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LAR Housing Trust is hailing modern apprentices a success after appointing its first apprentice, Lewis Yule, to the role of property manager. Lewis, 23, from Kirkcaldy, joined the housing charity in April 2018 and worked across various departments, learning about Scotland’s growing mid-ma

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has today called upon the British Government to end the current five-week wait for Universal Credit. CAS has claimed that this wait is pushing many Scots into poverty.

Home Group has teamed up with Shelter Scotland in a quest for housing to be recognised as a human right. The theme of housing as a human right was central to this year's Scottish Housing Day, which was celebrated yesterday. In light of this, Home Group in Scotland approached Shelter Scotland to expl

New plans have been submitted by Persimmon Homes to build 71 new homes as part of a development on the former Stewart's Cream of Barlet bottling plant on the Kingsway. Persimmon has attempted to develop the land at the Kingsway site for many years. Its newest application follows Dundee councillors'

Govan Housing Association is working together with EU Citizens Rights Project Scotland to host an event for EU nationals to discuss worries about Brexit.

There has been a drastic increase in the number of elderly people seeking help for homelessness since 2012-13, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals.

To celebrate Scottish Housing Day, Kingdom Housing Association bounced into action at The Henge in Glenrothes with an extra special tenant roadshow.

Lochfield Park Housing Association has raised £903.38 for MacMillan Cancer Support by hosting the "World's Biggest Coffee Morning". The coffee morning was held by the housing association on the 11th of September.

Osprey Housing Group has raised nearly £600 for the Trussell Trust by hosting a football fundraising event with members of the local community in Aberdeenshire. A surprise guest appearance from Aberdeen FC on-loan mascot Angus the Bull ensured great support for a fun-filled charity football ma

To celebrate Scottish Housing Day 2019 yesterday, Melville Housing Association released a short film made with the help of tenants. The film takes a look at a new concept for social housing which is currently being developed by Melville and has been named social co-housing.

Barratt Homes East Scotland has raised over £80,000 for homelessness charity Rock Trust at its inaugural charity dinner. Rock Trust was chosen at the start of 2019 as Barratt Homes East Scotland's charity of the year. The organisation has been fundraising in aid of them over the last year and

The population of the Scottish islands are showing signs of increasing after years of decline, the BBC reports.

Scotland's property market has experienced price rises of 1.4%, almost five times the rate of growth in England, the latest provisional statistics from the UK House Price Index (HPI) show. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland rose by 0.7 per cent between June 2019 and July 201

Ardenglen Housing Association has welcomed Richard Mahon as a new member of its Board of Management. Mr Mahon is a finance professional and keen supporter of the housing association movement. He has over 10 years of experience covering audit, finance control, reporting and planning, most recently in

Kingdom Housing Association held its AGM on Monday evening and celebrated the success of the association during its 40th anniversary year. Kingdom Housing Association tenants, members and guests gathered at Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline for the AGM.