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The Scottish Housing Regulator has extended its statutory intervention at Thistle Housing Association to ensure the landlord continues to address "longstanding governance and management weaknesses" and oversee the delivery of the proposed transfer of its homes to Sanctuary Scotland. Last year,

Robin Hill has commenced his new role to succeed Simon Mountford as the new chair of the board at Scottish Borders Housing Association. A solicitor with over 30 years’ experience in the legal professions across a diverse range of environments, Mr Hill is stepping into the role a

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has released a new paper on housing with care and support provided by housing associations. Housing Scotland: Models of housing with care and support sets out existing successful community models as well as key

Easthall Park Housing Co-operative has looked back over the 28 years of service of director John McMorrow as he announced his resignation to take up the post as chief executive of Melville Housing Association. John joined Easthall Park back in 1992 and was one of the very first e

More than 50 suppliers have won a place on a major new consultancy framework which aims to support the delivery of state-of-the-art new schools, early years centres, sports facilities and affordable homes across Edinburgh.

Housing Options Scotland (HOS) has revealed how it dealt with the new struggles arising from the coronavirus pandemic. The charity offers free and impartial advice to vulnerable citizens to help them find somewhere to live.

Members of the Highland Council approved its response to the Scottish Government's consultation on the proposals for short-term lets in Scotland. The council's response was submitted by the October 16 deadline following consultation with the chairs of the tourism and licensing committees.

Cruden Group has welcomed a "robust" set of results in which it reported its 21st consecutive year of profit.

Lovell Homes has submitted a detailed planning application to Glasgow City Council hoping to build 47 homes at a former B&Q site near Hogganfield Loch in the north east of Glasgow.

Neil McKay highlights the importance of social housing and building communities as a key factor in helping Scotland recover from the COVID recession. A new report released by housing and social research charities demonstrates that not only could the construction of affordable and social housing help

Progress is continuing on an Aberdeen City Council project to build a heat network for part of the community of Torry which will get energy from a nearby energy from waste plant.

Airbnb has commissioned new analysis which claims that proposals from the Scottish Government to regulate short-term lets could put 17,000 jobs at risk and take almost £1 million a day out of the Scottish economy.

Ofgem has issued three suppliers with final orders compelling them to pay £15 million in outstanding payments to comply with the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme and in Feed-in Tariff (FIT) levelisation payments by 31 October 2020.   The three suppliers are Nabuh Energy Limited, Robin Ho

Easthall Park Housing Co-operative director John McMorrow is to take over as the new chief executive of Melville Housing Association. Mr McMorrow was appointed to succeed Andrew Noble from a highly competitive field of candidates and brings with him a wealth of experience from his 35 years

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) took no new statutory action to intervene in a social landlord during 2019/20 as first changes introduced under its new Regulatory Framework commenced over the same period.