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Scotland’s health and social care sector is facing significant challenges this winter with increased demand and a greater complexity of need, rising cost pressures and real challenges in recruiting and retaining staff, local authorities have warned. Ahead of its budget on December 19, COSLA sa

Property firm DJ Alexander Ltd has called for urgent governmental action in the Scottish Budget to boost the housing sector, including stimulating private sector building, expanding social housing, and revising the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) to support homebuyers. With both Edinb

Almost 60 people could be sleeping rough across Edinburgh and Glasgow in the run-up to Christmas, according to Simon Community Scotland (SCS) which has called for urgent support from businesses to raise £200,000 to help them provide safe places and support.

A former nightclub in Dundee is to make way for an eight-storey student accommodation development after councillors approved proposals this week. Newtide Investments Limited had applied for permission to deliver 215 bedrooms where the old Liquid building currently stands on South Ward Road.

A coalition of experts has called on local and national government to adopt a groundbreaking new tool created to measure progress being made towards ending homelessness in Scotland.

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget with calls for a focus on three key areas: create a fairer private rental sector, increase places and homes for people to live and help reduce energy bills in people’s homes. In its pre-budget scruti

Scotland’s Just Transition Commission has warned that “significant” further action is needed to ensure a just transition to a low carbon economy.

The number of new homes started in Scotland over 12 months has fallen by 24% compared to the previous year to reach the lowest annual figure for almost ten years.

Link Group has been spreading plenty of early festive cheer across Falkirk’s diverse communities thanks to its Link in the Community Fund.

Four housing providers in Castlemilk have said human rights are a crucial part of the work they deliver for tenants as they prepare to offer input to the Scottish Government’s Human Rights Bill. The quartet of housing associations – Ardenglen, Cassiltoun, Craigdale and North Vi

Barrhead Housing and its online customer engagement tool provider CX-Feedback sorted and packed up 600 Christmas food bags to put some smiles on their customers' faces.

A recent review has found that ng homes continues to meet the Customer Service Excellence (CSE) Standard.

Scotland’s Regeneration Forum (SURF), a charity dedicated to the sustainable regeneration of places with social and economic challenges, has appointed four highly knowledgeable professionals to its board of trustees. The appointments were formally approved by the SURF board following an open r

More than 200 Guides, Rangers, Young Leaders and adult volunteers gave up their beds to sleep outside in the grounds of George Heriot’s School in October to raise money to help people in Scotland who are experiencing homelessness. Since then, they have raised an amazing £21,000.

West Lothian Council is advising council tenants of disruption to housing repairs due to strike action.