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A campaign which is sponsored by seventeen housing organisations in England and supported by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has sought to challenge negative perceptions that impact upon social housing tenants and launched a new guide for people in the media. Fair Press for Tenants seeks to

The Turf House on the Isle of Skye. Image credit: Nigel Rigden A new book is being published this month celebrating the many ways in which different timber technologies have been used in residential design and construction over the last 10 years and the technical innovations that are now shaping the

Not-for-profit energy supplier Our Power has launched a new low-cost 12 month fixed-term tariff. This new tariff is available to everyone to switch to and is priced to be within the top ten lowest tariffs in Scotland. The fixed rate tariff is available now and will go live on 1st October – custome

Giving local councils the power to tax the 20,000 football pitches’ worth of vacant and derelict land in Scotland could generate £200 million a year to build affordable homes and tackle the housing crisis, according to research by the Scottish Greens. The report published today by Andy Wightman M

(from left) Stuart Ward, Secured by Design national Designing Out Crime manager; Kingdom Housing Association chair, Freya Lees; Police Scotland Divisional Commander, Colin Gall and Kingdom Group chief executive, Bill Banks A Police Scotland study has found that the 3,000 homes built to Secured by De

A dossier detailing a catalogue of concerns from landlords, councils and charities regarding Universal Credit has been handed to a parliamentary inquiry investigating the programme as pressure mounts on ministers to halt its continued roll-out. With the accelerated roll-out of the new system just we

(from left) West Lothian Council leader, Councillor Lawrence Fitzpatrick; WLHP chair John M Hill, and Councillor George Paul, West Lothian Council’s executive councillor for services to the community Work has started on almost 100 homes for social rent in a sought-after development on the outskirt

Work starts at the former Alexandra Primary School site in Airdrie Construction is underway on the site of two former school sites in North Lanarkshire as the council continues it delivery of new homes across the region.

A massive reduction in UK government grants to social landlords in England is responsible for the deep fall in the construction of social housing over the past seven years, according to the National Housing Federation. The Federation, which represents housing associations, social landlords to over 2

Fanchea Kelly Blackwood Homes and Care is putting a sporting twist on its annual general meeting by hosting various events from powerchair football to wheelchair basketball to promote the importance of health and wellbeing.

David Domoney presenting the award to project members at the Eckford Street site Shettleston Housing Association’s community partner, the Shettleston Community Growing Project, has been announced as National Winner of Cultivation Street 2017.

Stirling Tenants Assembly organised a family fun day at the Council Chambers to raise awareness of Scottish Housing Day 2017. The event, held in association with Stirling Council’s Housing Service, hosted a range of activities, including the council play bus, face painting, caricature drawing and

A bid to deliver affordable homes at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh has failed after NHS Lothian reached an agreement with property developer Downing Group for the sale of the site. The deal, which is believed to be in the region of £20 million, will see the Liverpool-based devel

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that Scotland’s new social security agency will be headquartered in Dundee, bringing hundreds of jobs to the city. The new agency will also have a site in Glasgow, with the two locations together creating at least 1,500 jobs split evenly between the two

Glasgow City Council has set aside almost £50 million to bring up to 500 properties under public ownership as a newspaper investigation revealed many homes to be in a state of squalor and landlords with serious criminal convictions. In the past nine months, a total of 22 landlords with millions of