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Manager of West Lothian Women’s Aid, Ilena Brown, with chief executive at Almond Housing Association, George Webster With only few days left before Christmas Almond Housing Association has announced it will be funding West Lothian Women's Aid’s Festive Films and Food initiative.

GWSF's Maureen Cope believes the cuts are "contrived and highly punitive" Westminster's plans for a fresh round of welfare cuts, dubbed ‘Bedroom Tax 2’, threatens to undermine housebuilding projects, increase homelessness, and weaken public sector finances across Scotland, it has been claimed.

Health, housing, anti-poverty and environmental organisations have called for more public money to be spent on making Scotland’s homes energy efficient after a new poll found there was overwhelming backing for more investment to tackle fuel poverty. A survey commissioned by WWF Scotland revealed t

Two-fifths (41 per cent) of renters or mortgage holders in Scotland would struggle to afford their monthly payments if they increased by just £50, new research has found. A study carried out by YouGov on behalf of Shelter Scotland found that 9 per cent are already battling to keep up with payments,

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for urgent action on homelessness after the number of children who are homeless at Christmas was found to have increased by 16 per cent since 2013. Figures obtained by the party show that 11,200 children were registered as homeless at Christmas last year, u

Pauline McNeill MSP New figures which reveal that private landlords in Scotland have made billions of pounds from housing benefit claimants in five years have led to calls for reform in the sector by Scottish Labour.

Plans for 32 affordable homes have been submitted to Dundee City Council on behalf of Home Group. Developer Cruden Homes hopes to build the properties on the site of the former Longhaugh Neighbourhood Centre at Pitkerro Road.

Council leader Martin Rooney West Dunbartonshire Council has approved a plan to reject all savings options and use cash reserves to plug the gap caused by reduced Scottish Government funding.

Roseanna Cunningham Overall funding for land reform will be increased by £3.4 million in 2017, with the existing Scottish Land Fund budget maintained at £10m, the Scottish Government has announced.

SafeDeposits Scotland ended 2016 on a high after being named Supplier of the Year for Deposit Protection at the Landlord & Letting Awards. Out of 24 winners, SafeDeposits Scotland was the only company from north of the border to pick up an award at the event, which was held at the Ricoh Arena in

Bernadette Hewitt Glasgow Housing Association helped to spread Christmas cheer across the city by organising over a hundred of festive events.

More than 40 children from a local choir sang in the season at a Kirkintilloch day care centre and retirement housing development. Bield’s Whitehill Court opened their doors to pupils from Merkland Primary and Secondary School just a week after the choir had performed at the Glasgow Royal Concert

John Alexander Tens of millions of pounds worth of new homes are to be built in Dundee in a bid to tackle the city’s housing crisis.

Plans to build 27 new flats at a gap site between Inverness suburbs have been given the go-ahead. City-based firm Compass Building and Construction is expected to build the affordable homes next year on waste ground between Westhill, Culloden and Smithton.

Hew Edgar discusses a Tenement Health Check policy proposal published by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland (RICS Scotland). Following significant stakeholder engagement, we have published our Tenement Health Check policy proposal. This establishes mandatory five-year building co