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Aberdeenshire Council has agreed a 4% rise in Council Tax for the coming year amid ever-increasing pressures to balance its budgets. It means that a Band D property (considered to be the ‘average’) will be set at £1,393.42 for the year. In context, that means it would go up by &pou

Projects returning former industrial or derelict sites to community use will be more likely to be approved following the introduction of long term planning reforms today.

The Scottish Government has added an additional £25 million of funding to its Charitable Bond programme, taking the total investment to boost the number of affordable homes in Scotland to £105m.

The former Arnotts building on Union Street in Inverness has been transformed into high-quality flats across four storeys, which will help to address the demand for rental properties in the city.

Scotland's councils are finding it increasingly difficult to fully meet their statutory duties on homelessness, particularly in providing temporary accommodation to people experiencing homelessness, a new report by the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has found.

Void properties are remaining empty for unnecessary periods of time because housing association staff are spending tens of thousands of hours trying to contact energy suppliers to sort out meter problems, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).

UK homelessness expert Dr Beth Watts-Cobbe is a key author in the team that delivers the regular Crisis Homelessness Monitors and has a long-standing interest in effective altruism and its potential regarding policy and practice in the homelessness sector. The effective altruism movement seeks

Social housing landlords in England will have to investigate and fix damp and mould in their properties within strict new time limits under new measures introduced in the wake of the tragic death of Awaab Ishak.

Families from Ukraine have moved into two tower blocks following an intensive reinstatement programme by North Lanarkshire Council.

Enormous challenges lie ahead for Angus Council as it seeks to make massive savings and still provide high standards of services to its communities, the local authority has warned. A perfect and damaging storm – with the medium to long-term implications of Covid-19 and Brexit on local governme

Community safety minister Elena Whitham MSP has heard how Wheatley Group is supporting survivors of domestic abuse through an award-winning move-on service. Ms Whitham spent time with survivors of domestic abuse to hear how the Revive Scotland project, in partnership with Homefinder UK, gives tenant

Ark Housing Association has been fined £100,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable 64-year-old woman in their care. The Edinburgh-based organisation, which provides care, support, and housing for adults with complex needs, pled guilty to a health and safety a

Land leaders have joined forces to complete a development programme to ensure Scotland’s land is managed responsibly.

The Wee House Group has appointed Richard Reid and Emma Robertson as (acting) chief executive officer and chief financial officer, respectively. Jennifer Higgins, current CEO of the group, will take a step back at the end of this month when her maternity leave begins.

Barratt has said it will build fewer new homes this year than previously predicted, despite witnessing an upturn in post-Christmas demand for its properties. The housebuilder warned last month that it had seen a “marked slowdown” in sales in the final months of last year as spiralling mo