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Actor George Clooney with Social Bite sandwich shop owner Josh Littlejohn and Alice Thompson Hollywood icon and humanitarian George Clooney arrived in Scotland today and visited a social enterprise sandwich shop that trains, employs and feeds local homeless people.

Mary Taylor Commenting on the DWP’s Housing Benefit caseload statistics which show that the City of Glasgow Area has the highest number of ‘bedroom tax’ cases in the UK at 12,443, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) said that it hoped the new powers offered in the Scotland B

Professor Lesley McAra Scotland's poorest people are more likely to be victims of crime while the clear-up rates of police have not helped the worst hit areas of the country according to two new studies.

Sandy McBride English regeneration giant Keepmoat has announced the launch of a Homes division in Scotland, following a series of contract wins.

With almost two thirds of fires in Scottish homes are linked to electricity, campaigning charity Electrical Safety First is delighted Scotland’s largest provider of social housing will give its tenants the same protection from electrical risk already in place for private tenants.  

MP Mhairi Black meets some young people involved in the Beyond4Walls project New research into the future of housing has revealed that young people want access to good quality homes and to feel safe in their communities.

Sarah Speirs The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has determined that Scottish house prices expected to rise by 4.2% per annum, over the next five years (a cumulative increase of around 25%).

Malcolm Warrack Organisations representing private landlords and investors yesterday appeared before the Scottish Parliament to continue to urge the Infrastructure and Capital Investment committee to work with the private rented sector to create the policies that will protect both tenants and landlo

Ewan Aitken Over the next five years, Cyrenians aims to increase the number of people they support from 4400 to 6000 per year, in a major expansion of their work in Scotland as they respond to a rise in demand from those who feel excluded from family, home, work or community.

Fergus Ewing New figures from the Accountant in Bankruptcy figures show that more than 2,100 people have now completed debt payment programmes set up by the scheme, helping to prevent them from becoming bankrupt.

Residents from Viewpoint and Balgrayhill Multi-storey flats have been enjoying their new community spaces with activities Supported by ng homes' Build, Bridge, Bond project to bring residents together and find out how they would like to see the community spaces used.

A major development of 332 homes in Monifieth could take up to ten years to complete, according to developers Taylor Wimpey.

Ian Brennan, the Regulator’s director of finance & risk The Scottish Housing Regulator has stressed the key role of auditors in registered social landlords' (RSL) risk management and compliance with regulatory standards.

Cllr Dave Doogan Perth & Kinross Council's multi-million pound programme of social housing construction has taken another major step forward with the completion of a new development in Castlemains, Auchterarder.