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River Clyde Homes has set up its own grounds maintenance team, to improve its services and save rent payers’ money while boosting local employment and training opportunities. The works were previously carried out by external contractors but following customer feedback and in recognition of the man

The 50th completed property in Flodigarry, Isle of Skye The completion of a home in Flodigarry, in Staffin on the Isle of Skye, has marked the 50th home to be delivered by The Highland Small Communities Housing Trust’s (HSCHT) Rent to Buy scheme.

More than 50 properties have been transformed thanks to help from South Ayrshire Council's Empty Homes programme Owners of unoccupied homes in South Ayrshire are being urged to consider selling them on to help free-up properties for people struggling to find accommodation.

Housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland has secured funding from Comic Relief to develop a cutting edge online tool that helps people in crisis find the help they need quickly. The charity already provides a wealth of information on its mobile-friendly website but wants to make access to p

The Scottish Government is continuing the Personal Achievement in Planning Award this year to recognise an individual planner, team, local authorities, consultants, community groups, developers, public agencies or voluntary organisation that have made an outstanding contribution to planning. This ca

Richard Porter (left) with his award A gentleman who has experience in an extensive number of roles in and around Glasgow has been named Sunday’s Community Champion by Partick Thistle Football Club.

The fourth Cairn Cup was held in Inverness on Saturday with over 500 children competing in three different football tournaments. The event moved to Millburn Academy this year to accommodate an expanded tournament of 48 teams. Children from P2 to P7 had the opportunity to participate, with the P2/P3

Aberdeenshire Council has approved proposals to convert a derelict petrol station in Fraserburgh into 35 new homes. Grampian Housing Association unveiled proposals last year to demolish the remnants of the petrol station on Cross Street and build new affordable homes to help ease the council’s hou

A charitable trust has lodged plans to build affordable homes as part of a proposed £25 million package of investment in Perth. Following an extensive consultation with the local community, the Gannochy Trust has made a full planning application for the development of 48 houses within the existing

Current homes at Almond Park Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has been given the green light from East Lothian Council to build 98 new homes in Musselburgh.

A private landlord in Fife has been become the first to be disqualified by a Scottish court. Following his second conviction at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, Mohammed Murtaza, 47, was banned from renting out homes anywhere in Scotland for 12 months.

Around half of the homes in Edinburgh city centre will be holidays lets by 2050 if current trends continue, the Scottish Green Party has suggested. Concerns have been raised that a sharp rise in holiday lets in the capital is making it more difficult for people to find somewhere to live.

A public health official has called for a ban on smoking in new council houses to protect children from harmful second-hand smoke. Professor John Middleton, president of the Faculty of Public Health, said adults smoking in the home damaged the development of children’s lungs and put babies at risk

A group of friends plan to spend a night sleeping rough to highlight homelessness in Dundee ahead of the general election. Mark Parsons, a pharmacist from Broughty Ferry, has rounded up around 15 of his friends and acquaintances to take part in the initiative.

Phoenix Futures Scotland, a charity and housing association which has been helping people overcome drug and alcohol problems for more than 45 years, is developing new recovery housing schemes and looking for partners, writes Martin Adams. Closing this gap between substance misuse treatment and homel