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Net zero secretary Michael Matheson has pledged to maximise the use of public funding to accelerate the delivery of plans to tackle climate change. The Resource Spending Review, published last week, commits to increased spending on heat in buildings, active travel and peatland and woodland restorati

Proposals to help tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis by supporting Scotland’s transition to a zero waste and circular economy have been launched. The measures, designed to significantly increase reuse and recycling rates, and modernise and improve waste and recycling services, are set

Existing Homes Alliance Scotland director Elizabeth Leighton covers a new research report published today by the coalition on the regulations and support needed to decarbonise Scotland’s owner occupied homes. Skyrocketing energy prices are crippling many households’ finances, pushing ove

The tenant advice services of Link Group has been reaccredited under the Scottish Government’s Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers (SNSIAP) framework. This accreditation supports organisations to adopt a culture of continuous improvement for advice work and is achi

Angus councillors will be asked this week to consider a range of measures proposed by the council. These include budget proposals that seek to meet a significant funding gap, respond to the challenges and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and keep costs to residents as low as possible, while supportin

Dumfries and Galloway Council has agreed its budget and set the associated council tax level for financial year 2022/23. The council agreed to limit the increase in Council Tax to 3%.

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has published a large-scale international evidence review of rent control, incorporating both economics and wider social sciences literature from 2000 to 2020.

Bield has underlined its pioneering work in using technology to improve the lives of older people after its 24-hour telecare service became the first of its kind to win approval for its high levels of security against cybercrime. Bield’s Response 24 (BR24) has been added to the Scottish Digita

Estate and letting agents professional body Propertymark has welcomed the Scottish Government's commitment to increasing the supply of affordable housing but has called for the significance of all housing tenures to be recognised.

The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) has committed £20 million of cornerstone funding to Lothian Broadband Group (LBG) to help tackle digital inequality in rural communities and small towns in Scotland. The bank’s funding commitment is in addition to £5m of new investment f

A new strategy has been published to make homes safer, warmer and cheaper to heat and meet the Scottish Government’s commitment to eradicate it as far as reasonably possible by 2040. The Fuel Poverty Strategy 2021 sets out a range of comprehensive actions that will be taken to tackle the drive

New homes and buildings in England will have to produce significantly less CO2 under new rules announced by the UK Government.

South Lanarkshire Council's Housing Service has pledged to significantly reduce homelessness over the next five years. That was the headline commitment outlined to councillors on the housing and technical resources committee yesterday as part of a wider report on work to mainstream equality and dive

Housing charity Shelter Scotland has joined forces with CIH Scotland and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) in an open letter to MSP Kate Forbes, cabinet secretary for finance and the economy, to ask for a guarantee on the social house building commitment ahead of the Scottish Go

An increase to the energy price cap next April could see the cost of heating the average home double in just over a year, fuel poverty charities have warned.