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Cunninghame Housing Association has teamed up with Ayrshire Weekly Press to recognise the region’s key workers who have gone above and beyond the call of duty throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced proposals which will continue support for customers who are struggling to pay their mortgage due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The recent decision of the Inner House in Proven Properties (Scotland) Limited, reported in Scottish Housing News on May 15, raises questions about the effectiveness, or at least the scope, of the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011, writes Tom Marshall. Briefly, the case concerned a block of 15 fl

Plans have been revealed for two four-storey apartment blocks with a distinctive horseshoe design near Ibrox stadium.

Thousands of residents have benefited from support as part of West Dunbartonshire Council’s emergency response to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Scottish Parliament's economy, energy and fair work committee has published a report on protected trust deeds citing that changes are needed to make the debt solution more effective in supporting people who are in debt.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has updated its COVID-19 briefing on care & support to include interim guidance on PCR testing in care homes and the management of test positive residents and staff. The series of briefing notes have been produced to help housing association

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