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Eildon Housing Association held its 53rd Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 9 September. Chairman Brian Frater set out the challenges facing the housing and social care sectors, and how Eildon is working hard to address these issues in the Scottish Borders.

Staff and tenants at Melville Housing Association are celebrating another strong year for the organisation’s housing service, which has helped tenants secure more than £1 million in benefits and financial support.

Orkney Islands Council has launched a new loan scheme designed to help bring long-term empty homes back into use and increase the supply of housing for essential workers. The Empty Homes Loan Scheme offers loans of up to £25,000 to help property owners repair and renovate residential prop

Five vacant flats in Portree are set to be refurbished and brought back into use through a partnership between SSEN Transmission and Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association (LSHA).

The University of Stirling has opened registration for the first event in the 2026 ESRC Festival of Social Science programme.

A new £5 million fund will help communities improve preparedness and reduce flood risk.

Clark Contracts’ delivery of The Pepper Mill student accommodation development in Edinburgh has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Halls of Residence Award at the Student Accommodation Awards 2026.

Milnbank Housing Association has formalised a strategic partnership with national mentoring charity MCR Pathways to support young people to overcome barriers and build brighter futures in Glasgow. Milnbank employees and board members will be trained as volunteer mentors, helping young people build c

The Scottish Government's chief planner and the national planning improvement champion (NPIC) have written to planning colleagues setting out a new action plan aimed at accelerating the delivery of Local Development Plans (LDPs), warning that the decisions made now will "establish important precede

Argyll and Bute Council's proposed Short-Term Let Control Areas (STLCA) face a credible legal challenge if they are used to force established tourism businesses to close, a tourism body has warned.

The Highland Council's Economy and Infrastructure Committee will host a special meeting on Monday (28 September) to consider whether to progress proposals for new Short Term Let Control Areas across parts of the region.

220 organisations across Scotland that share Link Group’s aim of making a positive impact in people’s lives through reducing poverty and exclusion and improving wellbeing have benefitted from £500 grants from the Link in the Community Fund.

Fife Housing Group hosted a fun-filled community event to celebrate the recipients of the £20,000 in grant funding it distributes annually. Continuing its commitment to Giving Something Back, this year’s celebrations took place at Hayfield Community Centre in Kirkcaldy and brought togeth

Tighean Innse Gall (TIG) has marked its 35th anniversary by project managing £26.7 million worth of housing and community development works on behalf of clients, installing more than £442,000 worth of home adaptations and providing support to over 1,000 households facing fuel poverty.

Angela Currie, chief executive of Hanover, is to retire on 31st March 2027. Angela joined the specialist housing association for older people in January 2021 and has led the organisation through strategic renewal, investment in homes and services, and a strong national voice for housing that support