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In advance of an Existing Homes Alliance Scotland parliamentary reception on May 29, CIH Scotland's policy and practice manager Ashley Campbell provides an update on the work of the group. CIH Scotland is one of the founding members of the Existing Homes Alliance Scotland (ExHAS) a coalition of hous

More than 285,000 households in financial difficulty have received welfare assistance from the Scottish Government over the past five years, new statistics have shown. Since its launch on 1 April 2013, the Scottish Welfare Fund has issued awards to 285,720 individual households totalling £155.8 mil

The overall average decision time for all major housing developments in Scotland has fallen by more than five weeks, according to new figures. Statistics on quarterly planning performance in Scotland have revealed that the average decision time for major housing developments was 33.8 weeks, quicker

Convener of Dundee City Council's city development committee Councillor Lynne Short (left) with Homes for Scotland chief executive Nicola Barclay Dundee City Council has signed an agreement with industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) aimed at ensuring the on-going delivery of the range of homes requ

Demolition works are soon to start which will enable work to get underway on a site in Dundee which will transform the look of the Hilltown. Robertson Partnership Homes has this month started work on a development at Derby Street that will bring 163 new homes to the city.

The Loreburn team at the awards ceremony with Russell Kane on the right Dumfries and Galloway social landlord Loreburn Housing Association has been named Best Charity Employer at a major national recruitment awards for the second year in a row.

Proposals have been unveiled to build a football-themed self management and personal development centre for people experiencing homelessness in Edinburgh. The brainchild of Street Soccer Scotland founder David Duke, the Change Centre could see 32 en-suite bedrooms, living facilities and a community

(from left) Bob Gould, Robertson Civil Engineering; Tony Fry, MD of Robertson Civil Engineering; Josh Littlejohn, Social Bite and Ron Bathgate, Robertson Civil Engineering Robertson Group has underlined its commitment to tackling societal issues after completing work at the Social Bite Village in Ed

Pupils from Craigroyston Primary School with the time capsule at Pennywell Living Memorabilia belonging to primary pupils and retired residents in North Edinburgh has been buried in the foundations of new homes under construction in Pennywell.

Detailed plans have been submitted to Dundee City Council for a development which would see 41 homes built next to a primary school in Claverhouse. Ogilvie Homes wants to deliver a mixture of three-bedroom detached and semi-detached houses, as well as four-bedroom detached properties, to the east of

Campaigners have urged the UK government to urgently halt Universal Credit as new figures show foodbank use in Scotland has soared to record levels. Figures released by the Trussell Trust show a 17% increase in people relying on foodbanks to subsist - against a UK average rise of 13%.

The third and final phase of Link Group Ltd’s 10-year regeneration project has been officially opened by West Dunbartonshire Council’s convener of housing, Councillor Diane Docherty. Construction of Dalmuir Phase 3 began in August 2016 using £2,276,640 funding from the Scottish Government. Buil

Plans to build 250 new council homes in West Lothian have taken a step forward after a number of locations for future development were agreed by the local authority. A total of six sites have been identified to accommodate the new homes, which will go towards the council's aim of developing 3,000 af

The Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy Homeless people attending A&E at a Fife hospital are to be given specialist housing advice as part of a ground-breaking service delivered by Shelter Scotland and Fife Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).

Residents finding out more about services at Queens Cross Housing Association Queens Cross Housing Association opened its doors last week in what was the organisation’s very first open day.