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James Battye By James Battye, policy officer with Shelter Scotland

Housebuilder CALA Group has announced its fourth consecutive year of record profits despite gross margins falling as a result of the “challenging” market. Revenues rose 15 per cent to £587.1 million and pre-tax profits rose 18 per cent to £60.1m as the group celebrated “significant” award

Student accommodation provider and property developer Downing has submitted a planning application for a 374 bed development in Aberdeen. Prepared by architects Fletcher Joseph Associates, the plans will see the development of an empty brownfield site on John Street, which has been left derelict fol

LGBT Youth Scotland’s Youth Commissioners want to hear from LGBT young people who have experience of homelessness. The group are gathering young people’s stories to help evidence the need for a National Strategy that recognises the role discrimination plays in increasing the risk of homelessness

Housing minister Kevin Stewart The Scottish Government has moved to provide reassurance to Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) by committing to new legislation that will ensure they can continue to borrow money privately.

Michael Cameron The Scottish Housing Regulator said it will work constructively to deal with any challenges which may arise from forthcoming legislation which could see a reduction in its powers.

Raymond Shannon Raymond Shannon stepped down as chairperson of New Gorbals Housing Association during the Association’s AGM this month after four very busy years in the role.

Atrium Homes held its 18th Annual General meeting this week, the first in its new community based Kilmarnock headquarters. Members listened intently as chair Jim O’Neill introduced the Annual Report for 2015/16 and highlighted not only the successes of the past year but laid out Atrium’s plans f

The cost of renting privately in Scotland has remained unchanged over the last year, according to the latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Figures unveiled yesterday revealed that private rents in Great Britain increased by 2.3 per cent in the 12 months to August with Englan

Daryl McIntosh Daryl McIntosh advises property managers to be well-prepared ahead of the introduction of new rules next year.

Homelessness is never a reason to celebrate, but being able to put homelessness behind you most certainly can be. Yesterday the homelessness charity, Simon Community Scotland, marked its 50th anniversary by welcoming both current and former service users to what was described as a 'festival of commu

Youngsters from St Cuthbert’s at the pop up allotments Learning about nature was one of the lessons for youngsters from St Cuthbert’s Primary School as they paid a visit to Ruchill’s newly-opened “pop up” allotments.

ANCHO were delighted to receive the services of the Employers in Voluntary Housing’s ‘Eamonn’s Little Litter Pickers’ this week. ANCHO made a donation to raise money for Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) and won the services of EVH staff Eamonn Connolly, Susan Campbell, Natash

A new housing development is planned that will provide retirement and affordable housing for older people in Milngavie. Developer McCarthy & Stone proposes to build 49 retirement apartments, with access to a shared homeowners’ lounge and landscaped gardens, on land to the west of the fire stat

Almost 12,500 new homes were registered to be built in the UK in August according to the National House Building Council’s latest registration statistics, an increase of 20 per cent compared to the same month last year. A total of 12,486 new homes (9,225 private sector; 3,261 public sector) were r