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Jeane Freeman Social security minister Jeane Freeman has outlined more details on Scotland’s new social security agency and provided an update on the Scottish Government’s progress to abolish the ‘bedroom tax’ at source and in delivering choice in Universal Credit.

A motion to commission a report to investigate the possibility of introducing Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) across Glasgow has been approved by councillors. Designed to cap any future increase in rent in a local authority area, RPZs will become available as part of the new Private Housing (Tenancies) (

Link Group chief executive, Craig Sanderson (left), and Councillor Josh Wilson, housing convener for South Lanarkshire Council Link Group Ltd’s development at Stanley Place, off Livingstone Drive, East Kilbride has been officially opened by South Lanarkshire Council’s convener for housing, Counc

A total of 44 new homes for Aviemore have been given the go-ahead by planners with 15 of those being affordable properties. The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) planning committee approved two separate applications at its latest meeting last week.

As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations the University of Stirling is hosting an open event to stimulate debate on the future of housing and how our housing system can underpin wider economic and social developments. Innovation in Housing: a force for wider benefits?

Rough sleepers who have chosen to avoid Glasgow city centre are to be supported by a charity whose volunteers will be able to reach them by bicycle. The Street Cycles team, run by Simon Community Scotland, are being kitted out with bikes to allow them to help more people, more often, and further out

Daradjeet Jagpal Daradjeet Jagpal gives a comprehensive overview of new data protection legislation.

Judy Hamilton Fife Council is to give tenants the opportunity to have their say on potential rent options for next year at a series of tenant gathering events.

The Ardenglen team behind The Only Way Is Up with their Big Lottery funding boost Castlemilk has been handed a massive Big Lottery cash boost to make a difference to people’s lives.

Ahead of yesterday’s statement in the Scottish Parliament, social security minister Jeane Freeman blogs about how the Scottish Government will deliver its new social security system. Last week we marked the 20th anniversary of the devolution referendum.

The High Court in Ireland has upheld a council’s finding that a woman and child were not homeless since they had accommodation outside of the local authority’s jurisdiction. Ms Peggi Tee, a Malaysian woman who moved to Ireland with her daughter, an Irish citizen, had her application for emergenc

A campaign which is sponsored by seventeen housing organisations in England and supported by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has sought to challenge negative perceptions that impact upon social housing tenants and launched a new guide for people in the media. Fair Press for Tenants seeks to

The Turf House on the Isle of Skye. Image credit: Nigel Rigden A new book is being published this month celebrating the many ways in which different timber technologies have been used in residential design and construction over the last 10 years and the technical innovations that are now shaping the

Not-for-profit energy supplier Our Power has launched a new low-cost 12 month fixed-term tariff. This new tariff is available to everyone to switch to and is priced to be within the top ten lowest tariffs in Scotland. The fixed rate tariff is available now and will go live on 1st October – custome

Giving local councils the power to tax the 20,000 football pitches’ worth of vacant and derelict land in Scotland could generate £200 million a year to build affordable homes and tackle the housing crisis, according to research by the Scottish Greens. The report published today by Andy Wightman M