Households in the villages of Point and Sandwick are being encouraged to apply for this year’s Fuel Hardship Grants as Point and Sandwick Trust’s Energy Support Unit (ESU) launches a powerful new short film highlighting the ongoing impact of fuel poverty in island communities.
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A decision on plans to build 17 new affordable homes at Dores has been deferred for a second time by a Highland Council planning committee. The local authority's own proposal seeks to deliver a mix of single and two-storey builds on the sloping fields and higher ground on the northern edge of Dores,
Plans have been submitted to build 32 affordable housing units in Arbroath. The site, on Newton Crescent, has become available after the demolition of existing housing blocks.
Almost all homes fitted with insulation under a flagship UK Government energy efficiency scheme will require repair work to correct major issues that will cause problems such as damp and mould due to poor-quality installations, weak government oversight and inadequate audit and monitoring, the publi
The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has refused a tenant’s application for permission to appeal a decision of the Housing and Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal in which it determined that an unfair rent review clause was made fair by the inclusion of a right of independent assessment.
The chronic lack of homes suitable for the UK's ageing population has been highlighted in new research. Age UK found that 84% of projected household growth to 2043 is among the over-65s.
Callum Chomczuk is to leave the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) at the end of the year to take up a new opportunity outside the sector, the organisation has announced. As national director for Scotland, Callum has played a pivotal role in leading CIH’s work in Scotland since 2018, st
Military family housing in England will be explicitly held to the same legislative standards as civilian rental accommodation for the first time after new measures were agreed by the UK Government.
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has been awarded the Diversity Network Accreditation Award by the Housing Diversity Network (HDN), recognising its strong leadership, culture, and practice in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across the organisation and its memb
New research reveals that third-sector services, such as those run by housing associations, are far more effective than government work programmes at helping the long-term unemployed in deprived areas. The study, led by the University of East Anglia (UEA), investigated the impact of alternative supp
Share, the learning and development organisation for the Scottish housing sector, held its annual general meeting and board meeting on Thursday 9 October, during which it shared key updates and announced changes to its board of directors. At the meeting, board member Susan Bell stepped down. Susan p
One in four people in Scotland (25%) has either been homeless themselves or had a close friend or family member who has been homeless, new polling from Ipsos has found.
Hans Mitchell discusses the critically slow progress of Scotland's National Cladding Remediation Programme, which, despite increased government funding and a high demand for building safety assessments, is severely hampered by a national shortage of qualified fire safety engineers to carry out the e
The continuing work to tackle poverty and inequalities has released more than £12.5 million to support people across Aberdeenshire in the past year, councillors have been told. Details of work undertaken under the Tackling Poverty and Inequalities Strategic Partnership were presented to
Law firm Harper Macleod has been appointed as sole legal adviser to Shire Housing Association (SHA) following a competitive tender process. The appointment will see Harper Macleod’s public sector real estate and housing team provide legal support across a range of areas as SHA continues to gro
