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Bryan Powell By Bryan Powell, private landlord support officer at Shelter Scotland

Councillor O’Neill and Ms Constance chat to Syrian refugees during a visit to The Welcoming Equalities secretary Angela Constance and President of COSLA Councillor David O’Neill have praised the efforts of communities and councils across Scotland after confirming that more than 1,000 Syrian refu

A new eBuildingStandards system that streamlines applications through one web portal has gone live. eBuildingStandards follows the launch of the improved ePlanning service in January, and signals the latest development in streamlining public services in the digital age. This new service makes it qui

Caroleanne from Simon Community Scotland's Newlands service and Richard from The Bike Station A practical attempt to tackle homelessness took place at a bicycle recycling workshop this week under the watchful eye of a charity marking its 50th birthday.

Bield's Westport sheltered housing development in Linlithgow is looking for social activity assistants to help organise opportunities for social interaction within the development and the wider community. Emma Sowerby, manager at Westport, said: “Social activity assistants and lunch club assistant

Kingdom Housing Association and Citizens Advice and Rights Fife (CARF), through the Macmillan Fife Welfare Benefit Partnership, have launched a new partnership aimed at supporting tenants in Fife affected by cancer. Norah Smith, director of housing and care at Kingdom, said: “We recognise that ten

Scottish ministers should embrace a vision to make Scotland the EU’s first fully renewable electricity nation, campaigners have said today. The call by WWF Scotland comes as the group published opinion polling data revealing that 61 per cent of the Scottish public “would like to see a Scotland t

Shelter Scotland has accused local and national government of taking their eye off the ball with efforts to tackle and prevent what it calls the “national shame” of homelessness levels in the country. According to the housing and homelessness charity, a household becomes homeless in Scotland eve

John Blackwood The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has announced its support for a move to measure the impact of tax changes for Private Rented Sector (PRS) landlords on the availability of affordable housing.

Tom Brown Ochil View Housing Association has announced its intention to end the suspension of its development programme during its Annual General Meeting last month.

Ashleigh (Scotland) joint managing director, Douglas Small handing keys for the Kirkcudbright properties to Loreburn’s chief executive, Lorraine Usher Loreburn Housing Association and construction company Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd have recently completed their 500th new home as a partnership.

For the first time in its 37 year history, Williamsburgh Housing Association took the decision to combine its Residents Conference and Annual General Meeting. Given that the numbers attending exceeded previous records for such events, this proved to be a successful strategy.

Charlotte Levy (right), Eleanor Brown (left) and Anna Stuart MBE (centre) Veteran community campaigner and long-standing member of Thenue’s board of management Charlotte Levy has been named runner-up in the final of the Mary Barbour Award.

Nicola Sturgeon The Scottish Government’s plan to deliver on its commitment to greater equality of opportunity, increased economic growth and improved public services will be laid out this week.

A new report by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH) has found that high-interest payday loans are “absolutely corrosive to mental health”. However, it also suggests rules designed to protect borrowers from exorbitant interest rates could leave people struggling to afford basics with