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A £138 million programme to improve homes in Renfrewshire has helped to create more than new 200 jobs. The five year project by Renfrewshire Council to upgrade tenants’ homes to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) saw 234 jobs created through contractors working on the programme.

A ceremony has been held to mark the official signing of a building contract for 12 new build flats in Largs. Cunninghame Housing Association, in partnership with North Ayrshire Council and the Scottish Government, is delivering 12 new build flats at Waterside Street.

Nance Smith, vice-chair, Abbeyfield Scotland, Provost Una Walker, Luca, resident Isabel Smith and Niall Patterson, CEO, Abbeyfield Scotland Abbeyfield Scotland, the charity that provides independent living with support for older people across Scotland, held a reopening celebration at its house in Ga

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, West of Scotland Housing Association has produced a special video and dedicated microsite. The celebratory video illustrates the association’s beginnings and evolution to the company it is today, improving the Art of Living for its customers.

Following the success of 2014’s Community Festival in Partick Burgh Hall, this year Partick Housing Association decided to take things outdoors to Mansfield Park where the event was held as part of the West End Festival with live music, come & try sessions and arts and crafts. Samba Caramba we

Social Enterprise Scotland is encouraging all social enterprises of all types from across urban and rural Scotland to enter its annual awards. The awards are a unique opportunity for all social enterprises across the country to stand up and be counted and to celebrate their achievements.

Image provided by Holmes Miller A new £30m development including a cinema, gyms, bars, restaurants and housing is to be built in Perth.

Margaret Burgess A new fund has been launched which aims to create additional residential accommodation in Scotland’s urban and rural towns.

Ian Brennan The Scottish Housing Regulator has welcomed a new report contributing to the debate on what value for money means for tenants, social landlords and the housing sector in Scotland.

The number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland has increased by 42 per cent over the previous year, an industry body has reported. The National House Building Council (NHBC) said that 3,442 new homes were registered between March and May in 2015, when compared to 2,423 homes dur

Minister for housing and welfare, Margaret Burgess, visited Arbroath last week to see how work to develop a derelict site into affordable homes, commercial and community space is moving on in earnest. The minister was taken on a tour of the Baltic Mill site by Angus Council housing officers.

Homeless people are being prevented from accessing their statutory rights to permanent accommodation because of “major financial barriers” introduced by some social landlords in Scotland, a law charity has warned. Govan Law Centre (GLC) said it is now common place in Glasgow for a homeless perso

Iain Duncan Smith The total lifetime cost of the Universal Credit welfare reform programme has increased by nearly £3bn in the past three years to £15.8bn, according to new figures from the UK government.

Winnie Mcghie, James Hardie, Ruksana Mohsin, Steven Neil and Matthew Barker along with Loretto Care’s Heather Crilly and staff from Dobbies and Tesco A community garden in Glasgow is helping people lead more independent and healthy lives.

A concerted push towards tenant engagement in day-to-day activity across developments run by a housing and care provider has yielded impressive early results. Findings taken throughout the year by Bield show that across its 140 developments, greater efforts to involve tenants has led to a cultural c