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(left to right) Georgia Boswell, tenant participation officer at Hillcrest Housing Association; Ilene Campbell, chief executive at TIS; Steve Kell, head of housing at Hillcrest Housing Association; Joy Watson, tenant services manager at Hillcrest Housing Association Hillcrest Housing Association has

Cardiff City Council will this week consider recommendations to suspend the ‘Right to Buy’ scheme amid a high demand for housing in the city. The Welsh Government has recently confirmed the intention to end the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire scheme within its current term and local authoritie

A Glasgow pop-up restaurant has asked its customers to turn up with the intention of deliberately leaving their coats behind to donate to a good cause. Homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland has launched an appeal urging members of the public to donate rucksacks and handbags stuffed with esse

Scottish charity the Rock Trust saw 100 people leave their comfy beds and brave the cold on Friday for its annual Sleep Out at Edinburgh’s Festival Square. The Sleep Out aims to raise funds to support young people across Scotland who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. It is the charity’s

Forbes Place Aberdeen’s first private rental scheme development has been named the best residential high rise development in the UK round of the International Property Awards, at which the company received a total of nine prizes.

Betty Hopkins & Ann Swanson Bield has raised a fantastic £430 at a garden party in Port Glasgow.

Moray Council has approved plans for Springfield Properties to build 2,500 new homes, two schools and Moray Sports Foundations’ new sports centre on the south side of Elgin in a long-term project worth half a billion pounds. The housebuilder has worked with the council over the last year to design

Regeneration development expert Urban Union is to begin work on a project to develop the Muirton area of Perth in partnership with Caledonia Housing Association and Fairfield Housing Co-operative. The development of 203 new houses - the first for the developer in Perth - will include 102 affordable

CGI of a typical home by CALA Homes Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and CALA Homes (West) have submitted a detailed planning application to East Renfrewshire Council for 645 new homes at Maidenhill in Newton Mearns.

David Morrison Significant tax changes affecting landlords will be outlined as part of National Landlord Day tomorrow.

Some of the previous work to install external wall insulation in Gallowhill More than 170 properties in Renfrewshire are set to benefit from a near-£1.4 million boost to help residents save money on heating bills and reduce carbon emissions.

Bob Watt An architect who made a key contribution to the regeneration of Levenmouth is to be commemorated with a street named after him in Kingdom Housing Association’s latest development at Methil Brae, which Kingdom is developing for Glen Housing Association.

David Green Warmworks Scotland has announced the appointment of David Green OBE as independent chairman of its board of directors.

Amanda Collins With the festive season just around the corner, Amanda Collins from Shelter Scotland highlights that over 5,000 children in Scotland will wake up homeless on Christmas morning.

Glasgow Homelessness Network is to receive a share of a new £150,000 fund to help homeless people - or those at risk of homelessness - to rent a home. The Help-To-Rent funding programme has been commissioned by Crisis, the national charity for homeless people, and will support the five projects to