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Sir Bob Geldof addressed the crowd during last year's event Charity Social Bite has announced a return of its mass sleep out to aid efforts to prevent homelessness with events in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee in December.

Dr Grace Vickers Councillors have approved the appointment of Dr Grace Vickers as Midlothian Council's new chief executive.

CCG Asset Management, the planned maintenance division for CCG (Scotland) Ltd, is to carry out kitchen and bathroom replacements in around 88 properties for Paisley Housing Association. The contract was procured through the i-FLAIR Property Maintenance Framework, a 4-year agreement between housing a

Showing off the award won by South Lanarkshire’s Budget Scrutiny Group are (front, left to right) Mary Ann Patrick, Jean Ramage, Jean Gilfillan and Jim McGeachie, with (rear, left to right) Ross McKie (South Lanarkshire Council), Adam Patrick, Aileen Muir (South Lanarkshire Council) and Stephen Co

Four residents from a Hanover Scotland development in Tarves have contributed to a local tapestry project which depicts the community, past and present. Margaret Sheridan, Jessie Simpson, Margot Britton and Nellie Rae, all residents at Hanover Court in Tarves, took part in the project which has been

Dunbritton Housing Association took part in a Responsible Dog Ownership roadshow with The Dogs Trust in Churchill, Helensburgh last month. The Dogs Trust works with local authorities, housing associations, stakeholders and the general public across Scotland to address dog-related problems, deliver g

Two 83-year-old pensioners were given a “once in a lifetime” chance to become the Bield Deacon and Bield My Lord at this year’s Linlithgow March and Gala. Cissie Cowan and Bill Townley, who reside at Bield’s Brae Court development, took part in the Linlithgow Marches on June 19.

Almost half of millennial homeowners in Scotland have urged their 21-35-year-old peers to continue renting rather than commit to home ownership, as the pendulum swings away from owning to renting. A combination of falling house prices, high costs of home ownership and growing recognition of the bene

Experiences of people who have used local authorities’ homelessness services have been explored in new research from the Scottish Housing Regulator. The findings, which form part of the feedback from the Regulator’s National Panel of tenants and service users, give an insight into makes a differ

Scotland is in the spotlight today as nearly 250 people gather at the Albert Halls in Stirling for the Housing First Scotland conference. To be opened by Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government and housing, the day will hear how Scotland has now placed Housing First firmly at the heart of a

(from left) Barrhead’s director of asset management, James Ward, along with multi trade operative, Brian Miller, and contracts manager Gareth Thomson from Turners Barrhead Housing Association and Turner Property Services have entered into a new contract which will see Turners provide responsive re

Residents were evacuated from a tower block in Edinburgh last night after a fire broke out in a stairwell. The blaze was reported around 10pm on Monday in Citadel Court on Admiralty Street in Leith.

Scotland’s most comprehensive housing options guide for older people has been launched by Age Scotland and housing minister Kevin Stewart. The guide is aimed to help older people plan for their future housing needs while they have the financial and practical capability to do so. The dementia frien

Doug Gibson Doug Gibson from the Glasgow Homelessness Network (GHN) reflects on Housing First in anticipation of today’s major conference.

A state-of-the-art housing development which is expected to have a major positive impact on the lives of older people has been officially opened in North Ayrshire. The £5.3 million Glencairn House development at Bill Smith Court, Stevenston, has been designed to specifically meet the needs of older