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A mural produced for Thenue Housing Association depicting the mother of Glasgow’s patron saint is taking shape in the city’s East End. Mark Worst beside the mural with Eleanor Derbyshire, Thenue's head of property services

The practice of refusing to rent homes to people on housing benefit has suffered another legal blow after a disabled father won his trial against housing benefit discrimination this week.

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has published two new briefing papers as part of a wider piece of work supported by SafeDeposits Scotland Charitable Trust and the TDS Charitable Foundation. Coherent and robust statistics are key to understanding the private rented secto

North Lanarkshire Council has added a further £500,000 to its Universal Credit Assistance Fund and is providing more help to tenants falling into rent arrears due to built-in waiting times for Universal Credit payments. The fund, which is in place for council tenants struggling with the impact

Enquiries, instructions, prices and sales all continued to rise in Scotland during August, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, as pent up demand and the stamp duty holiday continue to influence the market.

The firm behind plans for 10 new homes at Crook of Devon in rural Kinross-shire has appealed a rejection with the Scottish Government. 

Investment in the social housing sector generates economic and social benefits for Scotland and its people, including reducing poverty and homelessness, improving health, and creating jobs, a new report has found.

Cadder Housing Association director Kenny Mollins has left his post, the landlord has confirmed.

Glasgow City Council has revealed plans to introduce fees for pre-application planning advice for the first time.

Barrhead-based contractor A.C. Whyte is set to deliver a £5 million programme to upgrade more than 490 East Ayrshire homes by September 2021 following a successful tender earlier this year. East Ayrshire Council awarded the roof and render works contract to the family-owned business with a vie

Aberdeenshire Council has submitted plans to build more than a dozen affordable homes at the site of a former council depot in Huntly. 

A new partnership has paved the way for Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) to lease a two-bedroom property to Steps to Hope, a charity which supports people experiencing homelessness and addiction. The lease will give Steps to Hope service users who, having achieved sobriety, are ready f

Two Wheatley Group professionals have been recognised as leaders in their fields. Wheatley Group solicitor Katie Graham has been recognised by the Law Society of Scotland for her expertise in housing law, while her colleague, Joanne Connelly has been named in the top 100 Young Chartered Accountants

Last week the Scottish Government announced a £10 million Tenant Hardship Loan Fund, available from November. But, asks Deborah Hay, will it help people under pressure and struggling to pay their rent? There was a lot to welcome in last week’s Scottish Programme for Government 2020/21: a

Regeneration company Urban Union has officially handed over its 1,000th home just six years after completing its first. Part of Robertson Group, the firm has four developments across Scotland, including two in Glasgow, one in Perth and one in Edinburgh.