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The Scottish Housing Regulator has revised its regulatory status for Forth Housing Association to compliant after the landlord worked to address areas of improvement. An updated engagement plan published last week shows Forth Housing Association now meets all of the regulatory requirements

Dumfries and Galloway Council met as a full council this week to agree its budget and set the council tax level for financial year 2024/25. Elected members voted to freeze council tax for the financial year 2024/25 while protecting frontline services.

Aberdeenshire Council budgets for the coming year have been set this month. Councillors met and debated how much to spend on services as part of revenue budgets, the capital plan, the housing revenue account, and carbon commitments in the coming year.

Thirteen projects were awarded grants totalling £52,624 at an awards ceremony for the £eith Chooses programme at Leith Community Centre last week.

Following consultation with tenants, Moray Council has approved an increase of 7.7% for council house rents.

Fife Council met on Thursday to set a balanced budget that protects services and freezes council tax for the coming year. The council has also agreed that it will hold council tax at its current level and is calling on the Scottish Government to release £9.3 million that was being held back in

Work is due to begin on developing seven new one-bed small homes as Places for People expands its homelessness accommodation and support services for homeless people in Bristol.

Hundreds of thousands of people are facing sleepless nights because of their personal debts, new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) suggests.

Scotland’s national advice service is calling for a UK-wide social energy tariff to be introduced to fix the “broken” market and help end the scourge of fuel poverty.

Scotland is at risk of missing its net zero targets unless it swiftly increases the speed of transitioning from oil and gas boilers to clean heat sources, a new report has concluded.

Procast Group has won a contract to bring £2.4 million worth of energy efficient improvements to 36 homes in an Argyll & Bute village.

Free buses, business boosts and cost of living support topped the agenda when Perth and Kinross Council agreed a three-year budget yesterday. Despite a challenging financial situation, councillors were able to agree a balanced budget for each of the next three years which protected vital services an

Private renters are being urged to know their rights before the emergency rent cap and additional eviction protections in Scotland come to an end from 1 April. An awareness-raising campaign from the Scottish Government will highlight the rights of tenants and what they should expect from their landl

The Scottish Government is seeking views on three consultations looking to improve the resilience and flexibility of the planning system.

The passing of the Scottish Budget 2024/25 at Holyrood yesterday will perpetuate housing inequality across the country and limit the number of new homes coming forward across all tenures, sector body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned. The Budget includes more than £1.3 billion for the W