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Scotland’s housing minister Paul McLennan MSP will deliver the keynote speech at the 13th Scottish Empty Homes Conference at The Studio in Glasgow on 29 February. In line with the theme of conference, Learning from the Past – Visions for the Future, the minister will share his insight in

The UK Government has withdrawn plans to exempt accommodation for asylum seekers from houses in multiple occupation (HMO) licensing requirements.

A new poll has revealed 80% of adults in Scotland say the country is currently experiencing a housing crisis as the Scottish Government faces increasing calls to reverse its huge cut to the affordable housing budget. It comes as the Scottish Budget, which saw the Scottish Government announce a &poun

Residential property sales in Scotland experienced an upturn in January, marking the first positive growth in over six months, as reported by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

River Clyde Homes has been intrumental in bringing Cycling Without Age Scotland (CWAS) to Inverclyde.

Plans to invest £20 million in Clydebank over the next decade have taken a major step forward as a board to steer the redevelopment is set to be appointed.

Three council sites across West Dunbartonshire are set to be sold off for almost £100,000.

More than 43,000 payments have been paid automatically to help parents and carers with the cost of living and starting school, latest official figures show. The introduction of automatic payments means that tens of thousands of people getting Scottish Child Payment have been awarded Best Start Grant

Health and social care services need to change in order to meet the needs of people across Highland, according to the Highland Health and Social Care Partnership’s Strategic Plan for Adult Services. The strategic plan, which is published online, sets out the Highland Health and Social Care Par

As part of a series of planned visits, members of Aberdeen City Council's Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee visited Aberdeen Cyrenians last week to hear from staff and volunteers.

Environmental charity Changeworks is urging local authorities to move forward with implementing their delivery plans once they have completed their Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy (LHEES).

Owners of inherited croft houses should be banned from running the property as a holiday let during times of housing shortages, an MSP has suggested.

An Edinburgh sheriff has ruled that the former solicitor of a widow’s late husband who had been renting out a flat the couple owned without her knowledge was required to pay £14,4000 in rent payments from 2007 to 2009, plus over £17,000 in interest, after she raised an action for

Turriff-based Neil Murray Housebuilders has entered liquidation, resulting in the loss of 20 jobs.

Developer Parabola has agreed a deal with S1 Developments to create housing for sale at Edinburgh Park.