The Chapelpark transformation by Angus Council took the Housing Award The outcomes of the prestigious 2018 ‘20th Anniversary’ SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were announced last night at a celebratory presentation event in Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel.
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Highland Council’s work to continuously improve tenant participation in the region has been recognised by the Scottish Housing Regulator and the Tenant Participation Advisory Service. Members of the council’s care, learning and housing committee have welcomed the recognition received by housing
Springfield Properties has been granted planning permission for 57 new affordable homes in the Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders Council has approved the developer’s proposals to build 57 homes just off Main Street in Chirnside next to the playing fields.
Brother and sister Cody, 4, and Ellie Salmond, 2, outside their new home New West Lothian Housing Partnership (WLHP) homes have made all the difference for the Salmond family.
Company founders Graeme and Leanne Carling Two property entrepreneurs have offered to donate some of their flats to the homeless, in a unique collaboration with social enterprise Social Bite.
(from left) Blackwood resident Mary Guild, Blackwood chief executive Fanchea Kelly and Edinburgh councillor Ricky Henderson An innovative home which aims to set the model of how Edinburgh helps to transform the day-to-day lives of people with disabilities has been unveiled for the first time.
Callum Chomczuk CIH Scotland's national director Callum Chomczuk takes a look at the issue of older people's housing in Scotland and the need for more accessible housing.
A community vote into how Partick Housing Association was to distribute a grant to projects which will benefit people living in the local area has come to a close. In October, the Association was successful in securing a £20,000 grant from the Scottish Government’s Community Choices Fund; one of
Castlehill Housing Association tenant Colin Stewart has won Tenant Champion of the Year award at the Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland National Good Practice Awards 2018, which were held in Aviemore last month.
Residents at a Hanover (Scotland) sheltered housing complex in Inverurie are celebrating after their garden received a makeover following a £10,000 lottery grant and help from people in the local community. Tenants at Hanover Court were originally inspired to revitalise the development’s garden a
Cube Housing Association’s Broomhill estate in Glasgow has been given a five-star award by environmental experts at Keep Scotland Beautiful. They carried out an inspection of the high-rise blocks, tenements and open space in the area over the summer.
A new village with more than a thousand homes is being planned for a site between Dalmahoy and Ratho. Investors Inverdunning and planning consultant Clarendon intend to bring forward a masterplan for between 1,200 and 1,500 new homes and local facilities at Hatton Village on the A71.
Falkirk Council has submitted plans to deliver 24 new flats for social rent on the site of the former Torwood Primary School in Larbert. Intended to serve as a southern ‘gateway’ into the village, the development will include four blocks of terraced accommodation set in a courtyard style.
Housing association Thirteen Homes has acquired a construction company to bolster its commitment to delivering high quality housing throughout the North of England. Employing around 50 people, Hartlepool-based Gus Robinson Developments Limited delivers a wide range of construction and building servi
Nick Hankey, chief operating officer for SafeDeposits Scotland, Victoria Smith, operations manager at SafeDeposits Scotland, and Daryl McIntosh, strategic development manager at Propertymark Scotland and Northern Ireland with (from left) Nick Hankey; Fraser Johnston; Carol Bradburn; Daryl McIntosh;