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Housing Diversity Network chief executive Mushtaq Khan challenges the common urge to ‘call out’ individuals or organisations in response to instances of racism, emphasising the need to shift the focus from isolated incidents to systemic issues within the housing sector, examining societ

The cost pressures facing West Lothian Council are "unbearable" and "unrelenting", according to the local authority's leader as councillors agreed its budget for 2024/25. Due to insufficient funding from the Scottish Government combined with increasing costs, the council has a budget gap of &po

A bid to bring homes into the ownership of West Dunbartonshire Council to increase the number of properties available and reduce homelessness is making progress with a dedicated officer now appointed to lead the scheme.

Share will be marking International Women’s Day on Friday 8th of March, with a short webinar from 10-11am on ‘Financial planning in the workplace'. Since the last Women in Housing event, research has found the pension gap is widening between women and men, with the latest figures showing

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.