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Paula MacPherson and John McHardy from the council's housing team with Cllr Robertson in one of the new 1 bedroom flats overlooking Academy Street A former Citizens Advice Bureaux office in Inverness has been converted into four 1 bedroom flats for rent from the Highland Council.

Jon Sparkes As the publication of the Scottish Government’s new Action Plan for Ending Homelessness Together was debated in the Scottish Parliament last week and received cross-party backing, Jon Sparkes, Crisis chief executive and chair of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG)

Scottish Apprentice of the Year Caitlin Donald Young people living in Edinburgh and the east can get their career off to a great start thanks to Wheatley Group.

Mary Norris A West Lothian woman is citing military graft and never having to worry about a man as the main ingredients for reaching the magic century mark.

One in four Scottish households will spend Christmas in fuel poverty, according to a new campaign launched today by Scottish Labour. The party will spend the festive season highlighting the issue, with members and activists set to distribute postcards of information which will ask for the public's v

Dr Gareth James summarises the Scottish results from a UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) study into co-producing research priorities from across the UK and draws out some of the issues specific to Scotland. This blog is part of a series on the CaCHE approach to co-producing resear

Glasgow construction and manufacturing group CCG (Scotland) Ltd has reported an excellent financial year with turnover exceeding £144 million – up 6.2% on 2017’s figures. Profit before taxation also significantly increased on the previous year to over £9.1m.

Vital coaching services delivered by national homelessness charity Crisis have received a welcome boost of £1,042,729 from players of People’s Postcode Lottery. The money raised by players of November’s draw will enable Crisis to support 700 homeless people with complex needs to access the char

More landlords who rent out their homes on ‘Airbnb-style’ websites spend their takings on holidays than reinvest their earnings in home improvement projects, according to new research. A study by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) into the spending patterns of landlords who use short-term h

Scotland’s walking charity has been given £50,000 to help those living with dementia get outdoors and get walking. The funding, which has been secured for two years, will go towards Paths for All’s dementia friendly walking project, Care about Walking, which aims to embed physical activity and

The Scottish Government has pledged to bring forward legislation to restrict the use of unsuitable temporary accommodation for homeless people in the next programme for government. During a debate on homelessness in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, housing minister Kevin Stewart said the governmen

The Scottish Housing Regulator published a summary of the risks it will focus on in its annual risk assessment. Continuing its focus on the delivery of good quality homes and services for all tenants and service users, the Regulator will also ensure that all RSLs and local authorities are well gover

Almost £8 million is to be allocated for the repair of the private sector housing stock and adaptation works for disabled people in Glasgow for the financial year 2018/19. Approved by a Glasgow City Council committee yesterday, the funding from the council's Private Sector Housing Grant (PSHG) prog

(from left) Keith Anderson, chief executive of Port of Leith Housing Association; Ben Macpherson MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith; Kate Campbell, convenor of housing and economy for the City of Edinburgh Council; Kevin Stewart, housing minister; Philip Neaves, chair Persevere Developments and Ga

A number of Dundee not-for-profit organisations with support from the business community have thrown a cracker of a Christmas party for over 100 older people at risk of isolation this Christmas. The party was organised as part of the Helping Older People Engage (HOPE) programme, and involved not-for