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Minus three degrees (from left) Helen, Susan and Joyce Fairfield Housing Co-operative’s corporate manager Susan Bell, finance officer Joyce Clark and housing officer Helen Ross are the latest housing professionals to sign up to Sleep in the Park in Princess Gardens on December 9.

A vending machine which gives out free food and clothes to homeless people has been launched for the first time in the UK in the run up to Christmas. A new charity, Action Hunger, plans to stock the machine in Nottingham with excess produce donated by supermarkets, such as fresh fruit and sandwiches

Organisations across the social housing sector are being encouraged to take advantage of a free, online marketing toolkit to help promote and increase Direct Debit sign-up rates. The toolkit, launched earlier this year by Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs), the company behind Direct Debit in the UK

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Streetwork to announce the plans New actions recommended by the Scottish Government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group to further tackle rough sleeping this winter are to be put into place thanks to new funds.

The majority of social landlords who provide a factoring service have made improvements to the service but more progress is required, the Scottish Housing Regulator has found. A new report which summarises the findings of the Regulator’s national survey of almost 200 social landlords across Scotla

Credit rating provider Moody’s Public Sector Europe has said that housing associations in the UK have a stable 2018 outlook supported by a more favourable policy environment and effective cost management. In a report issued yesterday, which is an update to the markets and does not constitute a rat

North Lanarkshire Council has approved its five-year Strategic Housing Investment plan (SHIP) which aims to deliver over 1,900 new homes over the next five years, doubling the rate completed over the previous five years. The SHIP, for 2018-19/2022-23, was approved by councillors at a recent meeting

South Lanarkshire Council executive director of housing, Daniel Lowe, and chair of housing, Councillor Josh Wilson South Lanarkshire Council’s plans to deliver 1,000 new homes by 2021 have taken another step forward with the approval of a further 36 homes at 2 sites in East Kilbride and Blantyre.

Just months into his time as CIH vice president Jim Strang has pledged to continue the efforts of current president Alison Inman to tackle domestic abuse when he becomes president in 2018. In an article originally published on the CIH website, Jim Strang makes it clear that domestic is an issue that

Kathy Hoyle Homelessness and inclusion charity Cyrenians has appointed a manager for the Social Bite Village set to provide a home for up to 20 people affected by homelessness.

Graeme Brown The director of housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland, Graeme Brown, has raised concerns over the future sustainability of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) after new figures revealed that the average value of payments made via the scheme has increased by more than 25%.

Tenants of Fife Housing Group are set to benefit from cavity and loft insulation work following the completion of a contract by Everwarm Ltd. Fife Housing Group worked in conjunction with Everwarm and SPA to make the direct award.

Legal aid spending in housing cases, such as evictions due to rent or mortgage arrears, can generate a return which benefits both the recipient and wider society, new research found. Legal aid can help meet the costs of legal advice, family mediation and representation in a court or tribunal for peo

Ross Martin, chairman of Link Group Ltd (left) and Kevin Stewart, minister for local government and housing Link Group Ltd’s new affordable housing development at City Park, Edinburgh has been officially opened by the minister for local government and housing, Kevin Stewart.

Councils are showing increasing signs of financial stress and could see their cash reserves run out in two to three years, the local authority watchdog has warned. In its annual financial overview published today the Accounts Commission said funding has reduced while costs and demands have increased