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Home Group has appointed 14 architects to a £27 million framework to support plans to build 10,000 new homes of all tenures during the next five years. The appointments will see the affordable housing developer work with some of the most highly renowned and decorated architecture practices in the U

Parents and a teacher during the event Initially developed in Brazil, participatory budgeting (PB) is recognised internationally as a way for local people to have a direct say in how, and where, public funds can be used to address local requirements.

This year’s official Scottish Housing Day will take place on Thursday September 21, it has been announced. Following a successful launch in September 2016, this will be the second annual Scottish Housing Day and is led by CIH Scotland in partnership with a range of housing sector partners includin

WLHP tenants Tracey and Paul Meechan are delighted with their new kitchen Tenants of West Lothian Housing Partnership (WLHP) have praised improvements made to their homes for making them feel proud of where they live.

Persimmon Homes has started work on a £12 million plan to build 91 homes at the site of the former Kinross High School. Under the plans, which were approved in June last year, the Edwardian-school will be retained and transformed into four homes as part of the project, while other buildings on the

The number of home repossession cases going through the courts has fallen by more than 40% in a year, according to new figures published today. There were 1,874 repossession court cases initiated in 2015-16, down 43% on the previous year and 82% fewer than in 2008-09.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has continued its statutory appointment of a manager at Ferguslie Park Housing Association. The Regulator initially made the statutory appointment of a manager and three appointees to the governing body in February 2016 after it identified serious weaknesses in the Ass

Lesley-Anne-Junner A new director of finance and corporate services has been appointed at Linstone Housing Association.

An artistic impression of the proposed layout Parkhead Housing Association (PHA) has announced the beginning of work at the site of a new Parkhead Veterans Garden.

Scottish Natural Heritage handing over the cheque to Southside Housing Association alongside local residents and members of the Friends of the Halfway Community Park group A community in Cardonald is celebrating an award of £901k from the Green Infrastructure Fund to transform the green space aroun

Ashley Campbell By Ashley Campbell, policy and practice manager at CIH Scotland

Brand new homes in Ellon from Create Homes Aberdeenshire LLP Interest in an affordable housing scheme has been “low” across Aberdeenshire, according to a new report.

Residents have begun moving in to a new town in the Highlands which will eventually grow into a community of 12,000 people. Being built on farmland near Inverness, developers claim Tornagrain is the first new town to be built in Scotland for more than 50 years.

Gerry More Housing specialist Gerry More has been appointed as managing director of Stewart Milne Homes to drive growth in the central belt.

Angela Constance Support has been stepped up for young people at risk of being pushed into homelessness due to UK government changes to housing benefit, social security secretary Angela Constance has said.