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Moray Council has appointed John Mundell as its interim chief executive, who will take up his duties in early May. John Mundell will take on the post alongside outgoing chief executive, Roddy Burns, for a three-week handover period before taking up the reins for up to a period of between 6 and 18 mo

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Caledonia Housing Association has welcomed Samuel Zachariah as its new procurement lead. Mr Zachariah joins Caledonia from the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in Kendal where he was the deputy integrated procurement manager following 19 years’ experience in the Oil a

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Veterans Housing Scotland has announced the appointment of Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, the 16th Duke of Hamilton and 13th Duke of Brandon, as the charity’s new president. Titled the Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale from birth until 2010 when his father, Angus, the 15th Duke of Hamilt

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Nicky Lloyd, head of ESPC Lettings, shares what comes after the end of The Tenancy Protection Act and what landlords in Scotland need to know about the changes. It’s certainly an interesting time to be a landlord or a tenant in Scotland, as the private rental sector faces a marked change in ci

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Jimmy Black considers whether the social housing sector and the Scottish Government are effectively measuring the carbon cost of home improvements.

Housing Champions

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Jimmy Black cycled to Stornoway to meet Calum (Barney) MacKay, chair of TPAS Scotland and long-standing tenant activist. Barney is a trade unionist, and that explains a lot. Trades unions teach their active members how to do many useful things, including basic skills, like how to run a meeting or th

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Jimmy Black meets the energetic Evie Copland, multi-award-winner and housing evangelist. “The biggest problem is … how do I change the world with this?” Evie Copland is finishing her Master's in Housing Studies, and she has been a distinguished student. In 2021 she won the Malcolm

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Jimmy Black meets Bill Banks, retiring CEO of the multi award-winning Kingdom Group. Bill Banks looks relaxed, calm and entirely at home in his relatively modest office at Kingdom Housing Association. He’s a man at the height of his powers with a very solid track record of achievement. But Bil

Scottish Housing News Podcast

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Black's Blog

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After recording an episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast on the subject of the proposed rent adjudication scheme for the private rented sector, Jimmy Black shares his own experiences.

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Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay spent 45 minutes of the SHN podcast discussing just about everything important in Scottish housing with the hugely experienced Craig Stirrat, Group CEO of Grampian Housing Association. Jimmy picks out the bits he found most fascinating... Council house stock transfer?

Our Housing Heritage

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The Springburn office of ng homes is named after Ned Donaldson. But who was Ned Donaldson? Kieran Findlay recalls the contribution of the activist and the post-war battle to stop the privatisation of council housing at Merrylee. It was a cold sleety December day in 1951. Slum landlordism and sublett

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Duncan Smith, who works in the social housing sector, has contributed this piece as part of his quest for more information about housing architect George Gibson. Several years ago, just after starting my current job, I undertook some research on the properties we were refurbishing at the time. I fou

Fuel Poverty

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Homelessness

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National homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust has been awarded the Outstanding Organisation ‘Five Star’ Award by the European Foundation for Quality Management. The charity was presented with the prestigious five-star Recognised by EFQM award by the chief executive of EFQM in Edi

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Property firm Lomond Group has continued its expansion in Scotland with the acquisition of Tay Letting. The firm, which has offices in Glasgow, Dundee, and Edinburgh, will become part of the DJ Alexander brand and substantially increase the firm’s presence in Glasgow, Dundee and the wider

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There could be around 22,000 fewer homes available to rent in Scotland at the start of 2024 than just a year ago, according to a survey by the largest landlord membership body in the country. A survey of its members by the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) also found the biggest reasons for th

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Just 8.5% of private rental homes are likely to be affordable to Universal Credit claimants, despite increases to the amount of housing benefit they can access from next month. Local Housing Allowance will increase from 1 April for the first time since April 2020. Yet Savills research has found the

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Plans have been unveiled for a new Scottish benefit to provide continued support to around 66,000 adults with a disability or long-term health condition. Under new proposals, eligible people who receive Disability Living Allowance through the UK Government’s Department for Work and Pensions wo