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The financial performance of most registered social landlords (RSLs) remains strong, but challenges around increased arrears and voids as well as above-inflation rent increases remain a concern, the Scottish Housing Regulator has said. The Regulator’s director of regulation Ian Brennan was spe

Housing supply growth has varied across Scotland and a number of challenges and opportunities await the industry in coming years, according to new research from Homes for Scotland (HFS). The trade body, which represents over 200 organisations delivering the majority of the country’s new homes,

Abertay Housing Association has received partial grant funding from the Scottish Government to extend the property of a tenant with severe developmental delay.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP officially opened LAR Housing Trust's biggest housing development to date as the charity earmarked Edinburgh as a key focus for future development. Westwood House in the west end of the city is LAR’s first commercial to residential conversion and its lar

Members of Bellsmyre Housing Association's Residents’ Forum visited two housing developments in Perth to see how Caledonia Housing Association approaches regeneration and community engagement. The visits to Muirton and Newhouse Road areas gave the members, who represent the views of Bellsmyre

With the Scottish Land Commission being asked to advise the Scottish Government on the establishment of regional land use partnerships, chief executive Hamish Trench looks at what the body will need to consider. The Scottish Land Commission is shaping a coherent programme of land reform spanning urb

North Lanarkshire Council has welcomed its 700th tenants into their new home at the Calder Court housing development in Motherwell. Mr William and Mrs Morag Morton didn’t have far to travel to move into their new two-bedroom home. They made the short journey from nearby Draffen Tower, after sp

A Hanover (Scotland) sheltered housing complex in the Scottish Borders has held a party to celebrate the 35th anniversary of opening at Mercer Court in Innerleithen. Members of the Innerleithen Amateur Operatic Society entertain the residents

Naomi Eisenstadt, former independent advisor on poverty and inequality and trustee of Standard Life Foundation, will today commend the progress made by the Scottish Government on social security but will call on them to do more to put their words into action. Ms Eisenstadt will be joined by Shi

A national tech company which specialises in gas compliance software for the housing market has made a key appointment to its team as it looks to grow its presence north of the border. John McLaren joins Gas Tag from Capita and has over 30 years experience in the housing sector, working in a range o

Lettings firm Even Property, which launched just two years ago in Glasgow, has bought Capital Letters in a £250,000 deal. The new deal has resulted in Even Property more than doubling the number of managed properties on its books to over 500 across its offices in Glasgow, Stirling and Aberdeen

Swan Group is supporting this year's Shelter Scotland Sleepwalk in Glasgow on Tuesday 3rd December.

Employees of Barratt Homes East Scotland have abseiled from the Forth Rail Bridge to raise much-needed funds for its charity of the year – Rock Trust.

Housing associations and many of their subsidiaries are now subject to requests for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

The Scottish Housing Regulator is to visit ten landlords as part of a project that will result in it sharing lessons from the first round of landlord annual assurance statements. All RSLs and local authorities were required to submit an annual assurance statement by October 31 each year to confirm t