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Mrs Burgess and Cllr Cammy Day. (Photo credit: Donald MacLeod) The Scottish Government has given the go ahead for 80 new affordable homes in Edinburgh, part of almost 1,000 homes earmarked for sites across the city.

Housing minister Margaret Burgess and GHA chair Gordon Sloan met tenant Domenic Lombardi in his new home Flats earmarked for demolition have been given a new lease of life thanks to a £3.4 million regeneration project in Glasgow.

Progress is well under way with the first new homes now on site at a new housing development in Niddrie, Edinburgh. Being developed by CCG (Scotland) Ltd, The Schoolhouse is giving a new lease of life to the site of the former Niddrie Mill Primary School.

The quality of the working relationship between South Lanarkshire Council and its tenants has been recognised at a national level. South Lanarkshire was shortlisted in three categories in the TIS National Excellence Awards 2015.

GHA is supporting a project to help social housing tenants most in need book an affordable break. Carers, people suffering from physical and learning disabilities, families on low incomes and tenants recovering from domestic abuse are among the vulnerable groups being helped by the Caravan Project.

A merger between two Dundee companies has seen Clean Close Company become part of Hillcrest Maintenance Services and the Hillcrest Group. With a history of over eight years of working together, the merger will help to safeguard jobs of the 20 people working for Clean Close as well as create new job

Cube housing officer Shari Parris visits tenant Deirdre McLaughlin at her home in Lennoxtown. (Pic Bill Fleming) Cube Housing Association staff are visiting every one of their tenants to find out how to improve services.

The Athletes’ Village in Glasgow is one of nine housing projects competing for the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) prestigious planning awards this year. Submitted by Glasgow City Council, the project has involved the regeneration and development of a large area of 32.5 hectares of brownf

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) is welcoming applications for the 2015/16 Big Energy Saving Network (BESN). The BESN is a £1 million programme to support third sector organisations and community groups deliver help and advice to vulnerable consumers.

Over a quarter (28 per cent) of social housing tenants are missing out on huge savings by using cash to pay for bills, goods and services, rather than direct debit, according to new research. For many low income families paying in cash, this ‘poverty premium’ has been calculated to amount to mor

A total of 69 credit unions, from across Britain and Northern Ireland, are bidding for funding from the Lloyds Banking Group Credit Union Development Fund. Now in its second year, the £4 million fund (£1m per year) is run in partnership with the Credit Union Foundation.

Pictured: Kristen Hubert of the Empty Homes Partnership and Shelter Scotland's Graeme Brown launch the national empty homes helpline The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership has appealed to members of the public to report empty homes in their communities using a free national helpline.

Pictured: Nursing staff gather round a plaque recording Jamie Hepburn's opening of the new Viewpoint facility The Scottish Government minister for sport, health improvement and mental health has opened a new care facility for older people in Edinburgh.

From left to right: Charles Milne, Chairperson with Kingdom, Ahsan Khan, Head of Housing Clackmannanshire Council, Cllr Les Sharp, Council Leader and Convener of the Housing Health and Care Committee, Bill Banks, Chief Executive, Kingdom Work has started on a new affordable housing project created t

Pictured: Rhonda Leith (left) and Helen Moonie in the second row from the front wearing helmets (Photo: Amy Fowler) Ayrshire Housing today announced the start of work on a new £2.5 million housing development in Ayr town centre.