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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.

Deputy Lord Provost Philip Braat and Sanctuary Scotland director Pat Cahill welcome the hippos with local pupils Ciara Crines, Titus Nyarko and Sophia Zai Three cloned ‘hippos’ saved from extinction have made a welcome return to Glasgow.

The Residential category was won by the Countesswells project in Aberdeen Over 25 of Scotland’s most impressive and community beneficial building projects battled it out for top honours at the 2018 RICS awards, where the Countesswells development in Aberdeen won the Residential category.

A residential development off Craigton Road in Cults by CALA Homes (North) has been recommended for approval from Aberdeen City Council. The collection of 19 homes will also allow the completion of the new Friarsfield link road, a key piece of infrastructure for the local area set out in the Friarsf

Former graduate research trainee Marcia Rae at one of the SUD sites around Inverness A delegation from Iceland is set to visit Inverness this week to view work being carried out on Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDS) in the city.

The UK's first major conference on hoarding disorder is to be held in Edinburgh this autumn. One of Scotland’s least understood mental health issues, compulsive hoarding happens when acquiring and saving items takes over a person’s life and it is a growing issue in the country.

The Scottish Government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland (HEEPS) loans scheme for Registered Social Landlords 2018/2019 is now open for applications. Loans of between £30,000 and £1 million are available to housing associations and housing co-operatives to install energy savings impro

Work is now underway to improve housing 173 family homes on London Road in Glasgow, which will enhance the quality of life for tenants. Thenue Housing Association has appointed the Regeneration division of ENGIE (formerly Keepmoat Regeneration) to deliver £1.6 million worth of improvement works, wh

(from left) Sharon McLean (Baillie Court’s development manager), Scott Crawford (Braidhurst High School), Melissa Rodger (Braidhurst High School), Mrs Cathy Ferrier (longest Baillie Court resident), Samantha Keenan (Braidhurst High School and granddaughter of Cathy) and Mrs Betty Wallace (Baillie

The final participants at Learning Works with Tracy Lennon (far left), college principal Alan Sherry (second left) and Thenue chief executive Charles Turner (centre) A hugely-successful initiative to help the long-term unemployed in Glasgow’s East End has come to an end after a six year run.

Jeremy Corbyn A future Labour government would rip up the current definition of affordable housing and instead bring in a measure linked to people’s incomes, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

Kenneth Lawrie Falkirk Council has appointed current Midlothian Council chief executive Kenneth Lawrie as its own chief executive.

A right to independent advocacy services is to be extended to more people under Scotland’s new social security service. Ahead of the final vote on the Social Security (Scotland) Bill, the Scottish Government has put forward an amendment that would see services provided to anyone who, because of a