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View from north edge of Hopetoun Grange Park looking east towards Lovers Lane Plans for the construction of 1,700 homes to the north of Aberdeen have been re-approved by councillors after it was brought back to the authority following a landmark legal ruling.

Lochaber Housing Association is to build 50 affordable homes in the Fort William area thanks to the first allocation of this year’s charitable bond funding from social investment charity Allia. Allia is working with the Scottish Government to fund the development of affordable housing across Scotl

A glimpse of what can be expected at the new Countesswells community The first phase of a 3,000-home development at the Countesswells site in Aberdeen has been given the green light.

A group of four councils who broke away from local authority representative body Cosla have threatened to take the Scottish Government to court if ministers continue to freeze them out of funding talks. At the moment Holyrood will only negotiate with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cos

Neil Clapperton The chief executive of Grampian Housing Association has been elected to the policy council at Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce to represent the views of housing providers.

Lanarkshire housing association Clyde Valley Group (CVG) has passed a major milestone by building over 1700 houses in the past 15 years, with plans to develop another 660 by 2018. Through a period of external challenges in the industry and beyond, the Group has continued to grow and diversify its of

Councillor Isobel Strong unveils the new office commemorative plaque with Brendan O’Hara MEP and Jim Milne MBE, chairman of ACHA Councillor Isobel Strong from Argyll and Bute Council and former Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) Board member, has officially opened ACHA’s new Longhill Cr

The Scottish Government is now consulting on providing a discretionary power to RSLs to pay a missing share on behalf of owners who are unable or unwilling to comply with other owners/landlords in common repairs. This power is already available to local authorities through the Housing (Scotland) Act

Three leading figures within the Scottish social housing sector who piloted the TIS in partnership with Scotland’s Housing Network, Scrutiny Approved Accreditation framework will share their experiences of the process at a free launch event in Glasgow this autumn. Hosted at the Blythswood Square H

Residents are being encouraged to have their say on the future of housing in West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire Council’s new five-year Local Housing Strategy and investment plan is currently being developed, and residents have the chance to shape it by submitting their comments and ideas.

Bield's Crosshill retirement housing development in Port Glasgow is looking for a social activity co-ordinator volunteer to help organise opportunities for social interaction within the development and the wider community. Michelle McKinnon, manager at Crosshill Gardens, said: “Social activity co-

(from left) Chris Cunningham (director), Kevin Stewart (minister for local government and housing) and Gillian Johnston (chair) Shettleston Housing Association welcomed Kevin Stewart, minister for local government and housing, residents and many other guests to the official opening of its latest new

Plans have been unveiled to build 21 flats and a new YMCA operations centre on the site of a church in Perth city centre. The young people’s charity has submitted proposals to demolish the former St Andrew’s and St Stephen’s Parish Church and pave the way for the development.

Housebuilder Bellway has acquired more than 55 acres of land with a development value of some £120 million as part of its continued expansion across the east of Scotland. The firm said the sites – at Abbey Lane in Edinburgh city centre, Broxburn and Heartlands in West Lothian and Broxden in Perth

Andrew Burns Councillor Andrew Burns has announced that he will not be putting himself forward for re-election as leader of the City of Edinburgh Council in the 2017 election.