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James Battye As the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill moves at a pace through the infrastructure and capital investment committee, James Battye, policy officer at Shelter Scotland, discusses how things will change for the 330,000 households renting from private landlords across Scotland.

The Sutcliffe Road development includes 24 affordable flats An affordable housing development with an adjoining church has been described as ‘divine’ by its new residents.

Stevyn Wilkinson Dundee based employment and training charity Craigowl Communities, part of the Hillcrest Group, is re-launching two of its popular jobs training programmes later this month with a view to getting young people into quality jobs with some of the city’s top employers.

Jenny Gardner A regional manager at Blackwood has smashed her target of raising £600 to replace a Stirling care home’s beloved greenhouse after it was destroyed last year.

Stirling’s first street clinic offering housing and homelessness advice is setting up home today on Port Street. Experts from charity Shelter Scotland will be on hand from 10am-3pm to offer help and advice on a range of housing issues, including rent and mortgage arrears, fuel poverty, money and d

Scottish Borders Council is encouraging local communities from across the region to apply to its community grant scheme. The scheme is open to all constituted community groups across the Borders and provides grants of up to £5,000 to support projects which:

The Camlachie Burn An urban flooding project to tackle the deficiencies in Glasgow's drainage system and allow the building of 22,000 new homes on previously unviable brownfield sites has been received a funding boost.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called on political parties to acknowledge that investing in housing is vital for the nation’s health and wellbeing. In the run up to May’s Scottish Parliament elections, the organisation has outlined five key requests for the next Scott

Maggie Chapman The Scottish Green Party has stepped up its calls for action on the cost of renting a home as a new poll revealed most Scots support a points-based system of rent controls.

Ruth Davidson The Scottish Government should strive to ensure 100,000 new homes are built in Scotland over the course of the next parliament, according to the Scottish Conservatives.

Ken Lynn A housing support service for adults with a learning disability in Dundee has been given top marks after a recent inspection by a care watchdog.

Iain Gaul Angus Council is to introduce a new housing model for the over 60s which aims to provide more choice with a mix of retirement and sheltered housing.

The social housing sector in England delivered a solid year of balance sheet growth, underpinned by a strong financial operating performance according to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). The 2015 Global Accounts published by the organisation today demonstrate the sector remains financially ro

St Andrews View The property industry should start focusing less on starter homes and more on the merits of downsizing for Scotland’s older people, according to Bield.

Scotland’s councils are to invest a further £56 million in energy saving LED street lighting over the next 12 months which will help reduce their energy consumption by over 50 per cent. Of the 900,000 existing street lights across Scotland, 125,000 new LEDs have already been installed, with that