The judging panel with Roan Rutherford on the right and Hugh Dutton second from the right Ayrshire Housing’s Burns Wynd, Maybole development is one of only two Scottish housing association projects to be shortlisted in the prestigious annual RIAS and RIBA awards.
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The Inverclyde Common Housing Register (ICHR) is reviewing its Allocations Policy and would like to hear the views of customers in relation to the draft policy and feedback on the proposed changes. The policy is being changed in response to the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 and to reflect changes in i
Aberdeenshire Council will be asked to decide on two retrospective planning applications relating to an unauthorised Gypsy/Traveller site near St Cyrus today. Two applications have been received for a change of use of agricultural land beside Eskview Farm, to the south of St Cyrus and near the Natio
The Stopover project Edinburgh’s Lady Provost met with young tenants of the Four Square Stopover to celebrate the Grove Street hostel’s £60,000 makeover.
PWS installed REHAU PVC-U frames finished in grey to replace grey aluminium frames which had been in place previously Grey foiled PVC-U windows are a key element in a stylish renovation of a disused bakery building in Glasgow carried out by civil engineering and ground works specialists Deans Engine
Representatives from five of the General Election candidates for the Dundee West constituency came together last night to debate social housing and devolution last night in a hustings organised by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and co-hosted by Angus Housing Association. Labo
Christine Macleod The Scottish Housing Regulator has published a new summary report for tenants on the key findings of its first National Report on the Scottish Social Housing Charter.
Margaret Burgess The Scottish Welfare Fund has helped nearly 135,000 households since the scheme began in April 2013, according to new statistics.
Judy Hamilton Fife Council is to continue beyond its current commitment of 2,700 new homes by 2017 after agreeing a two-year extension of its Affordable Housing Programme.
Roy Stirrat, chair of Link Group (left) and Lord Smith of Kelvin, chair of Clyde Gateway The latest stage on the ongoing transformation of the Glasgow’s East End will see 550 homes constructed on the site of the former Dalmarnock Power Station, it was revealed yesterday.
Edinburgh Council has approved a ‘boiler on prescription’ scheme to improve residents’ health and reduce emergency NHS admissions. The pilot seeks to build on a similar scheme in Sunderland in 2014 by Gentoo Group and Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group.
LHC Scotland would like to hear from contractors experienced in providing heating services for social landlords and other public sector bodies. The public sector procurement specialist consortium is launching its first specialist Heating Services framework in Scotland, which will be launched in the
(left to right) Mark Herd (Fife Council Building Services) John Mills (Fife Council Head of Housing) Cllr Judy Hamilton and Fiona Stenke (Historic Buildings Trust) A project to convert unused office space at Cupar County Buildings into social housing is now underway.
Margaret Burgess A pilot project which reduces reoffending and supports around 750 prisoners and ex-offenders every year will be extended to March 2017 thanks to an additional £200,000 funding from the Scottish Government.
Nick Kuenssberg UK investors are being targeted by a new pioneering Scottish third sector fund which aims to provide a social as well as financial return.