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Three Scottish charities supporting vulnerable young people across the country are to share a donation of £30,000 from law firm Gillespie Macandrew. Children in Scotland, Rock Trust and Rossie Young People’s Trust, all long-standing charity partners of the firm, will equally share this y

The Scottish Housing Regulator has removed Kincardine Housing Co-operative from the register of social landlords following the transfer of its homes to Grampian Housing Association. The Regulator used its statutory powers to direct the transfer of assets of an RSL for the first time in November foll

The extent of empty homes and how these can be brought back into use is to be investigated by the Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee. National Records of Scotland data from 2017 has shown that 4% of the dwellings in Scotland are unoccupied and the committee’

Value for money, affordable rents and homelessness are among the priorities set out by the Scottish Housing Regulator for the next three years. Introducing its new Corporate Plan for 2019-22 today, the Regulator said it will also focus its resources on embedding its new Regulatory Framework, tenant

Housing charity LAR has spoken of its disappointment that after a planning application for affordable homes was rejected by East Lothian Council. A bid to deliver four houses and 22 flats on an empty site in Prestonpans was refused by members of the local authority’s planning committee.

South Lanarkshire Council has broken ground in East Kilbride on one of its biggest developments of new council housing on the site of the former St Leonard’s Primary School. A total of 60 units will be built in a mix of housing types designed to meet local housing needs in general as well as,

A retirement development in Milngavie has been commended by the Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) as a successful example of later life housing. Bield’s Oakburn Gardens has received a bronze award in the annual EAC Housing Awards - with tenants, staff and visitors all nominating the developm

Stephen Cowan, managing director of Yuill + Kyle, looks at summary warrants and the powers and effects they can have. What is a Summary Warrant?

Academic researchers are conducting a study into an innovative housing construction method which could help to bring down the cost for homebuyers. The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is collaborating with the Construction Scotland Innov

The National Trust for Scotland has launched a public consultation on what new developments, if any, would be acceptable near Culloden Moor, the site of the 1746 battle. It follows a row over new houses being given planning permission on land within the battlefield's conservation area.

Savers have been reassured that their money will be safe after a credit union in Glasgow's East End fell into administration. Parkhead Credit Union announced it will no longer be trading and is now in default.

Older people’s rights are at the centre of a new framework to ensure people can remain active, keep working if they want to, feel safe, and access the services they need. The Older People’s Framework aims to challenge unwelcome attitudes to and discrimination towards older people.

A merger of two of Hillcrest’s companies has paved the way for the launch of a brand new venture – Hillcrest Enterprises. Northern Housing Company, which has offered mid-market affordable housing for many years, has merged with Hillcrest Enterprises Ltd, which managed the group’s c

The rapid growth of short-term lets such as Airbnb has been a boon to tourists and landlords, yet it could lead to the misappropriation of housing stock and displacement of long-term residents from their communities if left unregulated, new analysis from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has

Ahead of giving evidence today to the Scottish Parliament’s social security committee inquiry into social security support for housing, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) said that “Universal Credit is creating systemic indebtedness and arrears for new claimants&rdquo