Hillcrest Housing Association is to shortly begin work at their latest development in Dundee after awarding a contract to Marshall Construction. The Sinclair Street development will deliver 32 affordable homes for rent.
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Plans have been submitted for phases four and five of Sanctuary Scotland’s £50 million transformation of Anderston in Glasgow. Designed by Collective Architecture, the proposals for 206 new build flats, with a mixed tenure of social rent, mid market rent and shared equity, will complete the overa
The former John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank, famous for building some of the world’s greatest ships, is set to be unlocked for future development after an ambitious £15 million plan was signed. The deal will see essential infrastructure and ground works undertaken on the site, and more import
LaSalle Investment Management and developer Dandara have completed a deal that will deliver Scotland’s first large scale institutional private rented sector (PRS) scheme at a major site in Aberdeen. LaSalle has purchased Forbes Place for a price just under £60 million from Dandara and will retain
Andrew Milne Edinburgh's tenements are a vital part of a vibrant city. Andrew Milne asks isn't it time we started looking after them?
Anne Kain, of Aberdeen Foyer, with Victoria Jones An employment scheme has transformed five young Aberdeenshire lives by helping participants into work or training.
Steve Delaney from SFHA’s board of directors presenting Kathryn Taylor with a certificate Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) modern apprentice Kathryn Taylor has successfully completed this year’s Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) Apprentice Challenge.
Council tenants in South Lanarkshire will save a total of more than £370,000 on fuel bills thanks to improvements done to their homes. Upgrading works carried out under South Lanarkshire Council’s HomeHappening programme has, over the past decade, seen all of the local authority’s eligible hous
David Cameron The UK government has introduced an amendment to the Charities Bill which will tighten rules on how professional fundraisers approach vulnerable people.
Jo Armstrong Business economist and public finance expert Jo Armstrong has been appointed to the board of Wheatley Group.
Helen Bulman (centre) holding the SBHA Stars Award trophy Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has been awarded Investors in People accreditation as held an awards ceremony to recognise the hard work of its staff.
A housing support service in North Ayrshire has been given top marks in an inspection by the Care Inspectorate. It is the second inspection in a row where inspectors graded North Ayrshire Council's temporary furnished housing support service as 'excellent'.
Communities around Scotland from inner city Glasgow to western Harris are set to benefit from £500,000 in funding for demonstrator projects designed to encourage the use and local ownership of renewable energy. A third of the projects are specifically focussed on town and city areas, building on th
Cube’s Shari Parris knocking on doors in Lennoxtown Cube Housing Association’s drive to improve services by visiting all of its tenants is already bringing in results.
The safety of people and property is being put at risk because 18 million of us feel too embarrassed to ask if an electrician is registered, according to research by Electrical Safety First. The charity has just launched a major consumer campaign to raise awareness of the need to use a registered el