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Scottish thermal storage manufacturer Sunamp has secured £9.25 million to develop and trial its thermal storage system to tackle fluctuations in renewable energy availability. Sunamp will test their technology in 100 homes across the UK extending their existing heat battery to provide increase

Scottish homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust is taking part in the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge 2022, with supporters’ donations doubled thanks to match funding. This year, the charity is seeing more people than ever needing emergency assistance at the Rapid Re-accommodation W

Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) has appointed Graeme Winning, East Ayrshire Council as chair of the board. SHN is a membership organisation which supports social rented sector landlords to improve services by benchmarking cost and performance data, sharing knowledge and best practice through

Fife Council's Planning Services is the first local authority in the UK to be awarded Gold Carbon Literate Organisation accreditation. In 2019, the council declared a Climate Emergency and is taking steps to help tackle the impact of climate change in Fife.

Thousands of families in Aberdeen are set to benefit from winter clothing payments totalling up to £100,000.

People across Scotland are being asked to consider if they could open their homes and unoccupied properties to displaced people from Ukraine as part of two new campaigns to find new hosts.

Fife Housing Group held its second money-saving event of the year to address the pressures people are feeling this winter with the cost of living crisis.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published a summary of the risks that it will focus on in its next annual risk assessment. The main areas the Regulator will focus on are homelessness, landlord performance in delivering services, quality of homes, tenant and resident safety, the development

Aberdeenshire Council has agreed a new council plan for the region, running from now until 2027. The set of strategic priorities gives direction that all services can work towards. It sets out the strategic approach to supporting Aberdeenshire communities and businesses to thrive, working with its p

East Lothian residents are £124,000 a year better off following an East Lothian Council campaign to encourage everyone to check they were claiming all the financial support they were entitled to. The month-long, targeted campaign was launched in response to the increased cost of living and aim

Following the recent inquest into the tragic death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale in December 2020, SHARE is offering free awareness training on the effects of damp and mould issues in properties as well as highlighting the actions required to mitigate these hazards. The inquest concluded w

Changes to local connection legislation, which come into force today, that suspends the power of Scottish local authorities to refer people who present as homeless to another area is a long time coming, says Lisa Borthwick at Shelter Scotland. Tuesday 29 November is a momentous day for housing and h

Social landlords will be able to access loans to build more affordable housing as a multi-million-pound investment programme reopens to applications. Under the Charitable Bond programme, registered housing associations can access unsecured loans starting from £1 million on terms of up to 15 ye

Annabelle Ewing MSP visited the Fife village of Cardenden to see a newly completed development of 59 affordable homes being handed over to Kingdom Housing Association by Ogilvie Construction. The houses have been built in Balgonie Grove, on the former mining site behind Jamphlars Court, and offer a

The UK Government is to make £1 billion of funding available for an energy efficiency scheme to help households reduce their energy bills.