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Renters will face a second calamity if further protection isn’t given to those who build up arrears because of the pandemic, according to Shelter Scotland. A series of amendments to Scotland’s coronavirus legislation proposed by Scottish Greens MSP Andy Wightman, including a two-year ren

Care and support charity LinkLiving launched its first ever Quaffle (quilt raffle) this month to help vulnerable and isolated people.

Hillcrest has hailed the work of its customer service team amidst the current coronavirus pandemic. The association said the team moved quickly to home working when lockdown began and has been successfully set up at home with no detriment to the service delivered to customers.

The Possilpark community has come together to support each other and many of the local traders have stepped up to the challenges posed since lockdown was announced. Work has been ongoing over the past year on plans for Possilpark to become a Business Improvement District through funding and support

East Lothian Council has granted detailed planning permission for the first of three affordable housing developments on the Windygoul site in Tranent.

A Glasgow woman has donated handmade face masks to a group of volunteers known as the Angels of the North. Working alongside ng homes, these ‘angels’ have been providing food parcels, preparing and delivering hot meals, helping uplift prescriptions and a whole lot more.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has today launched a report which shares lessons learned from four years working with local people in Leith to use human rights to tackle poor housing conditions.

Kingdom Housing Association and Fairfield Housing Co-operative have announced a new Collaborative Working Agreement for the provision of shared services. A long successful track record of working together dates back to 2005 when Kingdom completed its first housing development in Perth and entered in

Developer and investor Parabola has submitted a planning application to the City of Edinburgh Council for the residential-led phase of the development of the new zero carbon quarter of the city.

Tenants have praised “brilliant” Wheatley Group staff for “fighting their corner” in helping them with benefit claims.

Nineteen influential charity sector organisations working to end homelessness will present a joint plan to the Scottish Government today based around three key asks that experts and academics believe could permanently end rough sleeping and destitution in Scotland as the country emerges from the pan

This outbreak has shown how crucial it is to tackle homelessness. As discussions and speculation continue around just how we will move out of lockdown, those experiencing homelessness in Scotland must be at the centre of this thinking.

We tell it like it is as Glasgow Night Shelter; there isn’t enough accommodation for destitute asylum seekers and what there is, isn’t good enough. And we say that because for the past 10 years we have been providing not-really-good-enough accommodation (a mattress on a hall floor, a bun

Today, Thursday 21 May, 19 organisations that care about homelessness in Scotland will present a plan to the Scottish Government setting out what they believe needs to be done to end rough sleeping and tackle homelessness in Scotland. Martin Gavin, Homeless Network Scotland’s Head of External

People require homes, somewhere in which they feel secure and safe. It is not hard to grasp that not all accommodation is suitable to be called ‘home’.   It is not the absence of housing stock so much as the quality of that stock, its location, and environment that is so crucial whe