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Jeane Freeman The Scottish Government has extended its flexible Universal Credit options to all recipients in full service areas to help more people manage their money.

Low income families have received awards of more than £148 million since the creation of the Scottish Welfare Fund in April 2013. The Scottish Welfare Fund comprises community care grants and crisis grants.

A new statutory Code of Practice for letting agents, which aims to improve standards and empower tenants, has come into force. Letting agents are required to join a register of letting agents, and key individuals in agencies must meet a minimum level of training. Should they fail to meet the standar

Housing campaigners are calling for the Scottish Government to introduce tougher targets to end fuel poverty. In responses to the government’s consultation, which ends at 5pm today, Shelter Scotland, the Chartered Institute for Housing (CIH) and the Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Off

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has been awarded ‘Committed to Excellence Assessment – 2 star’ accreditation from Quality Scotland. Committed to Excellence is recognised by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) and HHP achieved the first level of recognition on the Excellen

Falkirk Council has responded encouragingly to previous concerns but needs effective leadership to deliver its five-year improvement programme, according to the Accounts Commission. A new report published today is the third in three years by the local authority watchdog on how Falkirk is meeting the

Jon Sparkes Crisis chief executive Jon Sparkes gives a summary of the stakeholder workshop held this week as part of the work of the Scottish Government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group.

A rise in house-building drove an overall marginal increase in construction activity in Scotland during the final quarter of 2017, according to new figures. Both public and private sector house building activity was higher in the quarter, according to the balance of respondents to the quarterly Cons

River Clyde Homes teamed up with The Trust for a jobs fair in Port Glasgow which saw 142 people through the door in just two hours. The event was attended by a number of local employers as well as those providing training, apprenticeships and work experience, with around 70 people registering with c

Kenny Wilson performing a selection of Scottish songs Tenants at a Port Glasgow retirement development celebrated Burns’ Night in style with a fun filled day of dining, music and quizzes – all with a distinctly Scottish flavour.

South Lanarkshire Council has announced it is upgrading the Planning and Building Standards Service. New software is being installed to deliver a better and more efficient service, including a new portal for viewing planning and building standards applications online.

Esther Wilson CIH Scotland has begun 2018 with the appointment of a new chair and vice chair to its Board.

Legislation which is intended to pave the way for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to reclassify Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) back to the private sector in the UK national accounts has been largely welcomed by a Holyrood committee. The local government and communities committee has rec

Derek Mackay Extra money to insulate homes and a real terms increase in revenue investment for local authorities were amongst the amendments made to the Scottish budget yesterday as finance secretary Derek Mackay reached an agreement that will see the financial plan passed at all stages by the Scott

David Orr David Orr has announced his intention to retire as chief executive of the National Housing Federation at the end of September after more than 12 years in the role.