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Chrissie with carer Jacqui 1,000ft above Perthshire Super senior citizen Chrissie Miller has become a high flying hundred-year-old after fulfilling a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel in a hot air balloon.

A new report on the link between homelessness and re-offending has called for housing to be made a priority in the forthcoming National Strategy for Community Justice in Scotland. Shelter Scotland’s ‘Preventing Homelessness and Reducing Re-Offending’ report was the centrepiece of an event at t

A derelict site in Govanhill is to be transformed into affordable homes in a scheme put forward by Govanhill Housing Association. The £5.5 million plans involve a 42-home development at the corner of Victoria Road and Butterbiggins Road.

Alex Johnstone Thousands of homebuyers in Scotland have benefitted from the Help to Buy scheme since it was launched two years ago.

Sarah Speirs House prices in Scotland are projected to rise by 5 per cent over the course of the year as supply continues to fail to meet a rising demand for homes, according to surveyors.

Dundee City Council is set to become the first local authority in Scotland to sign up to a campaign which aims to tackle the stigma encountered by many people living on low incomes. The council is being recommended to sign up to the Poverty Alliance’s Stick Your Labels Campaign, the details of whi

Frank McAveety Former Labour MSP and Scottish Executive minister Frank McAveety is to be the new leader of Glasgow City Council.

With the Edinburgh Festival Fringe claiming this year’s event would be its most wheelchair-accessible yet, a disabled volunteer from a Scottish housing and care providers has put this statement to the test. Suhayl Afzal saw signs of improvement but says that progress is being made at “glacial sp

S4 Kilwnning Academy pupils Reagan Christie, Rachel Reid and Rachel Gorman presented their way to raising £300 for Ayrshire charity, The Anthony O'Brien Quinn Memorial Trust. The girls were granted the money through the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) where pupils research social issues aff

Janet Strang Cunninghame Housing Association’s board of management has elected a new chairman at its AGM.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called for Scotland’s affordable housing target to be increased in order to meet housing need across the country. Responding to the latest housing statistics, which show that the Scottish Government is on track to meet its five-year target

Martin Crewe Some of the most vulnerable young people in Scotland are not getting the support they need to help them into work, Barnardo’s Scotland has warned.

Nearly £900,000 could be invested in the renewal of roofs on council houses in Dundee. The local authority’s housing committee will be asked to approve the tenders at its meeting on September 14.

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) reached its 40th anniversary last week and held a celebration at Hibs stadium which was attended by 150 guests including staff, tenants, partners and contractors. Established in 1975, the Association has invested over £200m creating over 2,700 good quality

The widening gap in internet access between rural and urban regions is driving young people away from areas in which they have grown up, a major study has revealed. A detailed academic study into internet access by the dot.rural RCUK Digital Economy Research Hub at the University of Aberdeen, and th