Jill Pritchard, an occupational therapist and workplace and business change consultant, highlights the transformational impact of housing solutions in helping people to live independently. The role of occupational therapists working in the community is a critical one and covers a wide range of inter
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Families across Glasgow are enjoying a story with a happy ending after receiving free books throughout 2024. Wheatley Foundation has provided over 6500 free books through its partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Council house tenants in Moray are being consulted on proposed rent changes.
More affordable homes are on the way in Glasgow thanks to a multi-million-pound housing development from Linthouse Housing Association. Linthouse is set to build 39 back and front door properties and cottage flats for rent costing almost £10 million. They will be constructed on the site of a f
Tenants' union Living Rent presented a deputation to Glasgow City Council’s Economy, Housing, Transport and Regeneration City Policy Committee yesterday to call on the local authority to implement the NPF4 and enforce a minimum of 25% affordable housing in all new housing developments.
The average house price in Scotland reached £198,000 in September 2024, a 5.7% increase compared to September 2023, according to provisional figures from Registers of Scotland. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland decreased by 0.9% on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, whi
Shelter Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to prioritise the needs of homeless children in Scotland in its upcoming budget. The housing and homelessness charity has published a budget briefing urging ministers to restore the Affordable Housing budget to at least £3.5 billion
Plans for the largest regeneration project of its kind in Scotland for a new environmentally friendly coastal town in Edinburgh have been given the go-ahead by the capital’s planning authority.
Accountant Stuart Beattie shares what housing associations can do to limit the impact of current challenges and calls for greater government support to help organisations meet their obligations. Earlier this month I attended the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) Finance Conference,
Almost all of the planning applications made to the City of Edinburgh Council for properties to operate as short-term lets have been rejected since the introduction of a new system in 2022, according to a freedom of information request lodged by Gilson Gray.
The number of new homes built at the former Bangour Village Hospital site in Dechmont could rise to nearly 1,000 after further planning permissions were granted.
Housebuilder Crest Nicholson is to focus less on building affordable housing as it seeks to combat a slump in profits.
East Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership has appointed Derrick Pearce as its new chief officer. He took up the role of interim chief officer in July 2024, and now, following a robust recruitment and selection process conducted jointly between East Dunbartonshire Council and NHS Greater
Housing minister Paul McLennan has highlighted proposals to introduce tenants’ rights to keep a pet as "an important part" of the upcoming Housing Bill.
With three months to go before the City of Edinburgh Council sets next year’s budget, residents are encouraged to have their say on where the council should invest and save.