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A homeless person died on the streets of Edinburgh every three weeks in 2015-16, according to more damning figures released to The Ferret. City of Edinburgh Council, responding to a Freedom of Information request, revealed that 10 men and eight women assessed to be homeless died while sleeping rough

A student halls of residence belonging to Napier University in Edinburgh has been found to be clad in the same material as the Grenfell Tower block in London. The university said the cladding was used on about a quarter of the external walls at its Bainfield Halls facility.

Derek Mitchell Derek Mitchell will take over as chief executive of Citizens Advice Scotland in August, the charity has announced.

Moray Council has approved detailed plans for the first 870 new homes, two new schools and a state-of-the-art Moray Sports Centre at the new Elgin South Village.

Energy suppliers are not doing enough to help customers on low incomes, according to a new report by Citizens Advice Scotland. The charity's Energy Advice in Detail report for the year 2015-16 shows that the most common issues again concerned billing and metering, and that suppliers are not doing en

Winners of the poetry competition - Louissa Robertson, Mackenzie Cameron, Martin Calder (back row); Sally Hutchison, Morgan McNeillie, Analise Melvin and Kai McLean (front row) Ayrshire Housing is pleased to have supported Newton Primary School’s Scottish poetry competition for a second year. The

New Gorbals Housing Association has announced the launch of a new local sharing platform which aims to bring the community closer together. Go Get Gorbals is a new online sharing platform that aims to help local people work together with public sector organisations and voluntary groups for the benef

A number of Gowrie services worked together to host a "blooming good" garden party in Edinburgh last week.

The latest homelessness statistics from the Scottish Government show that, on average, a household in Scotland "became homeless every 19 minutes" last year, Shelter Scotland has said. Scottish councils received around 34,100 applications for homelessness assistance during 2016/17, 2% lower than in t

Thirteen tenants received their keys this week after Albyn Housing Society took final handover of 51 homes at Ness Castle from Barratt Homes.

The convener of Scottish Churches Housing Action has written to Housing Minister Kevin Stewart to call for the Scottish Government to "seek to eradicate, rather than just to manage, Scotland's major problems of homelessness". In his letter, Rev Graeme Wilson refers to the contribution to the General

Pictured (l-r): James Lafferty (Project Officer Campbeltown THI), Shaheena Din (Shelter Scotland), Kelly Ferns (Empty Homes Officer) and Councillor Robin Currie An Argyll and Bute Council project to save an historic Campbeltown tenement from the brink of demolition has received a UK National Empty H

City of Edinburgh Council has not been issued guidance by the Home Office on new rules that threaten to criminalise homeless EU migrants, Holyrood magazine reports. Since February, the UK government has treated rough sleeping as a “misuse” of EU freedom of movement rights, prompting concerns fro

Fairfield board members Kerry Ward and Joyce Holyer A packed Annual General Meeting heard Fairfield Housing Co-operative's plans for an exciting future on Friday night in Perth City.

Adam Lang An overwhelming majority of the public support stricter laws requiring private landlords to bring their properties to a minimum energy efficiency rating before letting them out, according to a new Shelter Scotland report.