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River Clyde Homes Group staff have been playing a key community support role during the current COVID-19 crisis.

More than 40 of Scotland’s leading children's charities, faith groups, trade unions, community groups and anti-poverty organisations have joined civic organisations from across the UK to call on the Chancellor to increase child benefit by £10 a week per child to help families through the

The Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) has collated data on people at-risk in Scotland in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the information has been made available via housing sectors ideas and innovation agency HACT. An Excel spreadsheet, containing data about at-risk and vulnerable p

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has warned landlords to be on their guard against potential cyberattacks during the coronavirus pandemic after it learned of a “recent and ongoing” ransomware attack against a Registered Social Landlord (RSL).

The response from the homelessness sector to COVID-19 continues at pace. Assessing whether the measures introduced in the past two weeks are the right ones, and what aspects we might want to retain, must be guided by people with expertise both as practitioners and through their own lived experience,

The River Clyde Homes Group (RCH Group) has chosen its current group resources director, Richard Turnock, as its new chief executive. The announcement comes after a highly competitive recruitment process, which attracted many strong candidates from both within and outside the UK social housing secto

David Bookbinder takes aim at the Health and Safety Executive’s “stubborn” and “unrealistic” approach to gas safety checks. When this is all over, we’ll all give thought to what our own actions and reactions were to the crisis, and the actions of other agencies. F

Kelly Fraser offers advice for Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) who may be wondering how to deal with governance issues, including the requirements to convene meetings, during the current coronavirus pandemic. The main question is whether it is necessary to hold a general meeting. There is no expr

Housebuilders could soon be asked to make a financial contribution to health and social care facilities when planning permission is granted for new developments in Fife. With the increased pressure new housing can place on GP practices, councillors have agreed consideration should be given during re

Milnbank Housing Association has made provision for its tenants, factored owners and staff to access a free and confidential mental wellbeing support service.

A new tracking poll for Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found that Scots have significant concerns about their ability to meet a range of financial commitments amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Santon Group is seeking planning permission in principle for a residential development at Davidson’s Mains in Edinburgh.

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic causing issues for many who may be unable to leave their home, as well as worrying about financial uncertainly, Hillcrest has hailed the actions of its housing teams who have been working non-stop making sure tenants are supported. The teams have been proactivel

A temporary payments freeze on loans and credit cards for up to three months are amongst a package of targeted temporary measures confirmed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today to help people negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Following a short consultation, the FCA will

Whilst Scottish surveyors were upbeat about the outlook for the housing market before last month, it is now clear that the current lockdown situation will have a significant impact for the rest of the year, according to the March 2020 Residential Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Char