Search: Child poverty action plan welcome but more affordable homes required, says CIH Scotland

Setting off from Whitehill Court Champion Bield fundraiser Kevin Rowe has yet again put his best foot forward into the Scottish countryside to raise funds to support people living with dementia.

The number of children in temporary accommodation in Scotland has increased by 626 in a year, official figures have shown. The quarterly Homelessness in Scotland bulletin from Scotland’s Chief Statistician found that 4,896 children were in temporary accommodation on 30 June 2015 – an increase of

Paul Gray An independent advisory committee has called for an urgent and robust review of the UK government’s benefit sanctions regime amid concerns that it is failing to help jobless claimants.

Parents and children enjoyed a fun-filled graduation ceremony at Little Reivers Childcare in Duns, Scottish Borders last week. Staff members were among those taking part in the "emotional" celebrations.

Julia Unwin A new report has called for an increase in the supply of affordable homes to aid the struggles of vulnerable and working poor people to make ends meet as austerity continues to hit.

Time capsules have been buried at two Aberdeenshire housing projects after local children looked back to the future. Sanctuary Scotland asked Strichen School and Peterhead’s Buchanhaven Primary to pack capsules with items relevant to pupils.

A new report has found a wide disconnect between prospective first-time buyers and their parents with regards to their perception of the first-time buyer market. While just 12 per cent of parents believe it is “virtually impossible for first-time buyers to obtain a mortgage” this rises to 21 per

The UK government’s spending watchdog has criticised the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) for its failure to anticipate problems in its implementation of welfare reform. The National Audit Office has called for the DWP to use the hard lessons it learned from implementing its recent program

A landmark case at the Supreme Court could change the way English local authorities use the term “intentionally homeless”. The court ruled that the London Borough of Waltham Forest (LBWF) was wrong to refuse a woman’s request for housing help on the grounds she had made herself “intentionall

Lord Provost Sadie Docherty and GHA chair Gordon Sloan with GHA and Lowther Homes tenants and staff and representatives from Scottish Government and contractors City Building Tenants are celebrating moving in to their affordable new homes in the south side of Glasgow.

The Learning Works students with Karen Reilly (third left) and Glasgow Kelvin College curriculum manager Marie Woods (far right) A pioneering partnership between a housing association and a college to help the unemployed learn new skills and improve their job prospects has celebrated another milesto

At the Legal Services Agency we run a variety of ground-breaking and essential legal seminars each year. Our seminars vary from our upcoming seminar on judicial review and the recent legal changes in Scotland to how to draft a will, legal aid and presentation skills. We work hard to assure that our

Iain Duncan Smith The Conservatives are considering cuts of up to £80 a week for sick and disabled claimants if they win the election, plans leaked to the BBC have revealed.

Families in Edinburgh with young children affected by homelessness are being helped by a new service following an award of £405,576 by the Big Lottery Fund.

The Salvation Army is calling on political parties in Scotland to identify clear priorities for reducing drug deaths after newly released figures revealed an 8% increase in suspected deaths during 2025. According to the quarterly report for October to December 2025, there were 1,146 suspected drug d