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A new phase of retirement homes officially opened last week at the Hugh Fraser Retirement Estate, formerly the Crookfur estate, in Newton Mearns. Wellbeing charity retailTRUST is at the forefront of the development.

Rural Housing Scotland is holding its annual conference in Birnam on February 28. In the opening session of the conference, journalist and campaigner Lesley Riddoch will be asking 'What happens if we stop managing decline in our rural areas and instead start tacking the structural obstacle

Chamberlain Bell Developments has submitted plans to Angus Council to fully restore the listed buildings at Strathmartine Hospital.

Developers have lodged plans to deliver new apartments on the site of a former Glasgow convent.

Development firm Cater Group has unveiled plans for new apartments on the site of a former bakery in Aberdeen.

The City of Edinburgh Council has paved the way for record investment in affordable homes with the setting of a new three-year budget. The council will make required savings of £35 million over the next 12 months and planned savings of around £87m over the next three years, while targeti

Eildon Housing’s plans to deliver more green homes in the Borders moved another step closer this week. The first of three Passivhaus homes at Springfield Place in St Boswells will complete in March and a further ten-home development at Westruther has secured planning permission.

Southside Housing Association has submitted plans for a 120-flat development in Pollokshields. Set to replace the existing five and six-storey 1960s blocks of flats, the properties would form phases two and three of the masterplan for the St Andrew’s Drive, Shields Road, Maxwell Drive and St J

LAR Housing Trust has completed a tendering process for its £20 million construction framework. The design and build framework, which will last for a four-year term, is split into two lots and generated considerable interest in the sector.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has reacted with “extreme disappointment” at an announcement from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that there will be no facility for the bulk transfer of rent change data via the landlord portal. With the vast majority of

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