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The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has called on private housing provider Serco to pause lock change evictions against asylum seekers in Glasgow pending a court appeal.

West Dunbartonshire Council’s work to engage with tenants has been recognised as among the best in the country. The Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland (TPAS Scotland) awarded the Housing team a gold accreditation - the highest rating available for local authorities.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has launched an early version of a new website and is looking for feedback. The new site is in a test, or ‘beta’ phase, meaning that it is still work-in-progress.

The first of a series of collaborative workshops to explore ways to increase offsite construction of affordable homes has been launched at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) by housing minister Kevin Stewart.

Homelessness in West Dunbartonshire has declined by nine per cent since the introduction of a new initiative designed to help tackle the issue. The "More than a Roof" initiative was launched by West Dunbartonshire Council in 2017 and aims to ensure homeless people and those at risk of becoming homel

Partners, stakeholders and the wider public are being encourage to give their views as part of a Scottish Borders Council consultation on a draft Affordable Warmth and Home Energy Efficiency Strategy.

Elderpark Housing and Linthouse Housing Association have come together to welcome a multi-million pound boost for Govan.

BT is offering communities across Scotland the opportunity to adopt their local phone box for just £1 to turn them into something inspirational for their local area.

A legal bid to stop the eviction of asylum seekers in Glasgow will return to the courts after Govan Law Centre (GLC) confirmed it will appeal last month's Court of Session decision that the lock changes were not unlawful.

Landlords are abusing Airbnb-style "holiday let" contracts to evade their responsibilities to tenants, some of whom are staying in their properties for up to 10 months or more, according to a damning new report.

Four new affordable housing developments started in Lewis and Harris this spring under the Affordable Housing Programme in the Outer Hebrides. The programme is supported by Scottish Government and delivered via a successful partnership between Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Hebridean Housing Partnership

Queens Cross Housing Association has outlined the steps that it is taking to help its EU national tenants prepare for Brexit. The association is taking steps to pro-actively explain the legal position of EU-born tenants after the UK leaves the European Union.

Doug Gibson, Business & Innovation Manager at the Homeless Network, provides the second of four blogs in the lead up to Scotland’s major Housing First conference on 22 May 2019.

Potentially dangerous fire safety issues have been uncovered at a new-build development in West Lothian by a BBC investigation.

The leadership of Highland Council has arranged a series of key meetings with budget holders this week to set out the need for "tight budget controls" to continue throughout the year. In February, councillors approved plans to cut over £37 million from the council budget over the next three ye