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Kay Blair The Scottish Housing Regulator has published two new procedures that will give landlords and individuals new ways to challenge regulatory decisions.

Judy Hamilton Over £225 million is to be invested in Fife’s council homes over the next three years to ensure the local authority continues to reach the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS).

A new affordable housing development in Glasgow’s new East End has been put firmly on the map with a giant Google map pin. Cruden Homes’ multi-million pound Baron’s Vale development will comprise a total of 139 flats and 98 terraced homes and semi-detached homes.

Two council housing developments in Aberdeenshire worth more than £8 million are back on track a year after the contractor for the works went into administration, the Aberdeen Evening Express has reported. Aberdeenshire Council said it expects to complete 54 affordable homes in Fraserburgh and Inve

Melville staff move in to the Dalkeith Corn Exchange Melville Housing Association has welcomed the first customers to its new office at the renovated and restored Dalkeith Corn Exchange.

Loretto Care staff nurse and dementia ambassador Bridget Martin with some of the Japanese delegation at Loretto Care’s Fullarton service A team of Japanese health experts have visited Loretto Care to learn about support for people with dementia.

An example of a home planned at Heathfields Persimmon Homes North Scotland has started construction on a £30 million housing scheme in Muirhead and an £18m residential development in Dunfermline.

Health and social care professionals across Scotland should be trained to spot the signs of fuel poverty and refer households for help, according to Shelter Scotland. The national housing and homelessness charity, which this week will launch the national Healthy Homes project, the reach and influenc

New tenant Carolynn McQueen with Max Scotto, Kingdom’s tenant participation officer The Fife community of Guardbridge is celebrating more good news with the completion by Kingdom Housing Association of its latest new housing development delivering 66 new homes to the village.

A new civic heart will be created at the former John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank, after plans to redevelop the site were given the go ahead by councillors. The centrepiece of the development – which will include housing, retail and leisure outlets, and a health quarter – will be the refurbis

Blackwood board member Ian Gerono with Struan and John Robertson Blackwood has unveiled its new Tayside office as part of its five year Business Plan.

Plans have been revealed to transform one of Aberdeen’s most historic buildings into a boutique hotel and residential complex. Developers CAF Properties want to transform the 18th century Woolmanhill Hospital into a 50-bedroom hotel and residential complex including 27 serviced apartments, 32 resi

A group set up to investigate where appropriate regulation could support and stimulate the district heating market in Scotland has published its first report. Set up by the Scottish Government in 2014, the Special Working Group (SWG) looked at the current regulatory environment and has made recommen

HouseMark Scotland, the provider of social housing data and insight in the housing sector, has responded to newly published analysis from the Scottish Housing Regulator regarding the finances of registered social landlords in Scotland. Released last week, the analysis shows the finances of Scottish

A Western Isles community has completed the purchase of its local estate for £85,000 in just one year. The Keose Glebe Steering Group announced at the weekend that it had bought the former church land on Lewis.