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East Ayrshire Housing staff have been praised for successfully achieving a Scottish Housing Quality Standard. The standard is for all of the council's properties where it was practically possible to achieve the standard.

Block 9 Architects has gained support for its revised plans for ten new apartments at a prominent gap-site in Musselburgh. 

A planning application has been lodged for the proposed development of 47 homes for affordable rent in Easterhouse.

With just six weeks to go until the 2021 Rural Housing Summit gets under way, attendees are being encouraged to book their place at the free, innovative online event. The week-long Rural Housing Summit, which takes place from Sunday, February 21 to Saturday, February 27, will bring together experts

Deprivation levels in Scotland are worsening to the point that nearly one in five people are now classed as being in poverty, according to a new report. In the 2020/21 edition of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's (JRF) annual report on the nature and scale of poverty across the UK, and how it af

Communities across Scotland will face unavoidable and damaging consequences if local government does not receive a fair funding settlement in this year’s budget, COSLA has warned. COSLA said that the trend of recent settlements for local government needs to change because on top of existing pr

Nicola Sturgeon has tightened the rules on tradesmen and women entering private homes during lockdown but construction sites are permitted to continue with current operating procedures.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed changing guidance on mortgages and consumer credit repossessions so that consumer credit firms will be able to repossess goods and vehicles from 31 January 2021.

Home carers in Glasgow City Council’s Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) will launch a ballot for industrial action next week, warning they have “no confidence” over plans for workplace testing of COVID-19 and amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding the vaccination programme.

Audit Scotland has published its digital progress in local government report recommending that councils across Scotland should have a clear digital vision and strategy that sets out how digital transformation will deliver better outcomes for people. The report found that councils are at different st

The Fuel Bank Foundation has become the first organisation to receive a share of the Scottish Government's £7 million Fuel Poverty Fund to tackle fuel poverty this winter. The foundation will receive £444,500 to extend its work, which includes providing same-day support to top up prepaym

At yesterday's meeting of the Black Isle, Dingwall and Seaforth Committee members had the opportunity to consider the Highland Council's draft Strategic Housing Investment Plan and, following discussions, provide comments for further consideration by the Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Co

An amended plan to convert the empty floors above a KFC restaurant in central Glasgow into apartments has been submitted to Glasgow City Council. Nine flats are proposed in the vacant second and third floors and the new roof accommodation at 106 Renfield Street.

As the new year gets underway the Everyone Home Collective of organisations in Scotland concerned about homelessness has called on community groups and local decision-making structures to look out for the ‘red flags’ that might help prevent homelessness before it starts. Martin Gavin, he

Shelter Scotland has criticised the Scottish Government’s decision to "backtrack on its promise" to homeless people to end the continued use of temporary accommodation during lockdown.