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With ambitious Scotland-wide targets for house building and energy efficiency high on the national agenda, Melville Housing Association has taken a step towards a greener housing future by becoming the first Registered Social Landlord (RSL) to deliver a Zero Waste Scotland workshop for construction

Loreburn Housing Association is currently undertaking energy efficiency improvements to a number of their properties in the Dalbeattie area of Scotland.

A state-of-the-art housing development which is expected to have a major positive impact on the lives of older people has been officially opened. The £2.8 million development at Robert W Service Court, Kilwinning, has been designed to specifically meet the needs of the older population in North Ayr

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and several of its members will be part of a 9,000-strong crowd that will sleep in the cold for one night in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens in aid of Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park. The mission of the event is to create a movement to er

Jeane Freeman A Scottish Government survey of those with direct experience of the benefit system has shown that three out of five respondents rate the current UK welfare system as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’.

Landlords in Aberdeen and the surrounding area are being invited to attend an information event highlighting changes to Private Rented Sector (PRS) tenancy agreements. A new agreement for all new PRS tenancies is set to come into force from 01 December.

Shaheena Din, SEHP national manager and Scots Makar Jackie Kay Scots Makar Jackie Kay MBE has written a new poem about Scotland’s empty homes.

(from left) Steven Simpson, managing director of Cruden Homes (East) Ltd and Colin Macdonald, managing director of Hart Builders in front of the new Cruden Homes’ and Hart Builders’ brand identities at the Cruden House reception Cruden Homes East and sister company Hart Builders have rebranded a

Edinburgh-based property developer Whiteburn Projects has secured £20 million equity investment to launch its VOX Build-to-Rent product, with a view to delivering the first of its proposed projects in Dundee. Planning permission was granted to the developer in August 2015 for its vision for the for

A previously empty home in North Lanarkshire Housing minister Kevin Stewart will today reaffirm the Scottish Government’s commitment to double the money available for work that helps bring long-term, privately-owned empty homes back into use.

Court of Session A homeowner involved in a legal dispute with Glasgow City Council has won his appeal after arguing that the local authority acted beyond its powers in imposing a condition attached to the award of grant assistance, which required property owners to pay their share of the cost of rep

Sally Thomas The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is calling for the UK government to act urgently on Universal Credit as the implementation of the policy is pushing tenants into debt and poverty as well as jeopardising the financial sustainability of housing associations.

A key plan aimed at continuing East Lothian Council's success at tackling homelessness throughout the region has been approved by councillors. Presented to the meeting of the cabinet this week, the Homelessness Action Plan outlines a wide range of measures that will allow the council to build on its

Concerns have been raised that more people could lose their homes after the cost of a typical two-bed private rental property rose by 4.4% in the last year. Nationally the average rent on a two-bed property is £643 this year up from £616 in 2016 and the charity says that people will struggle to co

Ligia Teixeira In a guest blog for homelessness charity Cyrenians, Dr Ligia Teixeira outlines why Crisis believes that improving outcomes at scale requires a new approach.