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A police investigation has been launched into the deaths of eight people in a Glasgow hotel used to house people who were homeless during lockdown.  Reports in the Scottish Sun revealed that four men and four women have died in the Alexander Thompson Hotel on Argyle Street s

A residential portfolio comprising 118 residential properties across the Central Belt of Scotland has been sold by Places for People to private clients of Tay Letting for c.£10 million. The portfolio of properties was spread across eight developments in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Paisl

CALA Homes (East) is inviting the community of Queensferry to give feedback on its plans for a significant new development on the southern edge of the town by hosting an online consultation event. An aerial image of the proposed location

Housing Options Scotland is celebrating a recent success story to mark International Older People Day which saw 73-year-old veteran Dorrie able to return to Perth and Kinross, where she used to live. International Older People Day is a UN initiative which has been celebrated on October 1 every year

The developers behind a planning application for a proposed residential development for up 300 homes in Monkton and a site for a park and ride have outlined the major boost to the Ayrshire economy which could be provided should the plans be approved.

Bill Banks, group chief executive with Kindgom, has been looking back over the last six months to review the organisation's response to the pandemic and identifying changes to the way services have been delivered and to how tenants have been supported. At Kingdom, everyone was working as normal on M

Introducing Homeless Network Scotland's annual conference, which takes place later this month, the charity's head of external relations Martin Gavin highlights one event which tackles the politics of homelessness policy. Across the world, huge resources are deployed to try to understand an

In the run-up to the Holyrood election in May 2021, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has outlined its calls to Scotland’s political parties, with the publication of its new manifesto, Housing Scotland: Building Our Social and Economic Recovery.  SFHA’s man

Linstone Housing has announced it has completed distributing a cash amount of £264,500 to help Renfrewshire battle the coronavirus pandemic. Musical instrument library Music Broth is one of the recipients of funding. Image credit: Felix Slaven

Glasgow City Council has accepted £2.316 million of Scottish Government funding to help address vacant and derelict land in 2020/21 and has approved a plan for delivery. Vacant and derelict land is an issue for Glasgow as the city has consistently had the highest conce

The Scottish Housing Regulator has reduced the number of statutory appointments at Fairfield Housing Co-operative after "good progress" was made by the landlord. The Regulator appointed a manager and seven members to the governing body in December 2018 after it identified serious weaknesses in

The Scottish Government has published a consultation paper on its proposals for reviewing and extending permitted development rights. The Phase 1 proposals relate to priority development types: digital telecommunications infrastructure; agricultural development; peatland restoration;

Local teams supporting north-east charity Aberdeen Cyrenians have reached the end of their 555-mile challenge to virtually tour Scottish premiership stadiums by the end of September.

East Kilbride Housing Association’s chairperson for the past three years, Graham Keith, has decided not to stand for re-election at this year’s Annual General Meeting. Mr Keith is relocating to the north of Scotland to enjoy his retirement after serving a total of five years on the EKHA

A £33.571 million programme of essential capital projects throughout the Highlands has been given approval as councillors agreed a "cautious and prudent" approach to the local authority's revenue budget for 2020/21. Among the project to initially progress across the current financial year