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St Andrew’s View A new housing development in Bearsden has been shortlisted for another two top property awards.

A proportion of a £1.7 million pot is up for grabs for West Dunbartonshire communities keen to make a difference to their town centres. The Scottish Government funding has been made available via the Town Centre Communities Capital Fund.

The United Nations (UN) are to investigate the UK government’s welfare reforms following a complaint that there had “grave and systematic” violations of disabled people’s human rights, it has been reported. Disability charity Inclusion Scotland said that they have been contacted by the UN Co

A new campaign group is putting forward a framework for Scotland’s private rented sector (PRS) which it said will serve tenants and addresses the country’s chronic lack of housing. PRS 4 Scotland is calling for two new tenancy agreements to take account of the flexibility wanted by some tenants

Maggie Chapman A policy motion supporting rent controls in Scotland is due to be debated at the Scottish Green Party Conference in Glasgow this October.

Irvine Housing Association held its AGM to celebrate the fruition of the promises it made to its communities when it joined Riverside in 2011. The event at the Gailes Hotel, Irvine, saw Alan West, chair of Irvine Housing Association, present the highlights of the year which included the launch of th

The number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland has increased by over 40 per cent over the previous year, according to new figures. The National House Building Council (NHBC) said that 3,543 new homes were registered between May and July this year, when compared to 2,492 homes du

Councillor Neil Cooney Aberdeen City Council is to hold a public consultation on an over-provision scheme to control the number of Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the city.

Tom Allan with the sculpture of St Thenue A stunning sculpture given to a housing association and carved from the red sandstone of one of Glasgow’s most iconic buildings is to go on show.

The masterplan for the Cupar North expansion was unveiled to local residents with developers revealing the proposals could create more than 700 jobs. Last week’s exhibition outlined the potential for around 1400 new homes, jobs and investment for the area over a 20 year period.

Gordon Sloan By Glasgow Housing Association chair Gordon Sloan

Philip Hogg A six per cent fall in home ownership levels between 2009 and 2014 is largely the result of the dramatic decline in private home building and ongoing issues surrounding large mortgage deposits, according to a homebuilder’s trade body.

(from left) Lynn Wassell, chair of River Clyde Homes’ board, John Galt House residents Ken Quinn, Margaret Hamill and Jimmy Grant with Jane Wallace manager, ExtraCare at RCH River Clyde Homes’ sheltered housing service has received its most positive report ever following a recent unannounced vis

Kingdom Housing Association has said it is “very pleased” to have helped launch a new energy supply company which aims to reduce household energy bills for thousands of tenants.

Beth Reid By Beth Reid, policy manager at Crisis Scotland