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East Lothian Council has made changes to its housing allocation policy to ease the extreme pressure on the homelessness service and provide improved outcomes for its homeless clients.

Loreburn Housing Association has welcomed six families to their new homes following the completion of its Woodlands development in Lochmaben.

Funding to help councils increase the supply of social and affordable homes has been largely allocated to five authorities with sustained temporary accommodation pressures, the Scottish Government has revealed.

A first look at the newly completed ‘Almond Valley Care Home’ in Livingston has been shared by Morrison Community Care (CCG) Holdco.

An attempt to block moves by the UK Government to scrap the winter fuel payments this year has failed in Parliament.

Single parents and families with young children living in Leith and north Edinburgh can continue to access a free service providing employability and income maximisation advice.

Wheatley Group has been recognised for reducing carbon emissions and developing sustainable communities.

Councillor Bill Duff has been elected as leader of Angus Council. The change, which comes after Councillor Beth Whiteside announced her decision to step down from the role last month, was ratified at a meeting of the council's administration group last night.

Perthshire housebuilder Hadden Construction has fallen into administration with 66 members of staff being made redundant. Work on active sites including affordable housing and supported living apartment developments will cease pending a review of works in progress.

ng homes is set to host its September Community Networking Breakfast on Friday 20 September.

Springfield Properties has secured planning permission to build an additional 215 homes at its Dykes of Gray development on the edge of Dundee.

Cairn Housing Association has completed its latest development in Longridge, West Lothian, providing 52 new affordable homes to the community. The development consists of a mix of two-bedroom bungalows and two, three, and four-bedroom terraced houses.

Procast Group has started work on an affordable housing project in Hamilton on behalf of West of Scotland Housing Association, delivering 12 new energy-efficient flats in the town’s Alness Street as part of the project. The principal contractor, also based on Alness Street, is creating 12 much

More than 5,000 ‘high-rise buildings’ in Scotland, including landmark developments such as Glasgow Harbour and Edinburgh’s Western Harbour, are estimated to be covered in flammable cladding, it has been revealed. Using information gathered over several years from their extensive da

East Ayrshire Council is to expand the use of technology within health and social care as part of a number of new innovation projects designed to bring about real improvements in the way the council delivers services, as well as help to make financial savings. The first project aims t