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Rents in the UK are rising at the fastest rate since 2008 as demand outstrips supply, according to the latest research published by Zoopla. Zoopla found that private sector rents in September were 4.6% higher than a year earlier at £968 per month on average, marking the strongest growth in 13

Craigdale Housing Association has appointed Linda Chelton as its new chief executive. Linda comes with a wealth of social housing experience gained from roles across the UK, most recently as housing services manager within Rosehill Housing Co-operative in Glasgow.

Our #COP26SHN feature continues today with episode 2 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast in which former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner Jimmy Black and Scottish Housing News editor Kieran Findlay speak with Link Group’s finance director Nick Pollard about Environmental

Jimmy Black writes about the latest episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast, with Link Group’s finance director Nick Pollard. I used to sit on the committee of a local authority pension fund, and I made unpopular suggestions. I’d say “Let’s stop investing in tobacco,&rdq

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has officially opened its Glenshellach development in Oban. The official opening was carried out by Jenni Minto, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Argyll and Bute.

Developer Swan Group has concluded the purchase of land at Corton, South Ayrshire which will deliver in excess of 750 new homes, its biggest development yet.

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) is to donate £1,000 to five charities including Befriending Lewis & Harris, Neuro Hebrides, RNLI, The Salvation Army and The Leanne Fund.

Former Link Group chief executive Craig Sanderson responds to episode 1 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast and the corresponding Black's Blog via a conversation he had with an old school friend. Thanks Jimmy Black, Kieran Findlay, David Bookbinder and Teresa Bray for your recent podcast episode an

The boards of Riverside and London-based One Housing Group (OHG) have agreed a merger to create one of the largest housing associations in the United Kingdom next month.

Renfrewshire Council’s director of finance and resources, Alan Russell, has been appointed as the council’s new chief executive and will take up post at the end of November. A national recruitment process began after current chief executive Sandra Black announced her retirement in A

Councillor Shona Haslam is stepping down as leader of Scottish Borders Council. Councillor Haslam, who represents the Scottish Conservatives, was elected to serve the Tweeddale East Ward and appointed as Leader in May 2017.

Centrica, which invited communities and entrepreneurs in Scotland to apply for a grant of up to £100,000 from its Energy for Tomorrow social impact fund for initiatives that can deliver affordable, accessible and sustainable energy solutions to help tackle climate change, has unveiled that fou

Aberdeen City Council officers are to investigate and provide a business case to see if defibrillators can be provided in all schools and sheltered care homes. Councillors on yesterday’s city growth and resources committee unanimously agreed to the move and a report will be provided for the Bu

Glasgow City Mission is to deliver the Overnight Welcome Centre (OWC) again this winter.

Today's instalment in our COP26SHN feature highlights the pioneering retrofit of a pre-1919 tenement to Passivhaus enerPHit standards being undertaken on behalf of Southside Housing Association in Glasgow. Glasgow has around 73,000 iconic pre-1919 sandstone tenements. Their age, built form, conditio