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More than 77,000 Scottish Child Payment applications have been received since Social Security Scotland started taking applications on November 9. The new benefit, which is unique to Scotland, will give qualifying parents and carers £40 every four weeks for each child under six.

A total of 144,128 COVID Winter Hardship Payments have been made to low-income families by the Scottish Government. The payments are available to families with children receiving Free School Meals on the basis of low income, with £14.41 million given to households as part of the Scottish Gover

Young people, those made redundant, and people who have been unemployed for a long time, will be able to access more support thanks to an additional £125 million from the Scottish Government. Announced in the latest Budget, the funding will help people impacted by the coronavirus pandemic acce

Stirling councillor Graham Lambie has been described as "one of a kind" by friends and colleagues following his death. The Forth and Endrick ward member sadly passed away at home last week aged 62 and council leader Scott Farmer has led the tributes on behalf of the local authority.

Plans to build 284 new homes on the border between Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have been approved by Aberdeenshire Council. Kirkwood Homes will progress the project at Blackdog, just southeast of the Aberdeen bypass roundabout that links to the A92.

Milnbank Housing Association has continued to meet the standards required for Investors in People (IIP) Platinum and Investors in Young People Gold accreditations following a recent assessment. The Association was first recognised as an IIP organisation in 2000 and was the first housing association

Management consultancy and training company AWICS has published a briefing paper which aims to help housing associations improve their business plans. Business plans are important in any organisation but are especially important in housing associations. Housing associations have considerable as

Edinburgh World Heritage is asking local people to help identify neighbourhoods and individual buildings in or near the World Heritage Site that need attention.

The UK Government’s announcement of making further funding available for removing dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings provides an opportunity for a comprehensive assessment to establish the nature and extent of the problem north of the border, according to the Law Soc

Aberdeen Cyrenians, a North-East charity providing support to people affected by homelessness and other forms of social exclusion and crisis, is appealing for participants to step up and take on its Virtual Lego Walk challenge to help end homelessness. Lego walking has become increasingly popular in

East Renfrewshire Council has approved plans to transform a former Giffnock care home into flats and build more homes on its grounds.

Housebuilder Avant Homes has launched the first homes at four new developments to deliver 622 new-build properties in Scotland.

Perth & Kinross Council has approved a 1% rent increase for council tenants. However, SNP councillor Tom McEwan has asked the council's housing and communities committee convener Bob Brawn how fair the rise was on those who had lost their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic.

The five keynote speakers for next week’s online Rural Housing Summit have been announced, bringing together a mix of global and local perspectives on tackling the rural housing crisis. Robert Lewis-Lettington, chief of the Land, Housing and Shelter section at UN-Habitat, kicks off the week&rs

More than half of the UK’s largest cities are continuing to experience a property selling boom, according to UK-wide letting firm Apropos. The firm has analysed year-on-year data and found that the number of properties advertised for sale has risen by between 1% and 67% year on year in 11 of t