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Councillor Bob Pollock is to take on the role of depute leader of South Ayrshire Council as part of several changes to its cabinet.  Councillor Hugh Hunter will be responsible for the Portfolio for Health and Social Care, while Councillor William Grant will assume the Portfolio for Education.

Councillors have approved funding for a range of measures to help Argyll and Bute’s island communities navigate the cost of living crisis. Argyll and Bute Council will direct £141,000 from the Scottish Government’s Island Cost of Crisis Emergency Fund (the same amount as last year)

Proposals to deliver a residential development on part of a Helensburgh golf course have been withdrawn.

The Care Inspectorate has published a positive report of the June 2024 inspection of the Lewis Care at Home Service. The report was very positive scoring the service as Very Good and Good in the two measured categories:

A record number of people living in North Lanarkshire have been supported by the council’s tackling poverty team - and other services - to secure the benefits to which they are entitled. In 2023/24, the additional benefit income generated for residents increased by 35.1%, with just under &poun

Five projects that will benefit students, families and local communities are to receive £72,235 Inverness Common Good Funding which has been awarded by members of The Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee. Following these latest awards, councillors agreed to close the Inver

Work is underway on a new £9 million housing development in Paisley, which will see quality, energy-efficient homes brought to the area.

A predicted rise in the cost of energy bills in October will come as a shock to households still struggling with debts built up last winter, Scotland’s national advice service has said.

Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) has launched the 2023/24 Development Value for Money report.

Construction work has begun on new affordable homes located in the Gorbals area of Glasgow’s Southside.

Andrew McAllister from PfH Scotland outlines how housing organisations can support their older and disabled tenants through the analogue to digital telecare transition. In Scotland, around 20% of people aged over 75 use a community alarm or telecare service. That’s about 137,000 individuals, a

The challenges faced by small and medium-sized home builders and the need for urgent regulatory reform to get this crucial part of the Scottish housing market growing again are being spotlighted this week with a range of activities including a special roundtable session with the ministers for housin

I would like to extend a huge thanks to everyone who posted such lovely messages on Scottish Housing News over the past few weeks after the passing of Jim Harvey, my partner of 23 years, and also to those who sent messages of love and support to me on LinkedIn. It has really helped to know that ther

The SNP’s failure to plan for the end of temporary rent control has led to rents rising faster in Scotland than in most other parts of the UK, figures obtained by Scottish Labour have indicated. Figures show that average contested rents jumped by 20% following the end of the control period, wi