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Crisis director of policy and external affairs Matt Downie MBE writes about progress towards recommendations for the Scottish Government regarding wide-ranging legal requirements to prevent homelessness. The Prevention Review Group met yesterday, our third meeting since we started our work in Novemb

The Housing Associations' Charitable Trust (HACT) has congratulated Barrhead Housing Association for being the first social housing organisation in Scotland to sign up to the Board Charter for Community Investment.

Accredited Living Wage employer the Kingdom Group has demonstrated its ongoing commitment to the Living Wage campaign by taking the decision to implement the latest Real Living Wage. Bill Banks, Kingdom Group chief executive, and HR officer Jillian Shepherd, supporting the ‘Making Glenrothes A

Fife Housing Group has again been recognised by The Sunday Times and Best Companies as one of the top not-for-profit employers in the country.

Kingdom Works, Kingdom Housing Association’s employability project, working in partnership with BRAG Enterprises, has recently completed its first week-long Barista Academy for nine unemployed people with an interest in working in the coffee industry. (from left) Suzanne Jamieson, Stuart Payne

An internationally renowned award has been presented to a research group whose work prompted a step-change in the UK Government’s approach to extreme disadvantage. 

North Ayrshire Council has called for the UK Government to target post-Brexit funding to regions that need it most. Responding to a Scottish Government consultation on the replacement of European Structural Funds post-Brexit, the council said fragile economies such as Ayrshire and the wider Southern

A proposal to transform Granton Waterfront into a new coastal town with 3,500 new homes has been published by the City of Edinburgh Council.

A new report has highlighted how community-controlled housing associations (CCHAs) are using a variety of social media platforms to provide a range of information to their tenants and to give tenants more choice in how they communicate with the association.

New immigration plans unveiled by the UK Government must not hamper the construction industry’s capacity to deliver on key housing projects, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has warned.

Work is officially under way to bring hundreds of new affordable homes to a key regeneration site in Glasgow’s Pollokshaws district.  (from left) Top row: (yellow jackets) Kenny Downs, finance director at Urban Union and Neil McKay, managing director at Urban Union

Construction work is under way to create the next generation of housing in Irvine. North Ayrshire Council leader Joe Cullinane (centre) as work gets under way at Dalrymple Place

South Lanarkshire Council has approved plans for 20 new council homes in Uddingston.

An expert panel from key sectors and areas of climate expertise has been appointed to progress Edinburgh’s target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. The Edinburgh Climate Commission has been co-sponsored by the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) and the City of Edinburgh Council, w

CIH Scotland has released the latest briefing in its Homes not Houses series. In the run-up to next month’s Housing Festival, the Homes not Houses briefing series has been covering the themes of the event, taking an in-depth look at how good quality homes are at the heart of everything the cou