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Highland councillors have approved plans to cut over £37 million from the council budget over the next three years. The council's three-year change programme, A Sustainable Highland, was approved by the Highland Council as it confirmed its revenue budget for 2019/20.

North Lanarkshire Council has launched a consultation on the region's proposed Local Development Plan. The plan includes profiles for each area of North Lanarkshire with information on each, the proposed sites for development and any regeneration sites or transport projects.

With human rights once again on the domestic and international agenda, Shelter Scotland wants to ensure that any new legislation puts good housing right at its heart, writes Lisa Glass. A new Act of the Scottish Parliament on human rights?

Fife council tenants are set to be consulted on options to improve their lock-up service. Councillors discussed a range of options to improve the lock-up service for council tenants at a meeting of Fife Council's community and housing services committee this week.

Housing associations in England and Wales have warned by the regulator to prepare for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit. In a letter sent to housing associations yesterday, the Regulator for Social Housing said social housing providers needed to be "clear about the Regulator's expectations of them

Four housing associations in the Castlemilk area of Glasgow have come together to offer a helping hand on Universal Credit. The Ardenglen, Cassiltoun, Craigdale and North View associations have produced a guide to Universal Credit which they hope will inform those needing to claim it.

Elderpark Housing is appealing to its community to share their memories of an iconic Govan school. The Association has embarked on a significant housebuilding development of 82 homes at Nethan Street near Govan Cross.

After thirty six years working in the Scottish RSL sector, Graeme Russell is stepping down as CEO at Manor Estates Housing Association at the end of May. Graeme began his career as a housing assistant at the then Gorgie – Dalry Housing Association (later Canmore HA and then Dunedin Canmore).

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is working in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage, Architecture and Design Scotland and the Scottish Government to support more innovative, greener designs in the housing sector. Building on the social housing sector’s track record

A Scottish council is the first in Europe to give its employees who have suffered domestic abuse "safe leave". South Ayrshire Council's policy will give employees up to 10 days' paid leave to allow them to seek help and support.

CCG Asset Management, the expert planned maintenance division of the CCG Group, has successfully completed works to 30 Abronhill Housing Association properties. The project consisted of 15 bathroom upgrades, where new sanitary ware and wet wall panelling was installed, as well as the installation of

Almost 200 people attended a series of recruitment days held by Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) in partnership with contractor idVerde. The events – held in in Stranraer, Dumfries and Annan – were to recruit people for seasonal jobs across Dumfries and Galloway with DGHP

Two Dundee tenants who recently tied the knot at a retirement development have shared their advice on keeping the spark alive. Pauline Wyllie, 65, wed 72-year-old Tayport native Sam Wyllie during an intimate ceremony held in the communal lounge of Bield’s Rannoch Court.  

Social security secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has called for views on proposals which aim to ensure people at high risk of harm through domestic abuse are better protected and provided with quicker support. A public consultation is looking at the way that police, local authorities, health and so

Fundraisers across Fife are preparing to brave the cold for Bethany Christian Trust’s 50th Sleep Out event on March 8 to raise money in support of Scotland’s homeless. The Bethany Big Sleep Out, which will be held this year outside Holy Trinity Church in St Andrews, has raised over &poun