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Thousands of Highland households are benefiting from the Highland Council's local fuel and food support schemes. The fuel support scheme was launched in the latter part of January last year.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has acquired land at St Clements Wells to allow a further development of 235 new homes close to its Ravensheugh development in Wallyford.

The Highland Council is set to consider a new ambitious Health and Prosperity Strategy for the Highlands at its budget setting meeting on March 4. The strategy sets out a new approach that seeks to balance the current financial context with the drivers for economic growth and recovery from the pande

Argyll and Bute Council has set a budget that freezes Council Tax in 2021/22 and invests millions in helping local people, businesses and the area as a whole to move on from the impact of COVID-19. The council has announced it will invest £6.8 million into Argyll and Bute's economy and infrast

East Renfrewshire Council has frozen council tax rates for 2021/22 as it set an outline budget for the year. The council has benefitted from a 0.45% increase in the like for like grant settlement and additional funding for a council tax freeze from the Scottish Government, as well as the use of &pou

Proposed legislation to implement Scotland’s Budget for 2021-22 has passed its first parliamentary hurdle as MSPs voted to endorse the general principles of the Budget Bill at Stage 1. MSPs also approved the Scottish Rate Resolution, setting all income tax rates and bands.

A significant decrease in arrears for local authorities resulted in a drop in aggregate rent arrears during January, despite arrears for Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) increasing for the first time since August, the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has found. The Regulator noted in&nbs

The management committee of Lanarkshire Housing Association has approved a general rent freeze for all housing and commercial properties for the next financial year. The Association’s chairperson, Charlie Millar, said: “Over the last decade we have demonstrated that we can maintain rents

Stirling Council said its housing rents will remain among the lowest in Scotland after councillors approved a marginal 1.3% increase for the year ahead. The rise will see the average rent of a council property increase by 98p per week, from £75.77 to £76.75 over a 48-week period.

Wheatley Group is searching for up to ten of Scotland’s brightest university leavers to join its graduate training programme. Successful candidates will join Wheatley Group’s two-year Ignite scheme and will receive expert on-the-job training and development, opportunities for further stu

Scottish Housing News provides a brief round-up of legislation and other changes relating to planning in Scotland.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is telling MPs ahead of this week’s Budget that the Chancellor must make the £20 uplift to Universal Credit (UC) permanent. In a briefing sent to all Scottish MPs, the charity sets out how without the uplift UC will fall below the rate of inflation and risk

The latest generation of modern and energy-efficient council homes have been completed in North Ayrshire. The £7.66 million project at the site of the former Watt Court in Dalry, sees 49 new units created as part of a wider plan to build 1,575 new homes across North Ayrshire.

Fife Council has agreed a one-year rent increase of 1.5% for council houses from April 2021 – adding £1.13 a week to the average rent cost - to help fund investment of more than £250 million in housing over the next three years. The same increase will apply to service charges,

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published updated advisory guidance for RSL governing bodies during COVID-19. The Regulator’s updates take into account changes introduced by recent legislation to extend the timescales for RSLs to hold virtual Annual General Meetings and Special Genera