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Housing Minister on Scotland’s affordable homes target

|Date: 6 April, 2020

Housing Minister on Scotland’s affordable homes target

Kevin Stewart SNP MSP, Minister for Local Government & Housing in Scotland, delivered a video on Twit ...

Kevin Stewart SNP MSP, Minister for Local Government & Housing in Scotland, delivered a video on Twitter on Friday 3rd April saying Scotland is unlikely to meet its affordable homes programme targ ...

6 April, 2020
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£5.4m affordable homes project completes in Fife

|Date: 2 March, 2020

£5.4m affordable homes project completes in Fife

Work has completed on a £5.4m transformative new community built on a greenfield site in the Newburgh are ...

Work has completed on a £5.4m transformative new community built on a greenfield site in the Newburgh area of Fife. A total of 40 high-quality affordable homes have been delivered at Banklands by Robe ...

2 March, 2020
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£12m Scottish charitable bond for Blackwood Homes

|Date: 5 February, 2020

£12m Scottish charitable bond for Blackwood Homes

Blackwood Homes and Care are delighted that Allia C&C have issued a loan of £12m through the Scottish ...

Blackwood Homes and Care are delighted that Allia C&C have issued a loan of £12m through the Scottish Government’s charitable bonds scheme to enable a build programme of 160 highly accessible home ...

5 February, 2020
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Urgent solution needed to budget delay to stop social housing crisis

|Date: 8 January, 2020

Urgent solution needed to budget delay to stop social housing crisis

The continuing uncertainty around Scottish Government investment in housing post-2021 is preventing the b ...

The continuing uncertainty around Scottish Government investment in housing post-2021 is preventing the building of desperately needed affordable homes, according to the Scottish Federation of Housing ...

8 January, 2020
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Rising private rents could increase demand in social housing sector

|Date: 20 November, 2019

Rising private rents could increase demand in social housing sector

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has responded to the release of the latest private ...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has responded to the release of the latest private sector rent statistics by calling for the Scottish Government to commit to further investment ...

20 November, 2019
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Robertson begins work on new £2.5m Dundee nursery

|Date: 9 October, 2019

Robertson begins work on new £2.5m Dundee nursery

Work is now underway on a new nursery in Dundee which will cater for more than 170 children from next yea ...

Work is now underway on a new nursery in Dundee which will cater for more than 170 children from next year. Procured through Major Works – Scotland, part of the Scape National Construction framework, ...

9 October, 2019
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Urban Union | Transformational regneration

|Date: 10 September, 2019

Urban Union | Transformational regneration

Urban Union was formed to help meet Scotland’s growing demand for affordable housing of the highest quali ...

Urban Union was formed to help meet Scotland’s growing demand for affordable housing of the highest quality. A partnership between McTaggart Construction and Robertson Group, it works with local counc ...

10 September, 2019
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Cairn Housing Association celebrates 10th anniversary of Handyperson service

|Date: 8 July, 2019

Cairn Housing Association celebrates 10th anniversary of Handyperson service

Cairn Housing Association in Scotland is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its handyperson scheme, whic ...

Cairn Housing Association in Scotland is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its handyperson scheme, which is estimated to have saved the NHS over £6m. Cairn Housing Association set up its Handyperson ...

8 July, 2019
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Supplementary Guidance | Housing First Know-How

|Date: 4 July, 2019

Supplementary Guidance | Housing First Know-How

‘Homelessness is a problem with a solution and the solution is housing.’ This is a statement from the fir ...

‘Homelessness is a problem with a solution and the solution is housing.’ This is a statement from the first in the Housing First Know-How series that has been carefully prepared for, and in consultati ...

4 July, 2019
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Scottish local authorities urged to protect supply chain retentions

|Date: 30 April, 2019

Scottish local authorities urged to protect supply chain retentions

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group Scotland, representing the largest sector in Scottish ...

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group Scotland, representing the largest sector in Scottish construction by value, is calling on construction procurers in local authorities to protect re ...

30 April, 2019
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