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The Scottish Government has come under fire for its "toothless" National Islands Plan which was criticised for a lack of meaningful targets and objectives for improving lives on Scotland's islands.

A man living with his severely disabled partner in a two-bedroom council house should receive full housing benefit because applying the so-called ‘bedroom tax’ breaches his human rights, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.

Plans submitted to build 175 new houses in Aberdeenshire include an allocation for 46 affordable houses. Stewart Milne Homes intends to build the new homes beside Hillside School near Portlethen.

Places for People Homes Limited has been fined £600,000 after five employees developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). Aylesbury Crown Court heard that between 2009 and 2014 five employees of the property management and development organisation used vibrating powered tools to carry out gro

The people of Elgin now have access to a car club which allows members to rent electric cars on a ‘pay as you go’ basis. The initiative comes from Osprey Housing Moray, part of the Osprey Housing Group.

A significant area of woodlands on one of Europe’s largest regeneration sites could be set for a new lease of life.

A failed asylum seeker who claimed that it was “unlawful” for her housing provider to evict her from temporary accommodation by changing the locks to the property without first obtaining a court order has had her appeal dismissed.

The community of West Dunbartonshire came together at a groundbreaking conference designed to raise awareness of and prevent domestic abuse.

The restoration of one of the last standing grade A listed tenements in the Gorbals will be celebrated at an event later this month hosted by Southside Housing Association (SHA). Glasgow’s 166 Gorbals Street (The Former British Linen Bank) building was built in 1900 and designed by architect J

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has published the latest update on its ongoing Affordable Housing Programme with ten developments on-site and are due for completion during 2019/20 – 20/21. The Goathill care home, housing and housing with extra care project is now well under way with preliminary engi

A final proposal has been lodged for a member’s bill to protect private sector tenants by introducing measures to limit rent increases. An initial draft of the Proposed Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill was lodged by Pauline McNeill MSP in May, a consultation on which closed on August 8.

The Scottish Government must make a commitment as soon as possible to a robust housing investment programme from 2021, the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has said. In a letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, GWSF chair Helen Moore cites indications that the curr

Glasgow-based tech company iOpt has made two senior appointments to help facilitate its ambitious plans for growth. (from left) Dane Ralston, founder and managing director; data scientist Lewis Forster; operations director Stewart Curruth and head of technology Jack Slater

Ayrshire Housing has received a £3 million Scottish charitable bond from Allia C&C to support its latest building project in Ayr which is just getting underway.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Aberdeen City Council's credit outlook from 'stable' to 'negative', though the local authority's credit rating has been retained.