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Scottish households are still paying hundreds of pounds more for gas and electricity than they were before the energy crisis hit despite Ofgem lowering the energy price cap again, a charity has warned.

The transformation of a once-condemned housing estate in Livingston is celebrating a historic milestone with the official handover of the first few new homes. Springfield Properties presented the keys to the first new residents of Deans South, many of whom have waited over 20 years for this moment.

Ray Watt, regional employer engagement director from Highland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association visited the HHP offices to present the organisation with its Armed Forces Covenant.

New statistics on Scotland's Short-Term Lets Licensing Scheme have revealed that local authorities received at least 23,576 applications for a short-term lets licence by the end of December 2023. Since the scheme opened on October 1st 2022, 14,539 short-term lets licence applications

Construction work is underway on the latest new council homes to be built in Ardrossan and Irvine.

More than 40 landowners, including Transport Scotland, SSE Renewables, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, and Tomatin Distillery were invited to meet by representatives of the Strathdearn community to encourage communication and transparency around community benefits from land in the area. The even

Shelter Scotland has welcomed the First Minister’s recognition that investment in housing needs to be a fundamental part of delivering a fairer Scotland. In a speech to Parliament on his priorities for Scotland, John Swinney declared the eradication of child poverty as his "single most im

Brodies LLP has been appointed as a strategic partner to provide legal services to Sanctuary. Following a competitive tender process, Brodies was appointed to Lots 7 and 8 of the housing provider's legal panel to provide advice across the full spectrum of its activities in Scotland including develop

ng homes' Community Networking Breakfasts are celebrating two years of supporting vital connections and strengthening North Glasgow community working through their popular monthly networking sessions.

Nineteen high-quality new homes will help local people in housing need, following the first handover of seven new homes on a project involving Persimmon West Scotland and Sanctuary Scotland. The properties form part of Persimmon’s Royale Meadows development in Muirhead and have now been transf

Moray Council is restructuring its refugee and asylum seeker resettlement team following a report confirming 315 people have been supported into new lives in Moray.

Residents and interested parties are being invited to ‘Meet the Builder’ for the latest North Ayrshire Council housing development in the Garnock Valley.

Barratt Developments Scotland is extending its deposit contribution scheme to more key workers. Across the UK, the Key Worker Deposit Contribution Scheme has been extended to include the 37,000 employees and volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), as well as 60,000 foster carer

An ethical letting agency launched last year by local homeless charity Trust in Fife has unveiled its new website. Fife Private Rental Solutions will focus on the prevention of homelessness and assistance to access and sustain accommodation in the private rented sector, as well as problem-

A tenant ordered to pay over £11,000 in rent arrears from September 2021 until 2023 to his former landlord has lost an appeal against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision to make the award against him. He rented a property in Airdrie from Celtad Ltd from January 2020, and left the property