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Residents are being invited to submit their views on the Highland Council's draft Local Housing Strategy. The initiative sets out aims for housing in the region over the next five years. Members of the public have until August 18 to submit their views.

An Edinburgh project that provides English language lessons to Syrian refugees More than a quarter of all Syrian refugees who have arrived in the UK in the past two years have settled north of the Border.

A new £150 million fund has been launched to help make households in Great Britain warmer, healthier and cheaper to heat. The Warm Homes Fund will be run over 3-years and will provide capital funding for the installation of affordable heating solutions in fuel poor households who do not use mains g

Plans to transform a B-listed former nursing home into flats have been approved. Kirkton House, near Kirkton of Skene, is to be turned into 17 flats, under the plans from developer Kirk Harrison, the Evening Express has reported.

Shelter Scotland asked private renters about the conditions in their property. Lisa Glass outlines what they had to say. In June 2017 we gathered the views of over 200 private tenants on the Scottish Government’s proposal to introduce a minimum energy efficiency standard for private rented homes,

Firefighters in Aberdeen have spearheaded a new campaign to help the most vulnerable people stay safe from fire across the city. As the first of its kind in Scotland, the scheme aims to encourage Police Scotland, the Scottish Ambulance Service, and Aberdeen City Health & Social Care Partnership,

A team of fundraisers visited The Brae Riding for the Disabled in Dundee to hand over money from recent fundraising activities and to get a tour of the centre earlier this week. The Late Developers team from Hillcrest Housing Association’s development department raised £1,775 by hosting a walking

Jimmy Black Getting the creative digital sector together with charities was the theme of Shelter Scotland’s Building Digital Communities Event on July 19. I went to hear more about the new Shelter ‘I Need Help’ button, which will link homeless people and others in need to Shelter’s extensive

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published updated regulation plans for three registered social landlords (RSLs) as each undergo various changes within their organisations. The reports outline the level of engagement the Regulator will have with Abbeyfield Scotland, Argyll Community Housing

Elie Harerimana outside his new flat at Queens Cross’s recently completed Leny Street development Tenants have now moved into 76 newly built homes for rent in the Firhill area of Glasgow.

Chief executive Mike Bruce welcomes new chair Kate Dewar Weslo Housing Management has announced that long standing chair Professor Peter Robson has stepped down after 12 years with the Bathgate-based registered social landlord.

A City Deal has been agreed which will deliver inclusive economic growth across Edinburgh and South East Scotland through housing, innovation, transport, skills and culture. A UK government investment of £300 million is being matched by the Scottish Government with contributions from councils and u

Two serviced plots with planning permission at Kilfinan Community Forest have been released for sale to self-builders with the aim of addressing the local affordable housing shortage. Released by Kilfinan Community Forest Company (KCFC), the sites in Tighnabruaich, Argyll, have a sale price of £30k

A programme of tower block structural surveys is to begin in North Lanarkshire. The three-phase initiative will get underway on towers in Motherwell and Airdrie from Monday, 24 July.

Etienne Duval (right) with Borderline volunteer Willie Donnelly. Picture: Mischa Frankl-Duval Etienne Duval, a supporter of Borderline, a charity which helps homeless Scots in London, talks about his passion for the charity’s work and why he felt compelled to leave a gift in his Will.