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A report into benefit sanctions by homelessness charity Crisis has revealed a postcode lottery where people are more likely to be penalised than others.The report found significant variations in sanction rates in different parts of the UK with Aberdeenshire and Clackmannanshire among the areas where

LHC is seeking to hear from companies with experience of supplying and installing aluminium windows and doors in social housing and other public sector buildings. The procurement consortium is forming a new framework of approved contractors for launch in late summer 2015 to replace its existing alum

By James Battye at Shelter Scotland On Friday the Scottish Government announced the remit and membership of the Commission on Local Tax Reform.

School buildings in a north east town could be demolished to make way for housing and office space. Aberdeenshire Council is considering turning parts of the current Ellon Academy site into housing while also developing offices, according to the Evening Express.

A new report from a coalition of major UK churches has revealed that around 6,500 children in Scotland were affected by benefit sanctions in 2013/14. Today’s report, Time to Rethink Benefit Sanctions reveals that around 100,000 children were affected by benefit sanctions in 2013-14 across the Unit

Cllr Judy Hamilton on site with Andy Wyles, Bellway Homes

Rent arrears for council homes across Scotland have increased by £10 million in a year, according to new figures. Updated statistics on Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Local Authority Housing Income and Expenditure (2014/15) found that, rent arrears on all properties on councils’ HRAs stood at £50

Parents and people with disabilities are being hit hardest by the UK government’s programme of welfare reform according to new research commissioned by the Scottish Parliament’s Welfare Reform Committee. The report, published today, represents the first time the impact of the UK government’s w

Craig McLaren, national director for Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland, outlines work the Institute is taking forward that explores what can be done to improve how we plan for housing. There have been a number of comments and debates about planning for housing in the last few months incl