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A significant decrease in arrears for local authorities resulted in a drop in aggregate rent arrears during January, despite arrears for Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) increasing for the first time since August, the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has found. The Regulator noted in&nbs

Partick Housing Association (PHA) has completed its latest new build development at Laurel Street in the heart of Glasgow’s West End.

Melville Housing Association, Midlothian’s largest Registered Social Landlord, is to invest £2.4 million in improvements to tenants’ homes over the next 12 months.

Wheatley Group is searching for up to ten of Scotland’s brightest university leavers to join its graduate training programme. Successful candidates will join Wheatley Group’s two-year Ignite scheme and will receive expert on-the-job training and development, opportunities for further stu

The management committee of Lanarkshire Housing Association has approved a general rent freeze for all housing and commercial properties for the next financial year. The Association’s chairperson, Charlie Millar, said: “Over the last decade we have demonstrated that we can maintain rents

Stirling Council said its housing rents will remain among the lowest in Scotland after councillors approved a marginal 1.3% increase for the year ahead. The rise will see the average rent of a council property increase by 98p per week, from £75.77 to £76.75 over a 48-week period.

Positive Action in Housing (PAIH) has described the use of hotels as asylum accommodation under the Home Office/Mears contract as the "most inhumane" it has ever witnessed. On February 19, the charity submitted evidence to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders & Immigration regarding the us

East Renfrewshire Council has frozen council tax rates for 2021/22 as it set an outline budget for the year. The council has benefitted from a 0.45% increase in the like for like grant settlement and additional funding for a council tax freeze from the Scottish Government, as well as the use of &pou

Argyll and Bute Council has set a budget that freezes Council Tax in 2021/22 and invests millions in helping local people, businesses and the area as a whole to move on from the impact of COVID-19. The council has announced it will invest £6.8 million into Argyll and Bute's economy and infrast

Thousands of Highland households are benefiting from the Highland Council's local fuel and food support schemes. The fuel support scheme was launched in the latter part of January last year.

Spending plans for local services such as education, social care, roads and parks as well as homelessness reduction have been approved as part of West Lothian Council's Revenue Budget for 2021/22. Freezing Council Tax for the upcoming year, the local authority agreed a raft of spending measures

Proposed legislation to implement Scotland’s Budget for 2021-22 has passed its first parliamentary hurdle as MSPs voted to endorse the general principles of the Budget Bill at Stage 1. MSPs also approved the Scottish Rate Resolution, setting all income tax rates and bands.

Scottish Housing News provides a brief round-up of legislation and other changes relating to planning in Scotland.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has acquired land at St Clements Wells to allow a further development of 235 new homes close to its Ravensheugh development in Wallyford.

The Highland Council is set to consider a new ambitious Health and Prosperity Strategy for the Highlands at its budget setting meeting on March 4. The strategy sets out a new approach that seeks to balance the current financial context with the drivers for economic growth and recovery from the pande