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Christine Macleod The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published an updated guide that simplifies and clarifies some of the steps for landlords to take when designing and carrying out surveys of their tenants and service users.

Scottish social landlords are modernising services and making use of new technology to deliver real, quantifiable savings and improved productivity, according to HouseMark Scotland’s Value for Money Club. The club’s second meeting of the year took place on May 19 in Glasgow.

Sajid Javid Plans to make switching providers quicker and easier across a range of sectors, including energy companies, phone providers and banks, are being considered by the UK government.

Allyson Allison An empty homes officer from Forth Valley has become the first from Scotland to pick up a prestigious UK-wide award.

(from left) Kareen Davidson, chair of the Homes for Scotland 2016 Awards judging panel, Angela Linton, Hillcrest Group chief executive, and Hugh Dennis, host Hillcrest Housing Association has revealed its “honour” in being named Supporting Organisation of the Year during last Friday’s Homes fo

Rachael Wilson A young adult from Glasgow has told how knowing she had a place on an apprenticeship scheme gave her hope after being diagnosed with cancer.

Delegates to TPAS Scotland’s latest Housing Professional Conference have labelled the event in May as the best ever. The organisation said that viewpoints and success stories from different parts of the country maximised the impact of the amazing work of tenants, residents, professionals and gover

Homeowners in Scotland borrowed £1.8 billion for house purchase during the first three months of this year, the highest total borrowed for house purchase in the first quarter of a year north of the border since 2010. The total was down 22 per cent quarter-on-quarter but up 1 per cent year-on-year.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is inviting applications from third sector organisations and community groups across Great Britain for this year’s Big Energy Saving Network. The £1.7 million programme for 2016/17 is jointly funded by DECC and National Energy Action (NEA).

A group of councillors looking at plans to build 1,000 homes in North Lanarkshire has been disbanded amid concerns over fairness and transparency, according to reports. The Herald has reported that North Lanarkshire Council shut down its own cross-party working group of six local politicians after l

The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a guide for tenants of a Registered Social Landlord (RSL) which is considering making changes which will result in a change of landlord, or a change of control of the landlord. The short booklet summarises regulatory guidance for landlords, which was issu

CCG is underway with the next phase of a window installation contract for Hillhead Housing Association in East Dunbartonshire. The company's Specialist Building Services is now on site with Phase 11 of the deal, which involves installing new windows at 65 properties.

A proposed updated planning document covering Edinburgh and South East Scotland is to be discussed during a public meeting next week. The SESplan (Strategic Development Planning Authority for Edinburgh and South East Scotland) aims to prepare and maintain an up-to-date Strategic Development Plan whi

Drakies Primary School pupils help launch the initiative NHS Highland has launched a new campaign to combat loneliness and social isolation in the Highlands and Argyll.

Clare McNally, Hillcrest Group fundraising and grants officer A Dundee based charity has secured £35,000 through a Royal Bank of Scotland led initiative to fund a hospitality training programme.