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Cordale Housing Association has achieved the Customer Service Excellence Standard Hallmark in recognition for meeting the needs of its tenants. The Customer Service Excellence is a highly regarded quality framework that supports the delivery of services that meet individual needs and preferences.

The Fife village of Saline has recognised its popular former minister by naming a street after him in the latest Kingdom Housing Association project where 55 new homes have been built in a £7 million project. The local community overwhelmingly voted to honour the late Reverend Alexander '

Families across Dundee, Angus, Fife, Perth and Kinross and Edinburgh were given a welcome boost this Easter thanks to Hillcrest Housing Association and Thorntons Solicitors. Colleagues and the general public have been donating Easter eggs and chocolates to be gifted to families through local foodban

The ability to feel “at home” has a significant impact on people’s health and wellbeing, an academic study has found. Experts at the University of Stirling, who studied 75 tenants living in rented properties in Glasgow over a year, concluded that being able to settle in to a new te

Campaigners on the island of Arran hope to be the first community organisation in Scotland to use government funds to build dozens of affordable homes for local workers. The Arran Economic Group (AEG) wants to develop dozens of homes on the island that will be allocated according to economic rather

A former Robertson Homes employee has been welcomed back and given the top job in the North region. Tim Metcalfe spent twelve years at the firm before a brief sojourn elsewhere.

Glasgow’s first significant city centre build-to-rent (BTR) housing development will be delivered in the heart of Merchant City this summer. Property investment, letting and management specialist Tay Letting has been appointed to market the Candleriggs Court development.

Mike Bruce suggests an alternative headline for Scottish Housing News, and offers an informative look at the question of board remuneration in the process. Reading the recent article in which Kelly Adams of RSM considers the question of payment for board members in our sector, I was struck by just h

The link between housing and health will be underlined by leading academic and former chief medical officer for Scotland, Prof. Sir Harry Burns, who has been confirmed as a new speaker at ‘Ramping Up’, the Housing First Scotland Conference, on 22 May in Edinburgh. Health’s relation

The Investors in People (IIP) accreditation for Manor Estates Housing Association has been updated from Silver to Gold following a rigorous assessment process. Assessed as meriting Silver status in 2016, the Association and its staff have worked hard to further develop engagement practices, career a

West Dunbartonshire-based social landlord Clydebank Housing Association (CHA) is to host a ‘smart heat’ knowledge sharing conference in June. The latest in the Smart Social Housing series of events, ‘Making Sense of Sensors’ will focus on the rise of smart heating and web ena

TIS Scotland has revealed the shortlist for its annual awards which recognise excellence in everything from, partnership working and scrutiny practice, to digital innovation and community regeneration. The TIS National Excellence Awards: Inspire to achieve, in association with the Scottish Governmen

The Scottish Government has published a consultation on adding new categories to the definition of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO). The consultation paper is seeking views on adding new categories to the definition of an HMO in relation to accommodation that contract and transient workers stay i

Members of the newly formed Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre hosted a wonderful afternoon at Hawthorn Bowling Club as part of continued efforts to integrate with community members. The event was a huge success with members of the community coming along, as well as ng homes board members.

A decision on plans by the Trump Organisation to build hundreds of new homes in Aberdeenshire has once again been delayed by the local authority. Aberdeenshire Council said a planning application for 550 homes at the Menie Estate, near Balmedie, will now be considered later this year following the r