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The Scottish Government has announced a £4 million funding package to help improve infrastructure on Scotland’s islands. The capital investment will be allocated to the six island local authorities to fund the improvement, creation or safeguarding of locally developed infrastructure proj

The new Adult Disability Payment has opened for applications from people living in three pilot areas. People can apply who live in Dundee City, Perth & Kinross and Western Isles council areas, are aged between 16 and state pension age, and are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have

Almost £6 billion has been invested to support low income households across Scotland over the last three years. More than a third of that total, around £2.18b, has directly benefitted children as the Scottish Government prepares to publish its Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan for 202

Fresh from the 20th anniversary celebrations of the community buy out on the Isle of Gigha, Community Land Scotland chair Ailsa Raeburn joins Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay to share the community’s successes, highlight the transformation of the island’s homes and discuss the parallels b

Plans to extend housing tenants’ rights that were introduced as an emergency measure during the Covid-19 pandemic will have a "devastating" effect on the private rented housing sector, rural landlords have warned. Scottish Land & Estates (SLE), which represents rural businesses across Scot

National fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland has awarded money saving expert Martin Lewis a special ‘Fuel Poverty Hero’ award. In an annual ceremony to honour those who help households struggling to heat their homes, Martin Lewis received the award from Energy Action Scotland CEO

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has appointed local firm John Brown of Strone to build four new homes in Eton Avenue in Dunoon, three of which are special needs. The homes are specifically designed to meet the needs of applicants on the association’s waiting list. The site in the c

More than three quarters of Scottish adults impacted by debt during the pandemic say their mental health has been negatively impacted by it, according to new polling for Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). Polling for the charity by YouGov found that 77% of Scottish adults in debt or at risk of debt sin

A distinct route to accommodation, support and care in Scotland is now available to people displaced by the invasion of Ukraine.

Deputy director for policy and research for the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) John Stewart died on Saturday, March 19 aged 49. The former Aberdeen City Council leader was elected as Liberal Democrat councillor for Berryden in 2003 and was re-elected in 2007.

Scotland Excel has re-opened its highly successful graduate trainee programme after it was paused during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nursery school children were the first to visit Wellhouse Housing Association’s new rainwater gardens which are part of the organisation’s commitment to improving sustainability in the local area.

Scottish developer Kelvin Properties has made its first move into Edinburgh with plans for new homes. The urban regeneration specialist has completed the purchase of a site in Canonmills that was formerly home to a charity’s furniture warehouse, where it plans to build 48 new apartments includ

Contractor A.C. Whyte & Co. Ltd welcomed MSP Gordon MacDonald and Councillor Neil Gardiner, ward councillor for Pentland Hills to the City of Edinburgh Council site in Murrayburn, Edinburgh last week where it is undertaking a programme of regeneration works to 29 blocks of four-storey flats.

Bringing some of Scotland’s 43,000+ long term empty homes back to use can help local authorities to address housing shortages across the country, a new guide published today by the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) has shown. 'Why Empty Homes Matter' will be launched at the 11th Ann