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There has been a drastic increase in the number of elderly people seeking help for homelessness since 2012-13, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals.

To celebrate Scottish Housing Day, Kingdom Housing Association bounced into action at The Henge in Glenrothes with an extra special tenant roadshow.

Lochfield Park Housing Association has raised £903.38 for MacMillan Cancer Support by hosting the "World's Biggest Coffee Morning". The coffee morning was held by the housing association on the 11th of September.

Osprey Housing Group has raised nearly £600 for the Trussell Trust by hosting a football fundraising event with members of the local community in Aberdeenshire. A surprise guest appearance from Aberdeen FC on-loan mascot Angus the Bull ensured great support for a fun-filled charity football ma

To celebrate Scottish Housing Day 2019 yesterday, Melville Housing Association released a short film made with the help of tenants. The film takes a look at a new concept for social housing which is currently being developed by Melville and has been named social co-housing.

Barratt Homes East Scotland has raised over £80,000 for homelessness charity Rock Trust at its inaugural charity dinner. Rock Trust was chosen at the start of 2019 as Barratt Homes East Scotland's charity of the year. The organisation has been fundraising in aid of them over the last year and

The population of the Scottish islands are showing signs of increasing after years of decline, the BBC reports.

Scotland's property market has experienced price rises of 1.4%, almost five times the rate of growth in England, the latest provisional statistics from the UK House Price Index (HPI) show. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland rose by 0.7 per cent between June 2019 and July 201

Ardenglen Housing Association has welcomed Richard Mahon as a new member of its Board of Management. Mr Mahon is a finance professional and keen supporter of the housing association movement. He has over 10 years of experience covering audit, finance control, reporting and planning, most recently in

Kingdom Housing Association held its AGM on Monday evening and celebrated the success of the association during its 40th anniversary year. Kingdom Housing Association tenants, members and guests gathered at Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline for the AGM.

Ron Hunter, director of finance and IT at Caledonia Housing Association, is stepping down on 20 September following a distinguished 34-year career in the social housing sector. Born and brought up in Fife, Mr Hunter studied accounting and agriculture in Dundee and Edinburgh. He joined the – th

A new report calling for the incorporation of human rights legislation in Scotland so everyone has access to a safe, affordable home has been published to mark Scottish Housing Day.

CALA, Barratt and Bellway Homes have outlined a blueprint for 600 new homes on the land at Dykebar Hospital in Paisley.

Glasgow-based AS Homes has submitted plans to transform a former First Bus depot into new homes in Glasgow's East End.

A new report commissioned by Homes for Scotland (HFS) has revealed the wider value created by building the homes Scotland requires. The report, launched today and entitled The Value of Residential Development, shows that each new home built in Scotland supports four jobs across the economy, ove