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Statistics providing information on lets made by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in 2014-15 have been released by Scotland’s Chief Statistician. The yearly report shows that single adult households accounted for 37.2 per cent of all new lets. Another 20.5 per cent of households were single pare

An Edinburgh homeless charity has warned that vital services in the city are being closed or cut back because of a reduction in funding from the council. In a briefing document issued to its staff, Streetwork stated that the City of Edinburgh Council has cut about £200,000 of funding from the organ

EVH has announced that it has received 11 nominations this year for its prestigious Helen McGregor Award. Sponsored by Cunninghame Housing Association, the award recognises the outstanding contributions that individuals make to social employers’ boards, all in a voluntary capacity.

Springfield Properties has submitted plans for a £1 billion new community at Bertha Park, Perth. An application for Planning Permission in Principle including a masterplan has been submitted to Perth & Kinross Council for the 3,000 home development covering an area of 333 hectares. A further de

L to R: Dinah Faulds, chairman Eildon Staff Association, Wilma Gunn MBE, Scottish HART, Trevor Burrows, Eildon Trust Selkirk heart disease charity Scottish H.A.R.T. has been awarded a £500 cheque from the Eildon Trust.

SFHA CEO Mary Taylor is one of the letter's signatories Thirteen of Scotland’s leading charities have appealed to the UK government to find new ways of reducing public spending ahead of £12 billion in additional cuts to the welfare bill in next week’s emergency budget.

Excavation work begins in Glenshellach, Oban Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has got the go ahead to build 27 new homes for rent in Oban and Connel.

A £138 million programme to improve homes in Renfrewshire has helped to create more than new 200 jobs. The five year project by Renfrewshire Council to upgrade tenants’ homes to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) saw 234 jobs created through contractors working on the programme.

A ceremony has been held to mark the official signing of a building contract for 12 new build flats in Largs. Cunninghame Housing Association, in partnership with North Ayrshire Council and the Scottish Government, is delivering 12 new build flats at Waterside Street.

Nance Smith, vice-chair, Abbeyfield Scotland, Provost Una Walker, Luca, resident Isabel Smith and Niall Patterson, CEO, Abbeyfield Scotland Abbeyfield Scotland, the charity that provides independent living with support for older people across Scotland, held a reopening celebration at its house in Ga

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, West of Scotland Housing Association has produced a special video and dedicated microsite. The celebratory video illustrates the association’s beginnings and evolution to the company it is today, improving the Art of Living for its customers.

Following the success of 2014’s Community Festival in Partick Burgh Hall, this year Partick Housing Association decided to take things outdoors to Mansfield Park where the event was held as part of the West End Festival with live music, come & try sessions and arts and crafts. Samba Caramba we

Social Enterprise Scotland is encouraging all social enterprises of all types from across urban and rural Scotland to enter its annual awards. The awards are a unique opportunity for all social enterprises across the country to stand up and be counted and to celebrate their achievements.

Image provided by Holmes Miller A new £30m development including a cinema, gyms, bars, restaurants and housing is to be built in Perth.

Margaret Burgess A new fund has been launched which aims to create additional residential accommodation in Scotland’s urban and rural towns.