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Kingdom Housing Association’s Mia Hastings has won the Young Achiever in Housing for 2025 at the CIH Scotland Housing Awards. The annual awards ceremony honours the creativity, passion and innovation of housing organisations and individual employees, with accolades covering equality, sustainab

The Scottish Government has announced a one-year delay to the Scottish Building Safety Levy (SBSL).

Fife College has won one of the country’s most prestigious sustainability skills awards for its pioneering Net Zero Retrofit Skills course, developed in partnership with The Verdancy Group. The course took top spot in the Next Generation Learning and Skills category at the UK & Ireland Gre

Changeworks has been recognised for its commitment to an inclusive and diverse workforce to enable climate action, winning the Diversity and Inclusion Award at the Built Environment-Smarter Transformation Accelerate to Zero Awards 2025. The recognition highlights Changeworks’ ongoing leadershi

A consultation has been launched on a new housing policy aimed at improving support for people affected by domestic abuse across Moray.

The huge success of an innovative Perth & Kinross service to help owners of properties in shared buildings to carry out essential repairs will be set out to councillors. Since September 2021, Perth and Kinross Council’s Missing Shares pilot service has provided support and advice to owners

Construction, infrastructure, property and support services business Robertson Group has announced its support for Homes for Scotland’s Homes Build Futures campaign, which aims to address the housing emergency by increasing supply across all tenures to ensure safe, secure homes are available f

Grampian Housing Association has achieved Customer Service Excellence (CSE) accreditation following its first independent assessment. This prestigious recognition comes in the year the Association celebrates its 50th anniversary, reinforcing its longstanding commitment to delivering high standards o

Dalmuir Park Housing Association (DPHA) chief executive Anne Marie Brown is to step down from her role next year, marking the end of a tenure defined by resilience, community focus, and organisational transformation. Ms Brown, who took up the position in January 2020, described the appointment as th

Scottish accountancy firm Henderson Loggie is urging Scottish charities to take early action as changes to both the audit threshold and the Charities SORP 2026 create a new and more complex reporting landscape. The Scottish Government has announced that the statutory audit threshold will rise for th

Three leading housing organisations have called for a meeting with cabinet secretary for finance and local government Shona Robison ahead of the Scottish Budget to press the need for affordable housing investment. Following landmark research on affordable housing need, Shelter Scotland, CIH Scotland

Caledonia Housing Association (CHA) has welcomed Ross Carlin as executive director of finance. Ross will lead the development of CHA’s financial and treasury management strategy ensuring long-term sustainability, while also overseeing IT and business improvement functions, driving growth, inno

Blackwood Homes and Care has appointed Michelle Harrow as its new director of housing services. Michelle brings significant experience in housing and community leadership, with a strong track record in delivering customer-centred services and driving operational improvement.

Planning applications for new homes near well-connected train stations in England will receive a default “yes” in future if they meet certain rules, the UK government has announced.

Moray Council has approved its updated Rent Management Policy which the local authority said will strengthen support for tenants while maintaining effective rent management.