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Principal contractor Procast Group has handed properties back to tenants following an innovative £100,000 indoor air source heat pump project.

South Lanarkshire Council’s planning committee has unanimously approved plans for 224 new energy efficient homes in Lesmahagow.

CHAP Group has been awarded a significant contract by Aberdeen City Council to design and construct a new affordable housing development in Kincorth.

The Scottish Child Payment needs to be rethought with higher priority given to prevention, place-focused interventions and addressing the circumstances and needs of the most vulnerable and poorest families, according to Scotland's former social justice minister.

The Scottish Government has come out in defence of the Scottish Child Payment following criticism of the benefit in a Reform Scotland report. In a paper published by the think-tank earlier this week, former social justice minister Des McNulty said the payment needs to b

A new report that aims to understand what the national housing emergency looks like on the ground has been published.

In total 169 children and 109 members of their family have received life-changing support from the charity Children 1st through its internationally renowned Bairns Hoose since it opened a year ago. With the University of Edinburgh, Victim Support Scotland and local partners, Children 1st is testing,

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has said she will meet with building safety regulators to speed up the removal of unsafe cladding from at-risk buildings across England. The housing secretary made the comments during a visit to Dagenham, east London, the day after a dramatic fire tore t

Victims of domestic abuse forced into debt by a partner's coercive control are being helped by a unique Glasgow project.

Perth & Kinross Council has voted against plans to introduce a short-term let control area in the region.

Work to reduce child poverty across Aberdeenshire communities is continuing, as a report of activity over the past year is published. The Aberdeenshire Child Poverty Action Report 2023-2024, led by Aberdeenshire Council and NHS Grampian, highlights past and planned efforts to support children and fa

David, the rehab pathways manager at Glasgow City Mission, was invited onto BBC Scotland’s Sunday morning show to talk about the work of the Rehab Pathways Team and how his faith, and the faith of the other team members, influences the work the charity does in Glasgow with those affected by a

An independent review into repairs and decants ordered by the Housing Ombudsman has provided 31 recommendations for Peabody to improve services. The review, called a wider order, was made using new powers that require landlords to take steps to prevent future service failure by improving its policy

Communities and charities across Aberdeen are set to benefit from the second round of funding allocated to support with the cost of living. Aberdeen City Council's Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee agreed the proposals for the remaining funds from the £1 million provided to the council to

House prices in Scotland's island regions have outpaced those on the mainland in recent years, with a 30% increase since 2018, reaching a median of £182,000, according to a new report from Registers of Scotland. This compares to a 23% rise on the mainland, where the median now stands at £