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Ian Brennan The Scottish Housing Regulator has welcomed a new report contributing to the debate on what value for money means for tenants, social landlords and the housing sector in Scotland.

The number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland has increased by 42 per cent over the previous year, an industry body has reported. The National House Building Council (NHBC) said that 3,442 new homes were registered between March and May in 2015, when compared to 2,423 homes dur

Minister for housing and welfare, Margaret Burgess, visited Arbroath last week to see how work to develop a derelict site into affordable homes, commercial and community space is moving on in earnest. The minister was taken on a tour of the Baltic Mill site by Angus Council housing officers.

Homeless people are being prevented from accessing their statutory rights to permanent accommodation because of “major financial barriers” introduced by some social landlords in Scotland, a law charity has warned. Govan Law Centre (GLC) said it is now common place in Glasgow for a homeless perso

Iain Duncan Smith The total lifetime cost of the Universal Credit welfare reform programme has increased by nearly £3bn in the past three years to £15.8bn, according to new figures from the UK government.

Winnie Mcghie, James Hardie, Ruksana Mohsin, Steven Neil and Matthew Barker along with Loretto Care’s Heather Crilly and staff from Dobbies and Tesco A community garden in Glasgow is helping people lead more independent and healthy lives.

A concerted push towards tenant engagement in day-to-day activity across developments run by a housing and care provider has yielded impressive early results. Findings taken throughout the year by Bield show that across its 140 developments, greater efforts to involve tenants has led to a cultural c

A Scottish housing and care providers is launching a national gardening competition in a bid to find its most horticulturally-talented tenants. Blackwood is encouraging keen gardeners to don their gloves and grow an item of their choice – ranging from plants to flowers and vegetables to fruit.

The new external wall sealing system from Iso Chemie Fast and secure sealing of various thermal insulation composite systems to building openings and projections is provided by the new ISO-EWI SEALING SYSTEM from ISO-Chemie.

Isobel Barr Isabel Barr, the former chairperson of Cordale Housing Association, sadly passed away on 23 June after a short illness.

Jimmy Black You are looking for your first rented flat, and a landlord says "give me £200 and I'll keep this flat for you. But back out and the money's mine". Would you know this was an illegal premium? If the landlord then said: "Leave the place in good order and I'll give you back a month's rent"

Aberdeen city councillors seized a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to kick-start a 20-year regeneration programme for the city centre. The principles of the Aberdeen City Centre Masterplan outlined in a presentation by independent consultants BDP were unanimously accepted – with further det

Councillors have unanimously rejected proposals to allow a greenfield site in Duntocher to be opened up for housing development. West Dunbartonshire Council’s planning committee was directed to approve a Scottish Government ministers recommendation to include the Duntiglennan Fields site into

A new organisation set up to deliver mid market housing in Aberdeenshire is to acquire its first homes next month. Aberdeenshire Council agreed to lend funds to Create Homes Aberdeenshire to enable the purchase of 24 affordable housing units from Stewart Milne Group at the developers Westfield site

The Living Wage Foundation, in partnership with Poverty Alliance, has announced Cloch Housing Association as the latest organisation to be accredited as a Living Wage employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at Cloch HA, regardless of whether they are permanent employees receiv