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Jim McCabe The leader of North Lanarkshire Council, who was reported to a watchdog for not declaring his friendship with executives at a company at the heart of a multi-million-pound council housing repairs deal, has been cleared of any wrongdoing.

Philip Hogg Trade body Homes for Scotland has announced that chief executive Philip Hogg is to leave the organisation in the coming months to become managing director of Bancon Group's homes business.

A new poll published by a Scottish charity seeking to challenge public perceptions of those in need has found that more than a quarter of Scots believe poverty is a result of laziness. Commissioned by Cyrenians, the survey found that 28 per cent believed poverty was a result of laziness on the part

Ellie Hutchinson By Ellie Hutchinson at Shelter Scotland

Housing association tenants across the Stirling Council area will get the chance to improve their computer skills through a new lottery funded project. Connecting Stirling has been awarded £250,000 over three years by the Big Lottery fund, to provide training for tenants of Forth and Rural Stirling

Scotland’s construction industry is facing its greatest skills challenge as workloads continue to outpace availability of skilled professionals, a survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed. Almost two-thirds of respondents (63 per cent) to the latest RICS UK Constr

Select Property Group has secured planning permission for a new £41 million student accommodation development at Fountainbridge in Edinburgh. Operating under the developer’s Vita Student brand, the residence will comprise of 261 self-contained studios, a 5,000 square foot social hub area includin

Cube chair Liz Ruine with, from left, Nina Chapman, Angie Davis and Suzanne Lavelle of the Vale of Leven Autism and Asperger’s Forum A support group for families with autistic children is celebrating a lifeline from Cube Housing Association.

An innovative service that allows people with any form of memory impairment to have an enjoyable dining experience with their friends and family is to be expanded. Oakburn Park Day Care in Milngavie, run by care and housing provider Bield, has seen such a huge demand for Wee Betty’s Bistro, a rest

Seventeen members of staff from Castlehill Housing Association raised a total of £500 on their 2015 sponsored walk at Loch Muick. The day of the walk proved to be dry but windy and the group enjoyed an eight mile walk around the loch, which lies totally within the Balmoral estate, just south of Bra

Dundee City Council has revealed it will have to find £28 million of savings over the next two years as a result of the UK government’s spending review. The updated figure is revealed in a new report to go before councillors at the end of the month.

The Rock Trust has hailed the Scottish Government’s plans to invest an additional £55 million into affordable housing as a “step in the right direction”. The Local Affordable Rented Housing Trust will provide up to 1,000 affordable homes from the Scottish Government funds along with matched p

A search has begun to find the children and their families featured in iconic photographs of Scotland’s tenement slums. The collection of photographs, taken 45 years ago by Nick Hedges for housing and homelessness charity Shelter, depict the lives of families living in cold, damp and often dangero

Weslo Housing Management has launched a new user-friendly website to help its customers interact with the organisation and access information quickly and efficiently. Created with the user experience firmly in mind, the website has been designed using the latest technology so the site is browser and

Maureen Lynch (sheltered housing officer), Elizabeth Brodie, Tom Brodie, Cllr Sam Love, Benny Pollock & Monica Lynn (housing advisor) People living in sheltered housing in Bellshill and Viewpark are getting a 5-star service according to the Care Inspectorate.