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Jon Sparkes A complaint has been filed with the EU Commission against the UK government’s policy of detaining rough sleepers from the European Economic Area and sending them back to their country of origin.

Planning permission has been granted to install a sculpture depicting Jesus as a homeless person in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow. Glasgow Churches Together, the group behind bringing the sculpture of Matthew 25, known as the Homeless Jesus, is now raising £15,000 to fund the project.

Bruce Forbes A housing association director has called on the Scottish Government to review the way in which it subsidises councils who want to build new homes following reports that one local authority is set to spend £1 million to build just four houses.

George Walker Scottish Ministers have announced the appointment of a new chair and three members to the Board of the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR).

West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative's Benmore Tower in Cambuslang The extremely tight deadlines attached to Scottish Government requests to local authorities for information on high rise stock, following last week’s tragic fire in West London, may be diverting landlords from even greater priorit

Barry Johnstone, area director at Cordale Housing Association and Julie Cosgrove, chief executive at Caledonia Housing Association Caledonia Housing Association scooped the Large Housing Association of the Year award at the Scottish Home Awards Gala Dinner held at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow last we

Shettleston Housing Association’s recently-completed development at Fernan Gardens continues to impress judging panels from the nation’s housing design awards. Following-on from being awarded a Commendation by the Glasgow Institute of Architects, the development, which brought £3.6 million much

A precautionary review in South Ayrshire will ensure that all properties meet relevant safety standards The Scottish Housing Regulator written to all social landlords in Scotland to issue fire safety advice following the recent tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in London.

Graeme Laing North Lanarkshire Council has granted full planning permission to Ashfield Land and Taylor Wimpey for the development of 160 new homes at Glasgow Road, Bargeddie.

(from left) Andrew Watson – BHA Trustee Convener, Richard Atkins – BHA Trustee and chair of Berwickshire Community Renewables and Helen Forsyth – chief executive of Berwickshire Housing Association The first wind farm in the UK to have been developed by a housing association as a means of fund

CCG Asset Management has announced the completion of a boiler replacement contract in Motherwell on behalf of Cairn Housing Association. The division installed new boilers to 24 properties on Cornelia Street near the town centre over a 2 week period.

The Seaton tower blocks in Aberdeen The Scottish Government has urged all Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in the country to provide tower block stock information to assist a ministerial review of Scottish regulations in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in West London.

Court of Session A disabled woman who converted a bedroom in her rented housing association property into a second living room so she could have a living space separate from her carers was still liable for the higher rate of the so-called ‘bedroom tax’, appeal judges have ruled.

Charities and legal experts have raised serious concerns following reports that the Home Office is threatening to arrest and deport homeless people sleeping on the streets of Edinburgh. Investigative platform The Ferret has reported that Home Office enforcement teams have been involved in a series o

Nearly half of landlords are less likely to rent homes to tenants without a British passport as a result of the immigration tests they have to make, according to a new poll. A survey by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) on the impact of the UK government’s Right to Rent scheme which make