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Younger people are more willing to buy a home prone to safety, flood or crime risks in order to get on the housing ladder, new research from insurance giant Aviva reveals.

By Aoife Deery, policy officer at Shelter Scotland The Scottish Government recently launched a consultation on what will be the new Scottish Social Security System which will deliver devolved benefits in Scotland. This development comes on the back of the Smith Commission which was set up after the

Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association has launched a new Facebook group for residents to share news, views and useful tips with friends and relatives and to ask any questions they may have about Hanover’s services. ‘Hanover Blether’ went live last month and was made a reality after a resident

The team at Muirhouse Housing Association has decided to get on their feet and raise money for charity. Five members of staff will be walking 10,000 steps every day for the month of September, the equivalent of five miles each day.

Reducing the cost of living for tenants and building more affordable homes have been identified as the key elements to a new raft of objectives to improve housing in Edinburgh. A nine-point action plan for the next decade was approved for further consultation by the City of Edinburgh Council’s hea

Miller Homes has announced it plans to continue its “substantial” land investment programme after the firm unveiled a 66 per cent rise in interim profits. "Buoyant" market conditions helped the Edinburgh-based group towards a profit before tax of £38.2 million for the six months to the end of J

Homeless people in Moray spent a total of 51,560 days in temporary accommodation last year – an increase of more than 3000 days on the previous year. Moray Council’s communities committee were told this week that the council and its homelessness partners currently have more than 150 units of tem

A Highland community has indentified affordable housing among a number of local strategic priorities for the area. Members of Highland Council’s Badenoch and Strathspey area committee have drawn up a list of priorities in order to ensure that local needs and issues are taken into account by the co

Scotland’s rental culture is happier, friendlier and more settled than that south of the Border though it is still under threat from rental increases, according to new research. A study by AXA Business Insurance found that more tenants rent as a matter of choice, and financial confidence is rising

Young people in Glasgow facing the prospect of sleeping rough on the streets are to be provided an emergency bed for the night in a volunteer’s home rather than in a homelessness hostel. Homeless charity Simon Community Scotland has received funding from the Big Lottery Fund to set up a network of

Leading economists have today backed calls for greater investment in energy efficiency in Scotland, calling it one of the best ways to drive up economic activity and tackle cold homes. The economists from the London School of Economics and the University of Strathclyde said that energy efficiency pr

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon marked the beginning of a £5.5 million development that will provide affordable homes at a derelict site in Govanhill. A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction work at Govanhill Housing Association’s development at the corner of Victoria Road and Butterbiggi

Work is currently underway to develop new council homes in West Lothian. A mixture of 40 new cottage flats, bungalows and houses are being developed by Lovell at Eastfield in Fauldhouse.

A charity that runs a watersports centre for children has lost a £135,000 VAT case to HM Revenue & Customs in a decision that could have significant implications for the rest of the charity sector. The charity built a new commercial property and incurred VAT on the construction costs. It believ

East Lothian Council has approved a plan which sets out how it will deliver over 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years. The finalised Proposed Local Development Plan (LDP), which was given the green light by councillors this week, sets out the council’s planning strategy, sites and policies to g