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An employment and wellbeing programme for people living in housing associations in the Scottish Borders is among around 500 projects set to benefit from a £200 million boost for local economies from the UK Government's levelling up agenda.

New data released by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has revealed an increasing demand across its network for advice regarding crisis grants from the Scottish Welfare Fund in September.

Wheatley Group has launched its own Sustainable Finance Framework (SFF) that aligns its strategic sustainability priorities with its funding and financial strategy and allows the group to expand its funding base to help achieve its sustainability goals.

Scott Restrick, Link Group energy and sustainability officer, is next up in Scottish Housing News' #COP26SHN showcase of the social housing sector's efforts to help tackle the climate crisis with his take on how the housing sector urgently needs access to a more sophisticated toolkit to respond to t

Proposals to establish a new National Care Service (NCS) for Scotland are a cause for concern for CIH Scotland particularly around the scope and costs of the proposals and lack of clarity on how the housing sector will be involved in the new structure. The Scottish Government’s proposals follo

Hillcrest was named Community Business of the Year at Saturday night’s prestigious The Courier Business Awards 2021 held at the Apex City Quay Hotel in Dundee. The Dundee-based charity achieved the award for its commitment to supporting the community through local employment, partnership worki

Kingdom Housing Association's support and care subsidiary is celebrating receiving Gold accreditation status in the Investors in People We Invest In People Award, reflecting the organisation’s approach to the recruitment, development and retention of staff at all levels.

The Lord Provost of Glasgow welcomed The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Milnbank Housing Association’s sports hub during a Glasgow Scouts Climate change skills workshop. The royal couple met a range of Scouts who were learning skills to combat climate change as part of th

Janet Strang, vice chairperson of Cunninghame Housing Association, has presented a cheque for £1,000 to Craig Simpson, Football Coach of the Kilwinning Football Academy 2008’s team. The Kilwinning Football Academy 2008’s team is a registered charity that provides football, nutritio

The second AGM held online by the Edinburgh Tenants Federation (ETF) has been hailed as a great success.

Bellway Homes Ltd (Scotland West) has continued its growth across the central belt with the acquisition of a second parcel of land at Dargavel Village in Bishopton.

The scale of the challenge facing the UK’s real estate sector in achieving net zero, with particular difficulties facing the residential sector due to its scale and the need to incentivise owner-occupiers to make improvements, has been highlighted in new research by Savills.

The Scottish Government has published an updated Transforming Planning in Practice work programme for implementation of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 and progressing wider planning reforms after much of the work had been paused during the pandemic. The updated work programme summarises progress t

Tenants will benefit from cheaper bills, warmer homes and help the environment thanks to 150 new energy-efficient properties being built by Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP).

Continuing our COP26SHN showcase of the social housing sector's efforts to help tackle the climate crisis, interim managing director Morag Hutchinson details Riverside Scotland's current modular build project. We are facing a double crisis: climate change and a critical shortage of afforda