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Glen Oaks Housing Association has embarked on a new planned maintenance programme in the south side of Glasgow with a suite of window replacements for up to 480 properties. Undertaking these works are CCG Asset Management (CCG AM), the planned maintenance division of CCG (Scotland) Ltd with extensiv

As new research reveals the extent of hidden homelessness across Scotland, Nationwide Building Society is making £250,000 available to help make a difference in communities. The Society is urging its members to vote for which projects should receive a grant of up to £50,000, with polling due to cl

Kevin Cordell Council house tenants in Dundee have given their landlords the thumbs-up in a recent survey in a performance bettering the Scottish average.

Affordable homes builder Clyde Homes Limited is on the move to new manufacturing premises. The company, which builds a range of affordable and bespoke homes to customer’s requirements, is increasing manufacturing capacity for its factory built homes and moving to new premises in Coatbridge after a

(from left) Calum Murray (director – CCG), Cllr Rashid Hussain, Pat Cahill (director – Sanctuary Scotland), Thomas Burrows (apprentice – CCG), Richard Smith (plumber – CCG), David Paterson (apprentice – CCG), Humza Yousaf MSP, David McMahon (site manager – CCG) Local residents are buildi

National housing agency Homes England has announced strategic partnerships with eight housing associations to deliver 14,280 additional affordable homes by March 2022. The deals include homes for social rent in areas of high affordability pressure, with the funding available boosted by the UK govern

Join a team from RICS Scotland as they walk 154km from Milngavie to Fort William along the world famous West Highland Way. The walk will take five days so we will be camping for four nights along the trail at well-established sites.

A bulk uplift service has been carried out by Paisley Housing Association Community based housing associations are increasingly stepping in to provide environmental and other services which may be replacing services previously carried out by the local authority, according to the Glasgow and West of

Ewan Aitken In the first of a new monthly column exclusively for Scottish Housing News, Cyrenians CEO Ewan Aitken looks back over the charity’s 50 years in operation and charts its involvement in the Social Bite Village.

(from left) Clare Ford, CEO of Quality Scotland, Deborah Taggart, Eildon’s HR manager, Jim Sanderson, Eildon’s business and performance manager & David Tanner, award ceremony host The Eildon Group has received the prestigious recognition of being given four stars through the European Foundat

The completion of Angus Council’s regeneration of Demondale in Arbroath was marked on Friday with the handover of four newly built homes in Noran Avenue. A transformation of the area has taken place over the last 12 years or so, with a succession of housing renewals and environmental improvements.

Plans by Hillcrest Housing Association to build a block of flats on the site of a car park and derelict land in Dundee city centre have been given the green light. Work on the four-storey block containing a total of 24 homes for social rent at Candle Lane will start by the end of this year.

The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) has agreed a number of changes for the new Cairngorms National Park Local Development Plan (LDP). Following a recent Main Issues Report consultation, planning manager David Berry revealed the new changes to the plan at a CNPA Planning Committee meeting l

The Rock Trust, in partnership with Almond Housing Association, has been shortlisted for a community grant of up to £50,000 from the Nationwide Building Society.

Residents at Bield's Dean Court in Bo'ness had a party in the company of kids from Kinneil School Nursery on Thursday to celebrate the Fair 'een It was celebrations all round last week as tenants at a Bo’ness housing development enjoyed a host of events honouring this year’s Bo’ness Childrenâ€