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(from left) Turner Property Services Rhona Cameron (customer services manager) and the Turner Property Services joiner and plumber appointed to the area, along with Samantha King, Iain Turner and Laura McPhail from Bellsmyre Housing Association Bellsmyre Housing Association has commenced a new partn

The tenant of the 1000th new council house was presented with the keys to her new home by Councillor Stephen Curran, cabinet member for customer and housing services Midlothian Council has outlined plans to deliver more affordable homes to meet increased demand as councillors agreed to raise housing

Council leader Councillor Lawrence Fitzpatrick A long-term financial plan that will focus on priority areas such as schools, social care and services for vulnerable people and begin to bridge a £65 million budget gap over the next five years has been agreed by West Lothian Council.

Council leader Shona Haslam More than £294 million is proposed to be spent on infrastructure throughout the Borders over the next ten years as part of a draft financial plan from the local authority.

Kelly Sleight By Kelly Sleight, a solicitor in the Housing team at law firm Harper Macleod

Chairman Norton Bertram-Smith (left) congratulates Peter Kennedy The vice chairman of Grampian Housing Association has become the organisation’s first voluntary Board member to achieve a new qualification in housing.

The former Plantation Quay and Princes’ Dock Basin, on the southern bank of the Clyde, could be transformed into a new residential development of 203 homes if planning permission is granted. Stewart Milne Homes has submitted a planning application for a residential development comprising apartment

Lintel Trust’s annual fundraising music event is back. This time celebrating the decades that style forgot. Look out your flares, platforms, neon brights and leg warmers in preparation to dance the night away to 70s and 80s music provided by some of Scottish housing's finest musical talent includi

(from left) Back row: Steven Sweeney, Gerry Jamieson, Daniel Quinn, Veronica Mitchell and Zoe McLauchlan. Standing : Coach Danny Millar, Director Joanne Casey, Coach Brian Quinn. Front row: Coached kneeling Gill Kilcullen (left) and Fred Jones (right) with players Connor Colhoun, Eddie Kirkwood, Ros

An estimated 1.17 million people live in social rented housing in Scotland, while the average rents for Scottish social housing tenants is up to 21% lower than those in England, official figures have shown. The Social Tenants in Scotland 2016 publication from Scotland’s Chief Statistician, found t

Plans to build up to 1,350 homes as part of a £1 billion ‘Garden District’ to the west Edinburgh are to be examined by ministers after the proposals were called-in by the Scottish Government. The £450m first phase of developer Murray Estates’ 675-acre ‘Garden District’ is earmarked for a

Up to 370 posts could go at Aberdeen City Council as the local authority bids to save more than £10 million in the next financial year. The council, which employs approximately 8,500 staff, has agreed to reduce the headcount of the organisation by up to 230 full time equivalent (FTE) posts, with an

A consultation on the details of the first-time buyer relief from Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) has been launched by the Scottish Government ahead of the introduction of new policy later this year. Announced in the draft Scottish Budget 2018/19, the relief will effectively raise the zero

Scotland’s local authorities continue to perform well for their communities in terms of service delivery despite a sharp reduction in their finances, according to a new report. Data contained in the Local Government Benchmarking Framework published by the Improvement Service, has found that counci

Susanne Flynn With the Scottish Government set to produce refreshed guidance on fire safety for providers of certain types of accommodation, CIH Scotland spoke to Susanne Flynn in its policy and practice team to find out what it means and who should take note.