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Scottish Gas has become the first company to support Shelter Scotland’s campaign calling for a fairer deal for renters. The Make Renting Right campaign aims to give tenants and their families in the private rented sector long-term security in their homes. Campaign objectives include fairer tenancy

Resident David Murray with Bailie Liz Cameron during her visit to his home on the Anderston development, Glasgow Hundreds of Glasgow families now reside in new homes after a regeneration project reached a major milestone.

Plans for the development of 21 affordable flats on the long derelict site of a former Dundee metal works on Dens Road have been approved. Hillcrest Housing Association acquired the land in March 2015 and the developer, Cullross Limited, is due start building on the site this June with work schedule

Geraldine Howley has been appointed president of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) following the organisation’s AGM. Geraldine, who is chief executive of Bradford-based housing group Incommunities and has been CIH vice president for the past 12 months, takes over the role from Steve Stride.

Redstone Wynd North Ayrshire Council’s Redstone Wynd development has been nominated as a finalist in the ‘Small Affordable Housing Development of the Year’ category at the Scottish Home Awards 2015.

A survey of over 11,000 Scottish consumers has found that more than one in three Scottish households are suffering from fuel poverty. The survey was taken by households who have joined the Big Energy Switch campaign, a Scotland-wide people power campaign to cut the cost of electricity and gas in Sco

A new housing development in Bearsden is in the running for a top industry award before it has even opened. St Andrew’s View is a prestigious collection of 20 one and two-bed modern apartments, located on the site of the former St Andrew’s College in Bearsden.

GHA chair Gordon Sloan and tenant Kathleen James raise a cup to celebrate the success of the solar panel project A project to fit 500 GHA homes with solar panels has been hailed a success after saving tenants £388,000 on their energy bills.

Around 300 children from across Inverness took part in the second annual Cairn Housing Association Cup. A total of 27 teams from across the city competed in two competitions and players were entertained between matches with a bouncy castle, facepainting and barbeque.

More flexibility in the system for seeking repossession of properties in the private rented sector has been welcomed by the Faculty of Advocates. Initial proposals by the Scottish Government last year had listed eight grounds for landlords to use for repossession, and each was to be mandatory – if

A landmark case at the Supreme Court could change the way English local authorities use the term “intentionally homeless”. The court ruled that the London Borough of Waltham Forest (LBWF) was wrong to refuse a woman’s request for housing help on the grounds she had made herself “intentionall

Lord Provost Sadie Docherty and GHA chair Gordon Sloan with GHA and Lowther Homes tenants and staff and representatives from Scottish Government and contractors City Building Tenants are celebrating moving in to their affordable new homes in the south side of Glasgow.

Provost Robbins with guests and new tenants Forth Housing Association marked the completion of its latest homes in Cultenhove, Stirling with the help of Provost Mike Robbins.

PHA housing services director Lynne Donnelly, tenant Michelle Hynes and Carillion area operations manager Neil Whannell Partick Housing Association (PHA) has celebrated the allocation of its 200th modernised void property this month.

The Sailmaker Apartments in Leith, which were built by the City of Edinburgh Council and its partners, have won an esteemed industry award. The development of 145 affordable homes took the title of Best Partnership in Affordable Housing at the prestigious Homes For Scotland Awards 2015.