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Kevin Stewart MSP The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has secured Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government, housing and planning, to be its opening speaker at its From Homeless to Housed Conference taking place in Edinburgh this week.

Former Leith Academy pupils Natalie Wingate and Sharon Black helped mark the opening of Hermitage Court in 1993 Port of Leith Housing Association is celebrating landmark anniversaries of not one but two sheltered housing developments which have played a big part of life in Leith for 25 years and 30

A human rights advisory group set up by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has recommended that the right to adequate housing should be included in an Act of the Scottish Parliament. The First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership published its final report yesterday with seven recommen

Clare McNally (left) and Robyn Rae from Hillcrest Hillcrest has teamed up with charity Togs for Tots to Teens to donate a sleigh-load of gifts to children suffering poverty in Dundee.

For the second year running, staff at Manor Estates Housing Association have donated Christmas-themed food, gifts and treats to the local Salvation Army food bank, in addition to providing a £100 donation to the work of this good cause. Warmly received, the donation will help families and single pe

Edinburgh has been ranked as the most livable city in the world – though it needs to address its growing inequality in housing provision if it is to maintain its standing. Research by global consultancy Arcadis found that Edinburgh’s internationally renowned status as a centre of history, cultur

Planning permission has been granted for a new 7.5-acre city centre neighbourhood in central Glasgow, Scotland’s largest build-to-rent (BTR) scheme to date. The investment partnership behind Get Living PLC has secured planning consent to transform a derelict site in the historic heart of Glasg

Wheatley chair Alastair MacNish Housing, care and property management group Wheatley has secured a ground-breaking investment of £76.5 million that will enable it to build hundreds of new affordable homes.

Donations for homeless people in Scotland topped £3.2 million as more than 10,000 people came together in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen took part in the world’s biggest sleepout on Saturday. Organised by Social Bite, participants in the Sleep in the Park event each raised a minimum of Â

Sustainable modular buildings manufacturer Carbon Dynamic has fallen into administration with the loss of 40 jobs. Carbon Dynamic, or CLDB Limited, specialised in the design and manufacture of bespoke timber modular buildings, designed to be low-energy, highly-insulated and constructed fro

Richard Sullivan and Dr Kim McKee have joined the Board of management at Cassiltoun Housing Association as co-opted Board members. Richard has 25 years’ experience in the third sector and 17 years’ professional experience in the public and private sectors.

Fiona McTaggart A financial inclusion service established by Govan Housing Association has been working hard to assist tenants and the wider community with welfare rights, money and debt advice since its formation almost a year ago.

Tenants from an Edinburgh retirement housing development have been taken back in time with a play showcasing 1950s Leith. Joined by pupils from Abbeyhill Primary School, tenants from Bield’s Gordon Court were treated to a first glimpse of the production of ‘Moonshine on Leith’ – inspired by

Ardenglen Housing Association completed its Sleep in the Park participation and received the personal thanks of Social Bite co-founder Josh Littlejohn MBE. The Ardenglen team met Josh during his whistle stop tour of Scotland’s four principal cities where thousands were taking part in the mass slee

How the block could look if it is saved from the proposed demolition A grassroots campaign working to save the two storey sandstone block on Leith Walk has unveiled its own vision of how the block could be developed rather than demolished.