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Aileen McLeod The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on the future of land use in the country.

Jenny Love The 17th November saw the 100th anniversary of the Glasgow Rent Strikes. In this blog, Shelter Scotland’s Housing Adviser, Jenny Love, tells us about the woman behind it – housing campaigner, Mary Barbour.

West Dunbartonshire residents are receiving some of the best health and social care in Scotland, with the team picking up four national awards in as many months. The awards recognise outstanding achievement in providing high quality health and social care for older people in our community ‒ includ

Marco Biagi MSP Marco Biagi MSP joined the Community Ownership Support Service (COSS) yesterday in Livingston to launch their event series 'Asset Transfer: Communities at the Centre'.

New figures on emergency payments to benefit claimants reveal the UK government is creating horrific levels of destitution, according to an academic. Data published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) shows a dramatic increase in the number of people claiming hardship payments since strict

‘The Mary Barbour Five’Five short-listed sculptors with their maquettes in a search of the prize of making the historic statue which will remember Glaswegian social pioneer, campaigner and Rent Strike 1915 leader Mary Barbour.l-R are Andrew Brown, Mark Longworth, Kenny Mackay, Roddy McDowall and

Margaret Burgess The Scottish Government’s new target for social and affordable housing supply for the next five years means the focus will now turn quickly to the sector’s capacity to deliver, says the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations.

Alison Watson The number of calls handled by Shelter Scotland’s free national helpline rose again this year as the housing charity revealed that every 18 minutes a household in Scotland is assessed as homeless - 81 a day.

(l-r) John Landan (Chair of Team Blackwood East) and Evan Venters (Vice Chair) Team Blackwood has been praised for having the Best Practice In Developing Tenant Scrutiny at the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) Scotland Awards.

Mary Taylor Commenting on the announcement by the Scottish Government that it has exceeded its five-year target of delivering 30,000 affordable homes by March 2016, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) said that this is very welcome news, but highlighted the recent research report

River Clyde Homes, the Inverclyde-based housing association, and its Customer Senate have won the Excellence in Customer Scrutiny Award at the CIH Scotland 2015 Excellence Awards.

Deirdre Forsyth Scotland’s first conference focused on social finance will be held at Edinburgh’s Roxburghe Hotel today, with delegates discussing how money can be better used by the country’s third sector to create a fairer society and to benefit people and our environment.

Pictured (left to right) – David Kirkwood, Jack Sinclair, Dylan McTaggart, Gary Murray and Ross Hickman with the team at Fortune Works

Cairn is celebrating after taking home the Developing Skills and Capacity award from the prestigious Chartered Institute of Housing Excellence Awards.