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Older people who present to their GP each Monday because ‘they have no-one else for company’, a woman so socially isolated she lived without power for months and young people who ‘can forget what it is like to be in the company of other young people’ are just some examples of the extreme neg

North Lanarkshire Council has agreed to carry out a month-long public consultation into how the local authority can make £45 million in savings. The council revealed last week that more than 1,000 posts could be at risk as it needs to save £68.3m over the next two financial years.

Aileen McLeod The Scottish Green Party has described yesterday’s ministerial statement on Scotland’s greenhouse gas emission targets as a missed opportunity to show real commitment to energy efficient housing as part of efforts to tackle climate change and fuel poverty.

Cairn published its 2015 annual report at its recent AGM where chief executive Jason MacGilp celebrated notable highlights from an encouraging year of improved performance and customer satisfaction. The event also saw Cairn welcome two new board members.

Margaret Burgess More than 164,000 vulnerable households, including around 54,000 families with children, have received essential help to buy everyday products like nappies, food and cookers through the Scottish Welfare Fund.

Hillcrest Group recognised the learning achievements of its staff in style at an event at Dundee’s Discovery Point. Over 70 staff members and guests from across Scotland gathered at the charitable organisation’s Celebrating Achievement event to mark individual successes and qualifications gained

Social landlords in the UK need to carefully consider how they bill residents for heating in district heating schemes, says new research findings published by environmental charity Changeworks. “Identifying the fair share: billing for district heating” investigates the experiences of social land

Beth Reid Over the past month, the Crisis policy team has been to Liberal Democrat, Labour, Conservative and SNP conferences, meeting politicians, going to fringe events and listening to debates and has been blogging about their experiences at each.

McInnes Gardner Architects have seen off competition from hundreds of entrants to win a Sunday Times Homes Awards competition to solve Britain’s housing crisis. The Glasgow practice’s ArcHouse is intended to serve as a template for low-cost volume housing within planned new garden cities which w

Dundee’s healthy eating credentials were given a bus-shaped boost this week when the Food Bus parked up at Hillcrest headquarters in the city’s Technology Park. Part of Healthier Scotland’s Focus on Food charitable food education programme, the Food Bus is an articulated lorry which opens out

Viewpoint staff in Edinburgh has achieved the impressive feat of raising a massive £5000 for Marie Curie over a two year period. Following an organisation-wide vote at their staff conference in 2013 fundraising started that very day. By June 2014, £1,940 had been raised and handed over to Fiona Bu

A group formed through Partick Housing Association (PHA) staff and local residents who wanted to improve the local environment has held its latest Day of Action. The Partick & Thornwood Action Group were joined by local politicians and a representative from Hillhead Action Group for the day.

Fanchea Kelly Housing and care provider Blackwood is gearing up to unveil its new Tayside office as part of its new five year Business Plan.

Councillor David McBride, West Dunbartonshire Council convener of housing and communities, and Margaret Burgess MSP, housing and welfare minister, joined council representatives, contractors CCG and other politicians for the official opening of 37 new build council homes at Hillstreet Square, Dumbar

Northern Housing Company, the charity that runs 750 homes across Dundee, Perth and Edinburgh, increased its trading surplus by 50 per cent last year. Part of the Hillcrest group of companies, Northern’s mission is to provide affordable housing for the community at discounted, mid-market rents for