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West Dunbartonshire Council’s homelessness service will be working around the clock this Christmas to ensure nobody is left out in the cold. As well as their usual office hours, the teams will provide 24-hour assistance, advice and support to anybody who finds themselves homeless over the fest

Our final instalment of the 30 most read stories of 2018 contains more developments, a topical blog and a story on Airbnb.

South Ayrshire Council is working with partners to deliver approximately 1,000 new affordable homes across the region by 2021. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) outlines that Scottish Government funding of around £62.5 million for 2019-2023, will be used along with council and priva

Kingdom Support and Care CIC (KSC) has achieved the prestigious Silver Accreditation from Investors in People (IiP). KSC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingdom Housing Association and has been operating as an independent organisation since April 2017.

A tenant who was facing eviction has been granted a stay of execution after Elderpark Housing Association decided against proceeding with an appeal case. Elderpark was granted Decree when it raised a court action for recovery of possession due to rent arrears accrued by the tenant, who was livi

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has successfully secured a decree for eviction against a convicted drug dealer at Oban Sherriff Court. The party concerned was an ACHA tenant, living in one of the Association’s properties in Miller Road, Oban, next to Oban High School. The eviction

A brand new social housing development has been completed in Kilwinning by Cunninghame Housing Association (CHA) and CCG (Scotland) Ltd. The site was previously owned by North Ayrshire Council and CHA acquired the site from the council in March 2016.

Osprey Housing has completed a deal to provide its first ever homes in Monymusk. In partnership with a local developer the housing association is building five three-bed properties in the village, which represents another milestone in its highly successful development programme across Aberdeenshire

Hillhead Housing Association has successfully gained National Standards accreditation for the provision of Information and Advice for our welfare rights service. The Scottish Legal Aid Board conducted a review of the Association on behalf of the Scottish Government as part of the accreditation/reacc

Housing officers from Link brought festive cheer to six families across Edinburgh last week by submitting a successful application to Forth One’s Cash for Kids Mission Christmas campaign. The housing officers chose six families at random, all of whom were experiencing financial difficulties.

Glen Oaks Housing Association produced a Christmas cracker of a surprise for the children of its tenants this week. A realistic-looking grotto was created and proved a huge hit with kids. And like anyone who visits Santa in his grotto, everyone got a gift.

Artwork designed by pupils from Merkinch Primary School has been incorporated as part of the finishing touches to a £6 million plus project to create new homes in Inverness.   The P1 and P4 pupils jumped at the chance to get creative and draw images of iconic landmarks around the city. Th

Bo’ness tenants were treated to a real festive cracker this year as they celebrated at their annual Christmas party.    Tenants at Bield’s Dean Court Retirement Housing development took part in a day of festivities, donning party hats and indulging in a lavish three-course meal

A&J Stephen has submitted plans for the first phase of a housing development on the edge of Scone. The developer wants to build the first 42 homes on the west side of the Scone North site, which will eventually be home to 700 new properties.

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has repeated its call for the UK Government to suspend its Right to Buy policy after new figures revealed less than a third of homes sold since 2012 have been replaced. Figures released yesterday by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government sh