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The latest new homes in a significant development programme by Rural Stirling Housing Association (RSHA) have been handed over to tenants.  Local MSP Bruce Crawford officiated at a ceremony celebrating the opening of the 23 new-build flats - the first new social housing for rent to be construct

Cube Housing Association has completed a £5 million development of 31 new homes and a local shop to bring an empty site in Dumbarton back to life. For years residents in the Castlehill area wanted to see new life breathed into a site in Carrick Terrace where the tenement homes had become unpop

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner, is to work with Social Bite co-founder Josh Littlejohn MBE on an international collaboration which aims to support thousands of homeless and displaced people around the world. During a visit by Ms Yousafzai to Social Bite’s Ves

An age exclusive apartment development in Scone which will also deliver affordable homes has been granted planning approval. The Juniper Residential development will provide a mix of 51 apartments built specifically to meet the needs of the retirement market on the site of The Wheel Inn on Angus Roa

A care at home service for older people in the Borders has received glowing results following a recent independent inspection. Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association operates the service which scored Grade 5 (very good) across the board in an inspection report published by the Care Inspectorate.

Housing Options Scotland is to tour the country to give information, advice and support to older and disabled people about their housing options. Available in all 32 local authorities in Scotland, the service is completely free and the charity does not close a case until a client is ready for them t

The Cross-Party Group on Architecture and the Built Environment is hosting an event at the Scottish Parliament to hear about the report from the Vivarium Trust which aims to kick-start a national conversation about co-housing for older people. Vivarium Trust wants more Scots to have the option of sp

SHARE has hailed the success of its 2019 annual conference which was held at Peebles Hydro on March 1-3. Developed in conjunction with past delegates, the ‘Communities not commodities’ event saw delegates have the choice of workshops covering a range of topics.

The Borderlands Partnership has welcomed the commitment in the Spring Statement and the announcement of a £345 million deal from the UK and Scottish Governments, describing the news as a ‘game changer’. The multi-million-pound funding stream comes just six months after the Borderla

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned that the prolonged uncertainty surrounding Brexit will likely further damage the Scottish housing market. Results from the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey, which came as Theresa May’s Brexit deal was thrown out of Parliame

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA), Shelter Scotland and CIH Scotland will team up to commission new research on housing supply need in Scotland post-2021. As the Scottish Government’s programme to build 50,000 new homes between 2016 and 2021 continues into its third year,

Housing organisations across Scotland are being asked to show their support for a new Technology Enabled Care in Housing Charter. Launched at the CIH Scotland Housing Festival 2019, the charter aims to help housing providers to understand, from a practical point of view, how to engage with Technolog

Dan Blake has been appointed as the new operations director at Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) with responsibility for the strategic delivery of all housing services and wider community initiatives. Working alongside customers, staff and Trustees, Dan will ensure BHA delivers integrated housi

Bield Housing & Care is celebrating after being awarded one of the most widely recognised business excellence accolades in Europe. The housing provider has scooped the European Foundation for Quality Management’s (EFQM) Committed to Excellence (C2E) Project Validation following a successfu

Homes for Scotland has repeated its call for growth across all housing tenures as an increase in new build home completions masked a drop in the private sector. Yesterday’s Quarterly Housing Statistics for Scotland revealed a 4% increase in the number of new build homes completed across all se