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Graeme Brown Dear Editor

Scottish social housing landlords have shown improved performances in many areas though issues remain across the sector, according to Scotland’s Housing Network. Scotland’s Housing Network is the largest benchmarking network for social housing landlords in Scotland, with over 120 landlords repre

Sean McLaughlin By Sean McLaughlin, managing director of Matilda’s Planet

Photo courtesy of Shelter Scotland's Flickr page Scotland’s first housing crisis hackathon has been won by a team who created an ‘I Need Help’ button to signpost people facing homelessness or bad housing to the nearest available resources that could help them.

CIH Scotland has opened submissions to the Bob Allan Young Achiever in Housing Excellence Award. Presented in conjunction with Friends of Bob Allan, the award aims to recognise individuals who can demonstrate that they have shown passion, commitment and flair in putting the human aspects of tenant o

Antonia Bird This month the Filmhouse in Edinburgh are presenting a season celebrating the work of British director Antonia Bird. The season includes a rare screening of the 1993 film Safe, starring (amongst others) Robert Carlyle as a homeless Scot trying to eke out an existence on the streets of L

A youngster having a ball at the event Families turned out in their hundreds to Thenue Housing Association’s annual Information and Fun Day with the emphasis firmly on enjoyment.

Loreburn Housing Association hosted a community event to promote health and fitness to a range of Loreburn customers. The event at Dalbeattie Town hall last month saw advice and support regarding health matters given by Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland for older customers with colouring in activit

The Scottish Government has given Glasgow City Council permission to compulsorily purchase 14 areas of land on the edge of Glasgow Green to pave the way for Thenue Housing Association to develop new homes. The majority of the sites on London Road, Monteith Row and Monteith Place have been cleared of

The final phase of building works has been completed at a social housing development on the outskirts of Glasgow. Cambuslang-based construction and manufacturing specialists CCG (Scotland) Ltd created 18 cottage flats and a car park at Calmachie for West of Scotland Housing Association. The new deve

The transformation of the former Glencairn Tower site is now complete with a new £3.5 million modern housing development taking pride of place in the heart of Motherwell. Following the demolition of the 17-storey Glencairn Tower in 2011, the site is now home to 25 energy efficient properties, all b

Angela Constance during the Child Poverty Bill consultation launch in Dundee yesterday The Scottish Government has outlined its vision for ending child poverty with the launch of a consultation of its Child Poverty Bill.

Lyn Jardine As CIH Scotland, in association with Arneil Johnston, embarks on the next phase of its dementia programme, project manager Lyn Jardine of Lyn Jardine Consulting shares some of her reflections on dementia care in Scotland and blogs about the value of housing’s role in delivering person-

A stock exchange that focuses on companies which make a positive social and environmental impact is planning to open in Scotland later this year. Launched by former Prime Minister David Cameron as part of the Big Society Capital initiative three years ago, the Social Stock Exchange (SSE) aims to con

Nearly one third of over-60s living in the UK have to make major sacrifices in the face of rising costs for heating, food and luxuries, new research has found. A study conducted by retirement property website Homewise revealed that around 12 per cent of over-60s say they cannot afford to heat their