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CCG Asset Management will undertake the second phase of Cernach Housing Association’s kitchen upgrade programme this month. The work will see 40 tenants benefit from a brand new kitchen with a choice of fixtures and fittings to suit their existing household.

Rosemary Brotchie By Rosemary Brotchie, policy and research manager for Shelter Scotland

Glasgow residents are being given a final chance to see inside the old Victoria Infirmary thanks to its new owners Sanctuary Group. Sanctuary is offering 200 people a short tour of the former hospital site on Sunday 18 September.

Rev Dr Russell Barr The moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and minister for local government and housing Kevin Stewart MSP will both address the autumn event of Scottish Churches Housing Action in Edinburgh on Friday 7 October.

Clackmannanshire Council has welcomed new figures which show that its tenants are more satisfied with the overall service they receive than tenants of any other local authority in Scotland. Statistics released by the Scottish Housing Regulator found that more than nine out of ten tenants randomly sa

The stylish new centre as it will look when completed A new youth and community centre costing just short of a million pounds is coming to Castlemilk after a campaign led by Thenue Housing.

After a year of Scottish Elections, EU referendums and the like, the result of the most important ballot of 2016 was finally announced by East Kilbride Housing Association. After an intensive social media campaign, on-line and text surveys and the traditional polling booth method, East Kilbride Hous

Roseanna Cunningham Cabinet secretary for land reform Roseanna Cunningham has announced that more than 500,000 acres in Scotland are now in community ownership.

Bield's Westport sheltered housing development in Linlithgow is looking for social activity assistants to help organise opportunities for social interaction within the development and the wider community. Emma Sowerby, manager at Westport, said, “Social Activity Assistants and Lunch Club Assistant

East Lothian Council has approved a plan which sets out how it will deliver over 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years. The finalised Proposed Local Development Plan (LDP), which was given the green light by councillors this week, sets out the council’s planning strategy, sites and policies to g

Scotland’s social landlords could do more to prevent fire, gas and carbon monoxide (CO) fatalities and injuries, a new report has concluded. The practical health and safety guide published, jointly by HouseMark Scotland and River Clyde Homes, found that while social landlords have a good record in

The sustained shortage of stock on the market has caused house prices in Scotland to continue to rise with further increases expected, surveyors have said today. The August 2016 UK Residential Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) found that 17 per cent more responde

A development of 22 flats and houses on the main road into Ayr’s town centre has been officially opened after being delivered by Ayrshire Housing. Opened by pupils from the neighbouring Newton Primary School, the homes on King Street are grouped around a courtyard called Cross Gait.

Hjaltland Housing Association has announced the completion of 14 homes at Wista in the north of Lerwick. The £1.9 million development was designed by local architectural firm Redman + Sutherland Architects and delivered to a very high standard by E&H Building Contractors Ltd.

(from left) John Mills, head of housing services, Fife Council; Cllr Judy Hamilton, executive spokesperson for housing and building services; Cllr Tom Adams, chairman of Levenmouth area committee; Stewart Shearer, managing director Robertson Partnership Homes; Leoni and Kevin Dewar Fife residents ha