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Following an extensive rent consultation with customers that resulted in a record 755 responses being received, the Board of River Clyde Homes has confirmed that the increase for 2017/18 will be restricted to the rate of inflation (2%), keeping a promise made two years ago. With 14% of customers res

West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative (WWHC) has agreed to increase its rents by 2% for 2017/18 to meet its financial requirement for the upcoming year. An extensive consultation exercise was held with all tenants/members the WWHC management committee, all of whom are tenant/members themselves, who

South Ayrshire Council has become the last local authority in Scotland to agree its budget for the year ahead and the 21st to approve a three per cent rise in Council Tax. The decision to increase Council Tax was taken as councillors agreed a revenue budget of £192 million – as well as a delegate

Ewan Aitken Ewan Aitken of homelessness charity Cyrenians blogs ahead of Shelter Scotland’s Homelessness Conference 2017

Willie Innes East Lothian Council has called for government action to help mitigate the impact of Universal Credit on people living in the county.

Emily Lyall A woman who has spent her life in far-flung places has celebrated her 100th birthday at a Bield retirement housing development in Dundee.

Council Tax has been increased by the maximum of 3% as local authorities in North Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway became the latest to set budgets for the upcoming year. Despite having to find savings of around £9.3 million, North Ayrshire Council agreed a £326m revenue budget which it said g

Inspecting plans for the new homes at Alexandra are (from left) Brian Lafferty, head of business, housing property and projects; Councillor Barry McCulloch, convener of housing; Pamela Humphries, development manager and leader of North Lanarkshire Council, Councillor Jim Logue A former primary schoo

Wellhouse chair Maureen Morris Wellhouse Housing Association has fundamentally restructured its rent setting following a consultation with tenants.

Springfield Partnerships has announced plans to build 100 new housing association homes in Harthill, North Lanarkshire. As part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to deliver at least 50,000 affordable homes across the country by 2021, affordable housebuilding specialist Springfield is plannin

South Ayrshire Council is set to make changes to Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) awards in order to bring the council into line with other Scottish local authorities. To be introduced on April 1, the revisions to the council's DHP Policy means that the benefit cap will no longer be included on

PARC Craigmillar transformed the site of the former Niddrie Mill Primary School into a residential development of private for sale and affordable housing The City of Edinburgh Council has made the decision to change current arrangements for city development by providing a new, in-house one stop shop

Tammy Adams Home building industry body Homes for Scotland has opposed proposals by the Scottish Government to increase the maximum fee level for planning applications.

(from left) Fiona Hainey (team leader property management design and projects), Cllr Violet Weir, John MacMillan (service manager, integrated facilities management) and Thomas O’Brien (site agent) Stirling Council has started work to build housing on the former Riverside swimming pool site.

Martin Armstrong Wheatley Group has made it onto the Sunday Times’ Top 100 Not For Profit Companies list for the third time.