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Shelter Scotland volunteers Jean Mcclusky, Alison Noble and Carol Cullen Shelter Scotland is appealing to time-pressed people by offering them opportunities to make a difference which require less than an hour of their time.

Champions Riddle & Coghill with UK Ladies Long Drive champion Ilona Stubley Companies from across the country took part in the national final of Business Fours on Wednesday playing to win a sizeable charitable donation for their chosen cause.

Over £90 million is to be invested in Stirling and Clackmannanshire through an ambitious UK City Region Deal which aims to use infrastructure to drive economic growth across the region. Working in partnership with both Stirling Council and Clackmannanshire Council, the deal will see the Scottish Go

Nicola Barclay Homes for Scotland (HFS) has published a discussion paper on the actions required to meet the country's housing need and demand.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has launched a video for tenants and customers to highlight what the General Data Protection Rules (GDPR) means for them. The short animation summarises the key points of WSHA’s Data Protection Statement and will be promoted on social media, tenant event

(from left) Neil Edgar, Lyndsey Ritchie (Y2K), Lisa Herdman, Caroline Langton, Martin Sloan and Mabel Waterston Staff at Melville Housing Association have once again stepped up to the plate and topped their fundraising target for the year, raising a fantastic £2,230 for Y2K, the Mayfield-based yout

Homebuyers seeking a slice of Glaswegian history are urged to join The Victoria’s exclusive VIP club when it goes live at the Ideal Home Show in Glasgow. Membership of the VIP club for the eye-catching development will be released at the SEC’s Ideal Home Show, which takes place from today until

A rise in gas and electricity prices from energy firm SSE will hit consumers yet again and more warning should be given in the future, according to Citizens Advice Scotland. SSE became the last of the "big six" energy companies to announce early summer price rises, with a 6.7% average increase in ga

The City of Edinburgh Council’s award-winning house building programme is looking to establish a Framework Agreement of affordable housing contractors to deliver high quality homes across the city. The council has an ambitious programme to construct 10,000 new affordable homes by 2027 and plans to

Anne Jarvie The Scottish Housing Regulator has signalled its intention to give more visibility to equalities in its new regulatory framework.

There is significant scope for transforming the use of temporary accommodation for homeless people in Glasgow with local housing associations keen to play their part, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). The Scottish Government announced on Tuesday that

Architect’s impression of the 57 new homes for the former Maxwelltown Works in the Hilltown Cullross Limited and Caledonia Housing Association have submitted a planning application to Dundee City Council to regenerate the former Maxwelltown Works on Alexander Street in the Hilltown area of Dundee.

More research and local dialogue is required in order for Highland Council to consider making a rent pressure zone (RPZ) application, councillors have heard. Section 35 of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 enables local authorities to apply to Scottish Ministers to ask that all or

Jon Sparkes Jon Sparkes blogs on the Scottish Government’s approval of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group’s temporary accommodation recommendations and charts progress on final report on ending homelessness for good.

An ambitious 94 affordable homes project, which is creating a new community at Edinburgh’s Leith Fort, has been named as affordable development of the year at this year’s Homes for Scotland awards. The £11.5 million housing project, which has been developed through a partnership and is co-owned