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Scotland risks unravelling the main reason behind lower levels of poverty without a long-term focus on boosting supply and affordability of housing, a new report has found.

Scottish Labour will today put forward a series of proposals to tackle Scotland's housing crisis with a Commission set up by the party set to report its findings. Labour said the plans will put people before developers' profits, and put housing and in particular public sector led-deve

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has welcomed tenants to a new social housing development at the former Rolls Royce site in East Kilbride.

Scotland Excel has appointed Clark Contracts to the new Scotland Excel Residential Construction Framework - a £1.5 billion housebuilding framework which was developed to help accelerate the delivery of 50,000 new affordable homes. The framework, which will run until July 2021, with the option

The first sod was cut at the site of the former St. James Primary School in Coatbridge marking the start of another new North Lanarkshire Council housing development. This latest development at Lismore Drive, costing £10.4 million, will offer 58 new, modern, affordable homes for local resident

A European project has turned to Queens Cross Housing Association to learn lessons in managing youth homelessness. The ROOF: Ending Homelessness through housing first project run by URBACT, a Euro partnership that helps cities to work together to tackle common urban challenges, is touring sever

Pupils from Barmulloch Primary School enjoyed a fun-filled day of physical activity and a visit from Scottish Champion boxer Lynn Calder last week as part of the On Our Marks project by ng homes. ng homes chair John Thorburn and ng homes board member Richard Porter with project coordinator at Winnin

Glasgow construction firm City Building has recruited 60 new craft trade apprentices, helping to tackle the industry’s skills gap and creating valuable job opportunities for young people across Glasgow. This year’s intake includes aspiring joiners, heating engineers, lift engineers, elec

Glasgow is set to host this year's Build to Rent Forum Scotland which will see over 30 public and private sector leaders meet and debate the future of Scotland's Build to Rent sector. The forum is due to take place on Wednesday from 8:30am - 5pm at The Radisson Blu Hotel on Argyle Street.

Justice secretary Humza Yousaf has launched a new training resource at the Scottish Crime Campus at Gartcosh aimed at helping report instances of organised crime. Serious Organised Crime Taskforce (SOCT) partners, including Police Scotland, North Lanarkshire Council, the Society of Chief Officers of

Cyrenians has partnered with Edinburgh Short Film Festival and award-winning actor, writer and producer Jamie Robson to explore the power of film in affecting social change. This year, the charity is working alongside Jamie Robson to highlight the social issues faced by those most excluded from soci

CALA Homes (North) has teamed up with Meldrum House Estate to submit plans for a new vision of homes at the prestigious Meldrum House Hotel & Golf Club in Oldmeldrum.

Highland Council is supporting this year's Challenge Poverty Week which runs from 7-13 October.

Argyll & Bute Council has announced that it will now be accepting applications for support through its Supporting Communities Fund 2020/21. Groups can apply for up to 100% of the total funding costs for their project or activity from the fund, with a maximum award of £2,500 available.

Fife Council has commissioned a study to discover how living in a rural area can have a significant impact on those living in poverty. The research has revealed that public transport costs in rural Fife are making it more difficult for unemployed people to access job opportunities, new research has