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After more than 13 years of service to Berwickshire Housing Association's (BHA) tenant volunteers and scrutiny panel, volunteer chair George Pickering has announced his retirement.

Homelessness charity Aberdeen Foyer has received a £5,225 cash grant from the Morrisons Foundation.

People who need extra help during a water, electricity or gas emergency will benefit from a new partnership approach by 12 utility companies.

Charities and community organisations with practical solutions to tackle the urgent social and economic effects of the coronavirus crisis in Leith and north Edinburgh, have shared additional financial support worth £150,000. Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) was selected by the Scottis

East Lothian Council has granted planning permission in principle plans for 142 new homes to the northwest of Macmerry

Finance secretary Kate Forbes has formally requested new powers to help Scotland meet “the significant economic and fiscal challenges” of coronavirus. Writing to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, she details the temporary changes being sought by the Scottish Government. 

Today, 21 third sector organisations that care about ending homelessness in Scotland, known collectively as Everyone Home, (SHN 21/05/20) publish their first route-map to help guide the sector out of lockdown and the emergency measures put in place during March to accommodate people sleeping outside

Govan Housing Association has been distributing devices and data to tenants and community organisations to help close the digital divide in Scotland.

Night shelters and hotel rooms as a response to homelessness will be actively designed out over the next phase according to plans published today by a collective of 21 leading charities and academic sector organisations. This is the first in a series of Route Maps from the Everyone Home Collective t

A dozen housing associations in Glasgow are in talks with Mears for the future provision of accommodation for asylum seekers who were moved into hotels at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.

The Social Housing Resilience Group (SHRG) has collected evidence regarding the ability of landlords to meet deadlines with regards to fire safety, electrical testing, and EESSH; and fed into a communication which will be sent to social landlords from the housing minister, in the near future, to cla

Waverley Housing Association has submitted plans to renew the ageing Upper Langlee estate in Galashiels.

As the COVID-19 restrictions on Scotland’s housing market begin to ease, independent chartered surveying firm DM Hall has prepared a video setting the five steps for a safe survey. With a waiting list in the many hundreds of people looking to have Home Reports undertaken, the company said it i

Councillor Peter Henderson has been appointed as the new leader of South Ayrshire Council.  SNP, Labour and Independent group members, who make up the council's administration, unanimously elected Councillor Henderson at a Special Council meeting this week.

Almost a million meals have been provided so far to support some of the most vulnerable people in Dundee during the coronavirus pandemic. The combined efforts from the Dundee City Council, third sector partners and Scottish Government’s initiatives have resulted in a total number of 941,831 me