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A national scheme to help reduce people’s fuel bills restarted yesterday, bringing more than 300 staff out of furlough to start installing energy efficiency measures in people’s homes.

CHAP Group has recommenced work on Aberdeen City Council's council house building programme.

A network of community groups led by River Clyde Homes has made a successful bid to the Scottish Government that will bring a £100,000 windfall to the Inverclyde area.

Ardenglen Housing Association has been awarded funding totalling £15,454 from The National Lottery Community Fund to help its senior residents become more digitally included. The initiative seeks to tackle loneliness and isolation among older people and make them better connected. At the heart

Forgewood Housing Cooperative and Garrion People’s Housing Cooperative provided their 5000th meal this week as part of their response to COVID-19. An example of the meals on offer since the project started

Dundee City Council has been awarded an additional £200,000 by the Scottish Government to support tenants who are under financial pressure due to coronavirus. This additional funding is being made available to tenants through Discretionary Housing Payments.

With show homes and sales offices in Scotland now open again as lockdown restrictions begin to ease, builders are reporting strong levels of interest.

Glasgow City Council and One O One Convenience Stores have launched a new food supply and delivery service to help the city's most vulnerable and shielding citizens with the aid of Community Transport Glasgow.

A restored Victorian conversion in Glasgow’s West End has been crowned Scotland’s Home of the Year in the finale of a BBC Scotland series.

A bill to control rent levels is unlikely to be debated in Holyrood after the Local Government Committee decided there was not enough time to scrutinise it.

Bield has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of Diana MacLean as director of customer experience and Iain Baxter as digital project lead. The appointments have underpinned Bield's future strategy to continue to improve the lives of Scotland’s older people.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has ended its appointment of a statutory manager at Ruchazie Housing Association after the association made significant improvements to its governance and financial health. The Regulator first used its statutory powers to safeguard the interests of tenants by app

New Gorbals Housing Association is to receive £4.5 million in funding from The Housing Finance Corporation's 25-year Funding No.3 Bond at a record-low fixed rate of 1.998%. With a spread over Gilts of 1.41%, the issue was from so-called ‘retained bonds’ issued from THFC (Funding) N

The Highland Council has approved plans to build 140 homes in Evanton in Ross-shire.

The UK has seen a 39% increase in deep poverty since 2000, according to a new report published by the Social Metrics Commission.