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Universal Credit staff in Glasgow and Bolton will continue a two day strike this morning over what their union describes as “increasingly oppressive working conditions”. The UK government's flagship social security programme has been dogged by delays and allegations of money squandered on IT.

Plans for more than 80 homes to be built on the site of the former multis in Dundee have been lodged with city planners. Dundee City Council and Hillcrest Housing Association have formed a partnership to build social rented houses on land south/east of Alexander Street in the Hilltown area where hou

A Moray project is set to give adults with high levels of care and support needs the opportunity to live in a home of their own for the first time. Moray Council will put plans on show next month for the proposed £2.5 million development of 10 bungalows in Lhanbryde which will provide permanent hom

By Paul Bradley at Shelter Scotland In Scotland’s fragile housing market, just having a house – irrespective of quality, location and affordability – is a good position for anyone to be in. Of course, many people do have decent homes, but the number of households on waiting lists for social ho

Residents and interest groups living in Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland are being asked for their views on the challenges of future population growth including the need for more housing, infrastructure and protecting the environment. Over the next 20 years the predicted population growth in

Mr Bill McGovern of High Valleyfield in his new wet floor shower room The Fife Care and Repair Service, which is managed and operated by Kingdom Housing Association and funded by Fife Council, has been given an emphatic vote of confidence by users with satisfaction levels reaching 98 per cent.

There’s still time for workers and organisations involved with homeless young people to fill out Homeless Action Scotland’s annual survey. The survey asks for:

A 14-year-old girl is cycling over 500 miles from Edinburgh to London to raise money to help homeless and badly housed people in Scotland. Grace Stewart-Piercy, from Lanchester, will cycle for seven days with support from her dad Simon, from Shelter Scotland’s headquarters on Charlotte Square, Edi

A local authority in England is consulting on new rules to make it harder for developers to game the planning system and avoid building affordable homes. Viability assessments are used to work out how much affordable housing developers can afford to build as part of new developments.

Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association has submitted plans to build 143 affordable homes on the site of the former Craigbank housing estate, Nitshill, Glasgow Designed by Mast Architects, the development incorporates a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced housing spread evenly throughout the

Alex Neil Tax credit cuts announced in the UK government’s Budget could leave Scottish families £700 million worse off a year, the Scottish Government has claimed.

The 100-year story of Scotland’s housing crisis has been depicted by an informative and educational online multimedia timeline, launched today by Shelter Scotland. From the rent strikes and campaigning of Mary Barbour in Govan in 1915 and the slum clearances of the 1930s, to the emergence of high-

Roseanna Cunningham Scotland’s fair work and social justice ministers are to press UK ministers to fully honour the Smith recommendations on powers over welfare and employability.

Craig McLaren RTPI Scotland director, Craig McLaren, looks to stimulate a discussion on where planning and planners can support social justice.

Stephanie Clark The number of Scots companies, communities, farms and landowners making their own electricity has risen by more than 50 per cent in the last year.