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Developments that radically help address climate change could no longer need planning permission under draft proposals being considered by the Scottish Government.

New council houses were officially opened in two Aberdeenshire communities on Friday. The completion of work on 31 homes at Dales View Drive and Ruby Crescent in Peterhead was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, while a further 26 properties were revealed in Oldmeldrum.

Asylum seekers facing eviction proceedings in Glasgow have been given a temporary reprieve by a court. Around 130 court actions concerning proposed lock-changes by Serco have been put on hold or continued by Glasgow Sheriff Court meaning clients in all those cases have been protected.

Jeremy Corbyn has pledged that a future Labour government would scrap Universal Credit, calling the flagship Conservatives welfare reform “inhumane” and an “unmitigated disaster”. Speaking in the Chingford constituency of the policy’s architect, Iain Duncan Smith, the L

After working for more than a decade in homelessness accommodation and addiction recovery centres in Scotland, India and Nepal; Bethany Christian Trust’s Paul Stevenson turned his focus upstream to Homelessness prevention Throughout Scotland there are urban islands of deprivation hemmed in and

UK heat network control company Minibems has raised its latest investment round from new investors SET Ventures and Ascension Ventures to enable it to pursue fast growth across the UK and Europe. With heating and cooling consuming half of Europe’s energy, the heat sector is increasingly being

Sanctuary Group has announced that two Andrew Manning-Cox and Arvinda Gohil have been appointed to its group board. Andrew Manning-Cox, who was co-opted to the board last year, has been appointed as the new group chair, while Arvinda Gohil joins as a non-executive member.

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has announced that Jo Richardson has won the election for vice-president of the organisation. Jo Richardson won with 52.1% of the delegate's votes, with her opponent Jim Ripley receiving 47.9% of the vote.

An appeal decision by the Scottish Government will unlock major investment in new homes for Galashiels, Eildon Housing Association has said.

Paisley Housing Association has worked together with Paisley artist Mark Worst to create a new large mural called 'The Young Poet'. The partnership has resulted in the creation of a fresh new look upon a tenement in Paisley which is now home to the mural.

Joe McCormack was always meant to work at Bethany Christian Trust. Even at the height of his own addiction; he knew there was something more being asked of him. He said: “In 2008 I was walking down Leith Walk drunk and I felt the Holy Spirit say ‘You are going to work for Bethany one day

Scottish Borders Council (SBC) has launched a consultation to help inform the upcoming budget which will be set in February 2020. From now until the end of January, members of the public can participate in a new online points simulator tool, available here.

Edinburgh has been announced as one of four cities to join a global movement of cities working towards sustainability, prosperity, inclusivity and resilience goals.

A final proposal for a member’s bill to improve protection for people who purchase a new-build home has been lodged at the Scottish Parliament.

Partners from the Clackmannanshire Alliance are coming together during Challenge Poverty Week which takes place from the 7th-11th October to call for more compassion to break the grip of poverty on people’s lives.