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Janette Oliver West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has presented its first Community Champion award to a tenant who has shown incredible dedication to organising voluntary activities in her area for over 50 years.

West Lothian Council has frozen rent levels and announced plans to spend over £123 million next year on housing. Approved by councillors at a budget meeting earlier this week, the investment includes the council's largest ever investment of £77m on the council's housing capital programme, which is

Plans have been submitted for a £2.6m investment to build 20 new family homes in the South West area of Greenock. River Clyde Homes has drawn up a planning application for 20 terraced and semi-detached homes for the Mallard Crescent area. It comprises 6 x 2-bedroom and 14 x 3-bed homes, designed by

Scottish ministers have yet to reach an agreement with the UK government over a potential reduction in the benefits of claimants in Scotland when the Scottish Government abolishes the ‘bedroom tax’. As part of new social security powers being transferred to Holyrood, the Scottish Government plan

Richard Jennings Castle Rock Edinvar’s Richard Jennings asks how do we innovate to solve the problem of too many people living in cold homes?

Councillor Judy Hamilton and housing manager of Levenmouth Alistair Black A former communal car park in Methil is now the site of much needed new housing for the area.

The number of loans issued to first-time buyers in Scotland has increased by 5%, according to latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). During the fourth quarter of last year, first-time buyers borrowed £910 million, down 3% on the previous quarter but up 5% on same period in 2015.

A private rented sector advice project set up by Govan Law Centre is now offering a financial health check to its clients. Introduced in September 2016, the Private Rented Tenants Team provides a comprehensive, unique and dedicated service to tenants of private landlords in Glasgow.

A build to rent scheme of up to 400 homes was approved at Fountainbridge in Edinburgh last year Shelter Scotland’s James Battye blogs on why affordable housing must be the priority in Scotland’s housebuilding programme.

Equalities secretary Angela Constance at the SCVO annual gathering New investment of £1.9 million is to be distributed to the local groups and organisations across Scotland to tackle poverty and mitigate UK government welfare changes.

A group of MSPs from the Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee met with Edinburgh’s homeless community at the Streetwork crisis centre yesterday. By speaking directly to people in housing crisis and frontline support staff, the MSPs explored how people are accessing ho

Unexplained variations in the use of benefit sanctions are “unacceptable” and must be addressed, according to a committee of MPs. A new Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report into the use of benefit sanctions has revealed jobcentres and providers use them “inconsistently”, with some Work Pro

Castlehill Housing Association is to build 147 affordable homes in Aberdeen and Inverurie after securing funding of £12.5 million from Clydesdale Bank. The loan will fund the building of 119 homes for social rent and a further 28 for mid-market rent. The properties will range from one-bedroom flats

Affordable housebuilder Springfield Partnerships has submitted plans to build 85 new affordable homes in Whitburn, West Lothian. The brownfield site, near Dixon Terrace, has lain neglected for a number of years.

East Lothian Council yesterday agreed a budget which includes an £85 million housing investment as West Lothian Council became the fourth local authority to announce a voluntarily freeze of the basic rate of Council Tax.