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Margaret Burgess Minister for housing and welfare Margaret Burgess MSP will mark the start of Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2016 (February 29–4 March) by launching a national challenge for housing apprentices.

Hillhead Housing Association’s welfare rights service has brought in more than £3 million since it was first set up in 2005. The service has dealt with almost 3000 cases, helping tenants claim additional benefits, appeal decisions, and check ongoing benefit entitlements.

Homeless people in their fifties have more geriatric conditions than those living in homes who are decades older, according to a new study. Researchers at University of California San Francisco followed 350 people who are homeless and aged 50 and over, in Oakland.

The number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland during the last quarter fell by 4 per cent compared to the same time last year, according to new figures. Statistics provided by NHBC revealed that councils registered a total of 2,470 new homes between November 2015 and January 201

A group of tenants from West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) have unveiled an impressive mural entitled Glasgow, the Dear Green Place. The five ladies live at the WSHA’s Denmilne Sheltered complex and the artwork was a culmination of six months hard work.

Volunteer Martin with Sally Fealey and Gordon Livingston of Mulligan Court A lively and well attended afternoon tea dance was held in Dundee on Friday hosted by Caledonia Housing Association Volunteer Services.

Alex Neil meets apprentices at the Kilsyth development A new £50 million infrastructure fund which aims to speed up the construction of thousands of new affordable and private homes has been unveiled by the Scottish Government.

Launching in March 2016 For over 35 years ACS has been at the forefront of Asbestos, Health & Safety and Environmental research, consultancy and training and this expertise has now been extended into eLearning in our new eLearning Academy.

A “step-change” is needed in Scotland’s approach to its credit industry to break the cycle of financial exclusion experienced by many of the country’s most deprived citizens, according to a new report. The Carnegie UK Trust’s Affordable Credit Working Group said access to credit in Scotlan

Two of Scotland's cities have been named among the fastest-declining places in the UK by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). A JRF report, titled ‘Uneven growth: tackling city decline’, considered a range of long-term economic factors including population change, unemployment rates, job creati

A campaign to cut the cost of electricity and gas in Scotland using people power is being launched today. One Big Switch has launched the Big Energy Switch in Scotland in response to the current energy affordability crisis gripping Scotland in which one in three Scottish households is suffering from

Renewables has come out top of a new poll that asked people in Scotland which energy source the next Scottish Government should prioritise. As Scotland heads to the polls on May 5, the YouGov survey asked more than 1,000 respondents whether the next government should prioritise the continued develop

The two birthday residents on either side of Janice McDonald from Hanover Hanover Scotland Housing Association organised a special party yesterday for two of its residents who will celebrate their 18thand 23rd birthdays despite being 72 and 92 years old.

Fergus Ewing A major programme to make public sector buildings more energy efficient gets underway today.

West Lothian Council will spend over £109 million over the next two years improving and increasing its council housing stock. Approved at a meeting of the council executive last week, the investment will see over £76m spent on building new council houses.