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The Scottish Housing Regulator has updated its engagement plan for Thistle Housing Association after the RSL selected Sanctuary Scotland as its preferred transfer partner. Thistle’s governing body decided the partnership would be in the best interests of its tenants and service users following

Fife Council has marked the start of construction of new council homes in Inverkeithing. Cllr Judy Hamilton on site with (from left) Debbie Ford (Fife Council) Pauline Mills (Taylor Wimpey) Helen Wilkie (Fife Council) Kenny Gorman (Taylor Wimpey) and Abby Kelman (Taylor Wimpey)

Scottish Borders Council is undertaking urgent repair works to the Jed Water flood defence in Jedburgh following damage caused during the recent stormy weather.

Hundreds of housing associations from every part of the UK have come together to launch an ambitious innovation programme to tackle the biggest challenges in the sector.

Dr Yoric Irving-Clarke from the CIH policy and practice team takes a look at the launch of the Centre for Homelessness Impact’s updated SHARE framework. Last week saw the launch of the updated SHARE framework (a summary of the centre's vision for ending homelessness) and the addition of a suit

Benefit claimants are getting less money in real terms than they were when Universal Credit was introduced in 2013, according to calculations made by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

Dundee City Council could be faced with making savings of £16.8 million to achieve a balanced budget for the financial year 2020-21.

Scottish youth homelessness charity Rock Trust has invited people to enter the gritty world of 1920s flat caps, con-artists and fortune tellers, at their Speakeasy Charity Dinner.

North east-based Phil Anderson Financial Services has donated £1,000 to Aberdeen Cyrenians after it matched a donation made by Skipton Building Society.

Residents in New Luce, Wigtownshire, are the first in Scotland to benefit from a programme to provide 4G to areas with no mobile coverage from any operator.

The first phase of Oak Tree Housing Association’s ambitious plan to deliver 200 affordable homes across Greenock has been completed with the opening of Auchmead Road.

Home Group Scotland’s Springburn Way, a £5.6 million regeneration project in the inner-city district of Springburn, has been nominated for Affordable Housing Development of the Year in the Scottish Housing Awards.

A tenant participation group at Castlehill Housing Association has devised a pilot initiative to help residents at one of its sheltered housing schemes get online. Tenants attend a digital training session with CaRTO representative Colin Stewart

Lochfield Park Housing Association has hosted two successful fundraising events for this year's chosen charity MacMillan Cancer Support. Every year, the Association hosts a variety of events and donates the funds raised to a chosen charity.

Highlighting the energy strategy behind making Shawfair as sustainable as possible, James Palmer said the project can become an exemplar for others to follow. In 2005 Apple launched the iPod Nano, mobile phones were used for making calls, and Al Gore began working on his documentary, “An Incon