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Around 250,000 households in Scotland will automatically receive help with their energy bills next winter under changes to the Warm Home Discount scheme, the UK Government has announced.
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The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has welcomed the findings of independent research into how it communicates with stakeholders. The research shows stakeholders make use of the full range of SHR’s communications channels, with the website and publications used most frequently. All channels w
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is calling for a programme of reparations for Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers, who were subjected to decades of forced assimilation and ongoing harm under policies known as the ‘Tinker Experiment’. Its new report, No Man’s Land, examine
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Fife Council is exploring options to take 30 private homes into public ownership after dozens of tenants were served with eviction letters. Households in the coastal communities of West Wemyss and Denbeath are facing the prospect of losing their homes after receiving eviction notices from their new
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Generation Rent has criticised the UK government for giving private landlords until 2035 to meet basic housing standards, warning that millions of tenants now face nearly a decade more in unsafe or substandard homes.
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Reidvale Housing Association has raised concerns about proposed parking changes in Dennistoun, saying the plans could make day-to-day life more difficult for many people who live there. The association has written to Glasgow City Council to share worries about the impact the proposals could have on
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The Highland Council has reported a strong performance across several key housing indicators, including a reduction in households in temporary accommodation, improved repair times, and the lowest level of rent arrears in three years. New figures presented to this week's Housing & Property
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Nearly £60 million earmarked for building and purchasing new homes is forecast to go unused by the City of Edinburgh Council this year.
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In 2024, Dr Scott McGibbon was awarded CIOB’s inaugural Paul Dockerill Award. For the CIOB's January column for Scottish Construction Now, he updates us on the progress of his research and campaign to protect more people from the dangers of silica dust. In 2024, Scottish Construction Now repor
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Wellhouse Housing Association has achieved considerable improvements in rates of tenant satisfaction in a 40% survey of residents recently carried out by Research Resource.
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Clackmannanshire Council is to consider a proposal to increase council housing rents by 6%. Following a consultation that sought views on 6%, 7% and 8% increases, the housing service is seeking the go-ahead for the change, which would be effective from March 30 this year.
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Prime minister Keir Starmer has set out a major shake-up of the leasehold system across England and Wales – with ground rents set to be capped at £250 a year, changing to a peppercorn cap after 40 years.
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A range of new protections for households and businesses that get their heating and hot water through a heat network has come into force.
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The Scottish Housing Regulator has written to social landlords about making information available for tenants and service users about landlord performance and its work.
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Dundee City Council has been urged to declare a housing emergency and face the reality of rising homelessness throughout the city. The city rejected the chance to make a declaration on two separate occasions in 2024, the first coming just days before the Scottish Government declared a nationwide hou
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