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Aberdeen Cyrenians is this year launching its Christmas celebration event in recognition of the important role that “home” and “community” has had in 2020. The charity is asking people decorating their homes for the festive season to join their Winter Wonderland Festive Trail

Blue Triangle Housing Association has welcomed Iain Macfarlane as its new chief executive officer. Mr Macfarlane brings over 20 years of banking, public sector reform, service transformation, and third sector leadership experience to the role, as he leads the organisation on a journey of i

Ardenglen Housing Association has spoken of its pride after being named Housing Association of the Year in what is its 30th anniversary year, describing the award as “the perfect birthday present”.

Moves are being made to make council housing in Edinburgh some of the most sustainable in the country as part of an ambitious £2.89 billion programme. A new report from the City of Edinburgh Council reveals the significant investment that has already been made by the local authority in im

A new series of interactive online workshops is being launched to mark one year since CIH Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and Alzheimer Scotland launched the Housing and Dementia Framework. Launched at an event on 30 October 2019, the Framework is designed to support housing

Landlords continued to perform well in the service areas that matter most to tenants during 2019/20 with almost nine out of ten tenants satisfied with their landlord’s overall service, according to Scottish Housing Regulator analysis. Headline findings of the Regulator's seventh nati

Kingdom Housing Association is celebrating winning a prestigious award for its ongoing commitment to sustainability and environmental best practice. Kingdom took top honours in the Green Initiative category at Kingdom FM’s Local Hero Awards, the prestigious annual event hosted by the Fife-base

Barratt Homes West Scotland has cited support for its proposed residential development at Monkton from a local MSP, the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce and three leading housing associations as the planning application is prepared to go before South Ayrshire Council’s full council meeti

Angus Council is to build around 20 new council houses in Edzell as part of its commitment to provide affordable homes for rent in rural communities as well as larger towns. Plans have been submitted for a development that would replace the council-owned retirement unit at Inglis Court.

Highland Council and other Highland Housing Register social housing landlords have launched a consultation seeking feedback on the proposed changes to the way they allocate their houses and the way people access housing.  The Highland Housing Re

SHARE has issued a special edition of SHARE news, which much of the publication being dedicated to former director Alan Ferguson.

People challenging disability benefit decisions will be able to claim a new Short Term Assistance payment under Scotland’s new social security system. Short Term Assistance will mean people continue to receive the amount of money they were getting before the decision was made to lower or stop

Veteran homelessness charity Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR) has received a generous grant from Comic Relief's Homeless Response Fund to help it absorb some of the financial impact of COVID-19. Administered by Comic Relief’s partner Homeless Link, the grant more than £47K will support

Aberdeen Cyrenians is appealing for ‘reverse trick or treating’ to support those having a ‘frightful’ time during the current COVID-19 crisis. In response to the coronavirus outbreak there has been unprecedented demand for support and as winter approaches, need continues

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has extended its offering of payment deferrals for mortgage and consumer credit customers for the next six months. The regulator said that under its proposals borrowers who already have a payment deferral for a period of less than six months would be able to ext