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Kingdom staff members (from left) Back Row: Technical officer Sean Whittet, head of HR Andrew Latto, Kerri Gell and finance apprentice Michael Mayes. Front Row: Health and safety officer Dave Roy, housing officer Susan Lowden and chief executive Bill Banks Kingdom Housing Association is supporting t

A St Andrews councillor has called for a ban on new homes in the town being sold as second homes after a council in England won a landmark court decision. A neighbourhood plan for St Ives in Cornwall’s – similar to a Local Development Plan in Scotland – will be the first in the UK to require n

The award-winning renovation at 50-52 Main Street The project to bring a vacant B-listed 18th century tenement on Campbeltown’s Main Street back to life has won a prestigious national award.

Fife Housing Partnership has welcomed recommendations on how to improve the health and wellbeing of women and children who have experienced homelessness as a result of domestic or sexual abuse. The Women’s Health Improvement Research Project, a community led participatory action research proje

Scottish letting agency Homes for Good has been recognised yet again for its ongoing commitment to placing ethics and social change at the centre of its business model after being named Social Enterprise of the Year, at this year’s Scottish Business Awards. The award comes just a week after winnin

Housing and care provider Bield is looking for a volunteer befriender to support an older person who lives in Donaldson Court, a Very Sheltered Housing Development in Leith. Volunteer befrienders help service users who feel isolated or who are unable to get out very easily on their own by giving the

Minister for local government & housing Kevin Stewart with the 'Greener Gardens' project partners and pupils from Holytown Primary learning more about raised raingardens As Scotland sees 2016 as the opportunity to focus on Innovation, Architecture and Design, Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has been

Planning permission has been approved for almost 200 houses to be built on the former Hoover site in Cambuslang. Hoover opened the factory in Cambuslang in 1946, where it operated until its closure in 2005. The buildings were demolished in 2008, at which point the site was cleared and regraded.

Christine Macleod A new poster has been published to raise awareness of the standards that are expected to be delivered for Gypsy/Travellers who use sites provided by social landlords.

Scottish Government reporters have published their recommendations on Fife’s local development strategy. Among the recommendations is a proposal to remove the site for the replacement Madras College at Pipeland in St Andrews; the site has been reinstated as green belt land with no development prop

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has just completed 10 new family homes next to the sea at Bowmore on the island of Islay. The development has been called ‘Ceol a Chuain’ in Gaelic, which translates into Ocean Music in English.

A typical cohousing development Plans are in the pipeline to develop an eco-friendly cohousing project in Maryhill.

David Ross Councillors have voiced concerns over the latest budget predictions that could mean a gap of £115 million for Fife Council over the next three years.

A training programme by Port of Leith Housing Association (POLHA) has supported 35 young people from across Edinburgh and East Lothian to complete an 18 week training programme with a local employer with 21 progressing to employment, apprenticeship or further education following their training. The

David Cobb Celebrating residents have been quick to acknowledge the help of a volunteer advocate in a successful 18-month fight to avoid losing their homes.