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The winners of Scotland’s annual awards for excellence in housing were announced at a special awards dinner at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

Hillcrest Housing Association has celebrated 50 years of delivering quality affordable homes and top rated support services to communities across Scotland at a special celebratory event at Dundee’s Apex Hotel. Over 300 staff from across Hillcrest HA and the other companies within the Hillcrest Gro

Kingdom Housing Association has formed a community partnership with Inverkeithing Arts Initiative (IAI) to create a community arts project on an affordable housing site in Fraser Avenue, Inverkeithing, which is currently being developed by the association. IAI was appointed to undertake the initial

CALA Homes is donating £45k to deserving charities and community groups across Scotland, as part of its landmark community bursary scheme.

Glasgow West Housing Association has named Isobel Campbell as a Community Champion in association with McDonalds Maryhill. Ms Campbell was the community driving force behind the back square project in Anderston involving donations towards planters, involving community groups to attract grant in culm

A report by the Scottish Housing Regulator has found that lenders and investors are continuing to help fund registered social landlords (RSLs) as they work towards the Scottish Government’s target of an extra 35,000 social rented houses by 2021. The regulator's new report on on the annual loan por

Parkhead Housing Association welcomed the Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC to deliver the third annual John Wheatley Lecture at a busy Parkhead Congregational Church.

Pictured (l-r): James Palmer, Associate Director, Shawfair LLP; Joanne Casey, Homes Director, Mactaggart & Mickel Homes; Fraser Conn, Sales Director, Bellway; Neil Gaffney, Area Sales & Marketing Director, Miller Homes A £1.2 billion project to build a new town with 350 new homes for sale o

Refugee homelessness charity Positive Action in Housing has launched its Winter Crisis Appeal to help hundreds of destitute families, men and women approaching the charity’s Lifeline Service. According to the charity, the harsh effects of the UK asylum process and lengthy administrative delays in

Fife-based housing charity Vivarium has welcomed Housing Minister Kevin Stewart's recent announcement of a new scheme to increase access to affordable housing for older people.

A socially engaged arts charity based in Greenock has been shortlisted for an award for an arts project hosted by River Clyde Homes.

Scotland's largest social landlord, Glasgow Housing Association, has been awarded one of Europe’s most prestigious prizes for business excellence. The Association received the European Foundation for Quality Management’s 2017 Global Excellence Award at a ceremony in Madrid.

MPs have called on the UK government to reduce the waiting period for the first Universal Credit payment to a maximum of one month after saying that “no proper justification” has been offered for the minimum six week term currently in place. An urgent, unanimous report published by the Commons W

David Bookbinder The UK government’s U-turn on imposing the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap to supported housing and the wider social housing sector is to be welcomed but we are not out of the woods yet, says David Bookbinder.

Kirkwood Homes is to resurrect plans for 150 new homes in Dundee following changes to the local development plan. Dundee City Council’s development management committee rejected an initial bid for the Balgillo Heights development at Linlathen Village in Broughty Ferry, which had been recommended f