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Six new homes will be built on the site of a former Dundee fire station after planning permission was secured. A planning application was lodged last year by Discovery Homes to build half a dozen houses on the site of the former Northern Fire Station, located on Dundee’s Strathmore Avenue.

A sponsored sleep-out by CEOs of businesses across Scotland has raised over £500,000 to build accommodation for the homeless. More than 250 Scots from politics, business and sport, including Sir Chris Hoy, braved the elements to camp out overnight in Edinburgh’s Charlotte Square on December 15.

An island community has been awarded by a grant of more than £50,000 to help fund an affordable housing project on Lewis. The Pairc Trust took control of the 26,775-acre Pairc Estate after a community buyout in December 2015, backed by £230,000 from the Scottish Land Fund.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has raised concerns about the inconsistent messaging from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) following their claim the LHA cap - dubbed the Bedroom Tax 2 - will not apply to existing tenants. The DWP statement in a Herald article on 3rd

Plans have been submitted for a new housing development on the site of a modernist church in Glasgow on behalf of Govanhill Housing Association. Proposals by CCG and MAST Architects will see 22 infill homes developed at the Our Lady of Consolation RC Church on Inglefield Street which was demolished

Plans to build 40 affordable homes on the site of a demolished Royal British Legion Club have been approved by Aberdeen City Council, the Evening Express has reported. Dandara lodged proposals last year to create 40 affordable homes on Mugiemoss Road at the site of the former Bucksburn British Legio

The Scottish Government is to invest an extra £107 million to ensure more people are able to be cared for safely in their own homes and avoid preventable admissions to hospital. The money will be invested into health and social care partnerships which bring together NHS and local council care servi

Trust Housing Association invited Age Scotland to run healthy active ageing showcase events at 18 of their premises across Scotland. Thanks to funding from the Life Changes Trust the charity was pleased to be able to say yes, writes Doug Anthoney. Number nine: Grapevine. Number two: do Kung-Fu.

Glasgow-based construction company CCG has hailed its performance as “creditable” amid restructuring and efficiency challenges at the firm. New accounts at Companies House show that profits for 2016 dropped to £1.8 million from £10.5m a year earlier as turnover at the company slid by 3.8 per c

Dean Noble It’s with sadness that Hillcrest Housing Association has announced that Dean Noble, a valued and much-respected committee member, passed away unexpectedly on 21st December 2016.

Kevin Stewart Organisations that work with homeless people and give housing support to vulnerable are to benefit from £1.65 million of Scottish Government grant funding.

Bruce Forbes Angus Housing Association director, Bruce Forbes, has accused a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spokesperson of “peddling lies and deliberately misleading the public” to justify the Westminster government’s “brutal” cuts to welfare.

Dr Beth Watts Homelessness policy experts have criticised a charity’s plan to build Scotland’s first homeless village as well-intentioned but likely to be ineffective in helping rough sleepers.

Staff and tenants working together during the conference Glen Oaks Housing Association has hailed the turnout for its Residents Conference as “excellent” with over 80 tenants attending the event at the Crookston Hotel.

Orkney Islands Council’s Housing Service is seeking public views on its Advice and Information Strategy which underpins how the council and a range of partner agencies provide housing advice to service users. The strategy looks at the accessibility of written information, the standard of this info