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(from left) May Vanhagen, Michelle Vanhagen, Bertha Glancy, John Ross Two of Port of Leith Housing Association’s (PoLHA) sheltered housing complexes have raised over £2,000 at their summer fayres.

Kevin Rowe Housing and care services provider Bield has raised more than £160,000 over the past year thanks to the efforts of the tenants, carers, family, friends and staff.

Joshua Browder The creator of a chatbot that successfully challenged 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York has now written a program to provide the homeless with legal aid.

Developers have purchased the former Sunnyside Royal Hospital site in Angus from NHS Tayside, paving the way for a new housing, retail and commercial development. The hospital, in Hillside near Montrose, has been acquired by Montrose based Pert Bruce Construction Ltd and Edinburgh based FM Group in

GHA is to hold a series of community events to share information on an innovative £4.3 million district heating scheme in the south side of Glasgow. The new energy centre in Hillpark Drive Pollokshaws, will provide 350 homes with heating and hot water and save hundreds of GHA tenants money on their

Director George Tainsh and various members of the Association’s staff Ochil View Housing Association has achieved the prestigious Investors in People Gold Accreditation, the most successful framework for business improvement through people in the UK.

After a chart topping twelve months, Hillcrest can now announce the release of its record of the year. An innovative take on the traditional annual report, the record of the year includes updates from the different companies, performance figures and key financial information.

The first of the newly designed logos East Kilbride and District Housing Association is to change its name and modernise its logo and has enlisted the help of its tenants to do so.

Rona Laing Rona Laing has been appointed as the new Chair of Fife’s Health and Social Care Partnership Board.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for England to follow Scotland’s lead and scrap Right to Buy (RTB) after new figures revealed a sharp drop in the number of new homes councils were able to get underway to replace those sold off under the policy. Latest figures from the LGA, which

A consultation has been launched on a draft Local Housing Strategy for the Scottish Borders. Developed by Scottish Borders Council (SBC), in conjunction with a range of partners including local Registered Social Landlords, the Strategy sets out a vision for housing and housing-related services from

By Tom Youll from Shelter Scotland’s Get advice project So now the dust has settled, the chairs have been stacked, the tables collapsed and the Shelter Scotland Product Forge Hackathon has come to an end. I thought I’d bring you all up to speed with how the weekend went, who the winners were and

As the iconic Edinburgh Book Festival gets underway today, Shelter Scotland’s bookshop in Stockbridge is launching a week-long event selling vintage and antiquarian books and other reading materials. Among the treasures due to go on sale are an illustrated dictionary in French from the 1930s, the

John Ballantyne, a man instrumental in the planning of housing developments which changed the face of Broughty Ferry, has died aged 82, The Courier has reported. Mr Ballantyne, who was born in Auchtermuchty in 1933, was influential in the development of housing in the Nursery Road and East Balgillo

Vaughan Hart A new economic stimulus package unveiled by the Scottish Government should prioritise housing as well as commercial and industrial projects, the Scottish Building Federation has said.