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Shelter Scotland’s private landlord support officer, Bryan Powell, details how he works to improve the private rented sector in Lochaber. I am working with the Private Landlords in Lochaber to improve housing conditions and tenancy management across the area. At a time when two thirds of Scotland�

Family Friendly Working Scotland has launched a survey to establish just how family-friendly the Scottish third sector is. The organisation, which supports and promotes the development of family-friendly workplaces across Scotland, has asked Animate Consulting to survey third sector organisations.

Local authorities in Scotland have spent or committed 97 per cent of the total estimated funding for Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) awards during 2015/16. New statistics into the DHP scheme, which provides financial assistance towards housing costs for those claiming housing benefit, revealed t

Graeme Brown Scotland’s national housing and homelessness charity is calling on kind-hearted Scots to donate this year’s Leap Day – Monday 29th February – by volunteering in one of its nationwide shops.

Barony Housing Association is in line to join Wheatley Group in April after an overwhelming majority of tenants approved the move. An independent ballot conducted by Electoral Reform Services saw 92 per cent of Barony tenants vote to join the group with a turnout of 39.9 per cent.

Maureen Morris Wellhouse Housing Association has pledged to remain an independent, community-controlled Association as it works towards improving its governance and financial management.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published an updated regulatory advice note on incidents of fraud against RSLs in Scotland. The advice note, which revises the previous notice from September 2012, alerts RSLs to recent fraudulent activity and highlights the importance of effective procedures to gu

Bill Banks Kingdom Housing Association is creating additional opportunities for young people to get a start in their careers.

North Ayrshire Council has said that housing will continue to play a key role in supporting the delivery of its priorities as it gets set to consider a housing revenue budget for 2016/17 of £46 million. Following consultation with tenants, an annual rent increase is proposed to be limited to 1.5 pe

Emma Dore Emma Dore, senior policy officer at Shelter Scotland, considers the role housing plays in delivering Community Justice.

A Value for Money (VFM) benchmarking pilot, has recently been completed with nine small social landlords from across Scotland. It examined the costs of providing services, levels of staff resources, as well as levels of tenant satisfaction and service performance.

Image of Pitscottie Road courtesy of Montgomery Forgan Associates Kingdom Housing Association has completed a major exercise in community consultation over its proposals to develop 49 affordable houses at Pitscottie Road in Cupar.

Cruden directors David McEvoy (centre left) and Raymond McCafferty (centre right) are presented with Most Innovative Contractor Award A Retrofit App designed to assist social landlords reduce fuel poverty has helped Cruden Building & Renewals take home the prize for Most Innovative Contractor at

A new partnership has been launched to tackle the problem of empty homes across Dundee and Angus. The project between the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership, Dundee City Council and Angus Council, is set to launch this week to help bring some of the region’s long-term privately owned empty homes bac

Fife Council is once again squaring up for another battle against a planning appeals system that it says is “undermining local democracy”. A proposed development at Milldeans Farm, Glenrothes, for approximately 300 houses was rejected by the local authority through the Local Development Plan pro