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Jeane Freeman More than a quarter of a million individual low-income households have received awards totalling £132.6 million from the Scottish Welfare Fund since its inception in 2013.

Grampian Housing Association has unveiled plans to transform the site of a former Aberdeenshire school into affordable homes. The proposals to create 27 rented homes for families and individuals at the C-listed Old School site in Ballater will be unveiled to the public next month.

The confidence of employers in the Scottish construction industry has taken a hit as fears over future work prospects grow, according to the latest Scottish Construction Monitor. The quarterly survey of the membership of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF), which represents hundreds of building c

Fanchea Kelly The Care Inspectorate has awarded five star reviews for two of Blackwood’s services in Aberdeen.

Horizon Housing Association has published a University of Stirling research report on a pilot study of effectiveness in letting adapted social housing. The study successfully designed and tested a research method for evaluating the effectiveness of letting procedures for adapted housing, using a co-

Clyde Valley Housing Association received planning permission to convert the former Carnegie Library in Coatbridge into residential flats last year Property owners in Coatbridge are being invited to apply for grants under the Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) to fund external improvement

Residents are being invited to submit their views on the Highland Council's draft Local Housing Strategy. The initiative sets out aims for housing in the region over the next five years. Members of the public have until August 18 to submit their views.

An Edinburgh project that provides English language lessons to Syrian refugees More than a quarter of all Syrian refugees who have arrived in the UK in the past two years have settled north of the Border.

A new £150 million fund has been launched to help make households in Great Britain warmer, healthier and cheaper to heat. The Warm Homes Fund will be run over 3-years and will provide capital funding for the installation of affordable heating solutions in fuel poor households who do not use mains g

Plans to transform a B-listed former nursing home into flats have been approved. Kirkton House, near Kirkton of Skene, is to be turned into 17 flats, under the plans from developer Kirk Harrison, the Evening Express has reported.

Shelter Scotland asked private renters about the conditions in their property. Lisa Glass outlines what they had to say. In June 2017 we gathered the views of over 200 private tenants on the Scottish Government’s proposal to introduce a minimum energy efficiency standard for private rented homes,

Firefighters in Aberdeen have spearheaded a new campaign to help the most vulnerable people stay safe from fire across the city. As the first of its kind in Scotland, the scheme aims to encourage Police Scotland, the Scottish Ambulance Service, and Aberdeen City Health & Social Care Partnership,

A team of fundraisers visited The Brae Riding for the Disabled in Dundee to hand over money from recent fundraising activities and to get a tour of the centre earlier this week. The Late Developers team from Hillcrest Housing Association’s development department raised £1,775 by hosting a walking

Jimmy Black Getting the creative digital sector together with charities was the theme of Shelter Scotland’s Building Digital Communities Event on July 19. I went to hear more about the new Shelter ‘I Need Help’ button, which will link homeless people and others in need to Shelter’s extensive

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published updated regulation plans for three registered social landlords (RSLs) as each undergo various changes within their organisations. The reports outline the level of engagement the Regulator will have with Abbeyfield Scotland, Argyll Community Housing