheatley Group, and will lead an ambitious team with responsibility for delivering modern, customer focussed services across S

Tenants of Grampian Housing Association will have their rents frozen for the next year following the decision of the Association’s board not to apply a rent increase on the 1 April 2021. The freeze will also apply to service charges and owners’ management fees. Tenants and othe