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In the last couple of weeks, Almond Housing has welcomed a new customer care manager and a community engagement officer to the team. Both are replacement roles but represent a change in approach for the organisation, from a more old-fashioned housing support stance to one of customer support.

Over the coming year, dedicated teams of cleansing staff from the City of Edinburgh Council are making their way around the capital with the aim of sprucing up each neighbourhood and ward.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) and the network of Scotland’s Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABs) are to receive £6 million thanks to independent funder Foundation Scotland.

More homes are needed to tackle recruitment challenges in health and social care, schools, policing, forestry and farming throughout the south of Scotland, according to new research.

Proposals to develop Edinburgh’s Caledonian Brewery into a low-carbon residential development have been recommended for approval.

Lintel Trust has awarded a £1,000 Small Grant to Aberdeenshire Council’s Sheltered Housing Tenants Forum to enhance digital connectivity and social engagement for sheltered housing tenants across the region.

Scottish local government body COSLA, which was founded in 1975, celebrated its 50th year with senior politicians and invited guests from across the public sector and third sector at the Scottish Parliament last week. Sponsored by Ariane Burgess MSP, the reception welcomed around 200 guests to the S

Iconic Govan activist Mary Barbour has been reimagined as a modern-day campaigner in a new mural which marks 50 years of Linthouse Housing Association (LHA). International muralist Jeks, who created the piece on the gable end of 1198 Govan Road, said the work presents a bold and contemporary depicti

Hillcrest Enterprises tenants at Rose Terrace in Perth are enjoying warmer, more comfortable homes following the successful completion of a major window replacement project at the historic Georgian building.

Residents of Wyndford have been invited to a public event to hear more details about Wheatley Homes’ £100 million regeneration plans. It is part of the next phase in transforming the Maryhill estate in Glasgow following the demolition of three outdated and unpopular multi-storeys in Marc

Mosaic Architecture + Design has completed the redevelopment of the former Dalian House in the heart of Glasgow city centre into 92 Build To Rent (BTR) residential flats and associated landscaping and shared amenity spaces.

The Scottish National Investment Bank will not be able to end its reliance on public funding unless ministers can make a case for UK Treasury rules to change, Scotland's Auditor General has said. The bank was launched in 2020 to independently invest in commercial projects that will help address the

With today marking a year since the national housing emergency was declared, Homes for Scotland (HFS) is to undertake a consumer campaign to challenge public thinking and help to inform civic society on the need for new homes and the wide-ranging benefits they offer. Creative agency Muckle Media has

A national action plan must be developed to tackle the housing emergency to avoid the risk that the crisis “drifts on indefinitely”, according to a new report published today by a Scottish Parliament committee. A year on from the official declaration of the national housing emergency by

Up to 1,3000 young people from across ten Edinburgh schools are taking part in an initiative to educate them on the dangers of alcohol misuse and underage drinking.