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Scotland's largest social landlord, Glasgow Housing Association, has been awarded one of Europe’s most prestigious prizes for business excellence. The Association received the European Foundation for Quality Management’s 2017 Global Excellence Award at a ceremony in Madrid.

MPs have called on the UK government to reduce the waiting period for the first Universal Credit payment to a maximum of one month after saying that “no proper justification” has been offered for the minimum six week term currently in place. An urgent, unanimous report published by the Commons W

David Bookbinder The UK government’s U-turn on imposing the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap to supported housing and the wider social housing sector is to be welcomed but we are not out of the woods yet, says David Bookbinder.

Kirkwood Homes is to resurrect plans for 150 new homes in Dundee following changes to the local development plan. Dundee City Council’s development management committee rejected an initial bid for the Balgillo Heights development at Linlathen Village in Broughty Ferry, which had been recommended f

News that a project supporting prisoners before they’re released, including offering housing advice, has cut re-offending emphasises the difference a home can make to us all. The report from Throughcare shows that of the prisoners who got advice, 78% didn’t go back to prison within two years of

Tenants have another opportunity to participate and get involved in their housing service by coming along and being part of our North Lanarkshire Council’s annual tenants’ conference. The conference is taking place on Saturday, 4 November, at Airdrie Academy, from 9am – 12.30pm. It’s an exce

Kate Webb Adopting a bunker mentality is flawed when credible warnings are stacking up, says Kate Webb.

More than 3,000 new homes were registered in Scotland between July and September, a 50% increase compared with the same period last year, new figures have revealed. The National House-Building Council (NHBC) said a total of 3,056 homes were registered by builders during Q3 this year, up from 2,033 d

More fibre broadband has gone live across the Highlands and Islands thanks to the £428 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband roll-out. More than 800,000 premises across Scotland can now receive fibre broadband through the programme, with the technology going live in places like Lairg, Melvic

Elderpark Housing Association is rightly proud of the work we do building new and affordable homes for the people of Govan, however, we are equally proud of the work we do building our community and helping make Govan such a great place to live. What We Do

The UK government has dropped proposals to impose the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap to supported housing and the wider social housing sector following widespread criticism of the policy. Due to come into force for social tenants in April 2019, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) proposals

Housing minister Kevin Stewart (left) and Craig Sanderson, chief executive of Link Group Ltd (right) join Abbey Place residents and Councillor Marie McGurk, convener of Renfrewshire Council's communities, housing and planning policy board (black suit). Older people will have greater access to afford

Plans have been submitted for a new energy centre at Queens Quay which developers say could make Clydebank become the “greenest town in Scotland”. The proposed facility for the District Heat Network will form part of the first phase of development at the £250 million regeneration project on the

Scottish not-for-profit energy supplier Our Power has launched a Social Purpose Bond which it says will allow it to increase its market share and deliver its social impact. The Edinburgh-based company has secured £10 million to date in debt finance and is bringing a three-year, unsecured bond via t

Ben Wray After Homes for Scotland moved to clarify claims it was “anti social housing” for calling for a wider focus on housebuilding in Scotland, Ben Wray from think-tank Common Weal provides his own reaction.