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Two properties which were recovered using the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 have been sold to South Lanarkshire Council for use as social housing. The homes in Hamilton were seized from the Civil Recovery Unit (CRU) after John Thomson admitted that he had acquired it as a result of unlawful conduct, sp

Kathleen Henderson Eildon Housing Association welcomed two new board members at its 42nd Annual General Meeting.

Alex Neil The UK government’s attempt to make legislative changes to the definition of child poverty will not be replicated in Scotland as they would exclude working poor households, social justice secretary Alex Neil has told Westminster.

More than half a million people in Scotland are putting their health and finances at risk by not getting their gas appliances safety checked every year, according to new figures. Gas authority Gas Safe Register found dangerous gas appliances lurking in one in five of the 4,267 homes it has inspected

Eydent, the alliance of Ayrshire Housing associations, is staging a major housing conference at the Gailes Hotel, Ayrshire on Wednesday 18 November 2015. With speakers such as Raymond Young and Alan Ferguson, both well known figures in housing, and a plethora of local speakers on topics such as heal

Jen Paice, CEO of SafeDeposits Scotland, and chairman Sir Andrew Cubie SafeDeposits Scotland, the Scottish Government-approved tenancy deposit scheme, has been awarded over £300,000 of student accommodation deposits ahead of the new academic year.

Clydebank East residents and local councillors were given a look at what the future could hold when they visited a nearby regeneration project. West Dunbartonshire Council approved plans to develop a regeneration strategy for Clydebank East earlier this year and after consultation with residents the

Staff at River Clyde Homes will once again be volunteering in Inverclyde neighbourhoods for the benefit of local communities. Now in its second year, the housing association’s Working In Neighbourhoods (WIN) initiative offers staff the opportunity to give 14 hours of their working time to the bene

North Lanarkshire residents are being warned of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning and of not having their gas appliances serviced regularly, as Gas Safety Week begins today. Every year over 40 per cent of UK residents fail to have their gas appliances serviced and are putting themselves and t

The AGM gets underway Ayrshire Housing's performance over the last year was celebrated at the organisation’s 2015 AGM on Wednesday.

Roy Stirrat, chair of Link Group (left) and Lord Smith of Kelvin, chair of Clyde Gateway Regeneration firm Clyde Gateway paid around £1.5 million more for a piece of derelict land in Glasgow after it altered an independent valuers’ report of the site, according to reports.

A scale replica of a highly accessible concept house for people with disability or mobility issues is to be showcased by Blackwood at its AGM. The housing and care provider is planning to construct a “home expo style” walk-through version of the concept house, which will demonstrate the various

An artist’s impression of how the new homes planned for Beardmore Street may look Cube Housing Association has submitted plans to build 20 new flats in Clydebank.

View at junction of Muirskeith Place and Newlands Road Plans have been submitted for 31 houses for social rent and a children’s home in the Cathcart area of Glasgow.

The homes at Whitelaw Street, Maryhill Locks The third phase of the Maryhill Locks Transformational Regeneration Area (TRA) got underway this week when developers started work to create 40 new terraced homes at Whitelaw Street in Glasgow.