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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

Reidvale Housing Association has been granted more time to outline its plans and financial projections to the Scottish Housing Regulator following the decision of its members to reject a transfer of engagements with Places for People Scotland. The news comes as a campaign group formed to oppose

Changes to a key Scottish Government benefit will see an estimated 20,000 people able to access money to help with the cost of food shopping for the first time.

North Ayrshire Council leader Marie Burns and depute leader Shaun Macaulay have taken part in a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of work on a new housing development in Kilwinning. The councillors were welcomed to Persimmon Homes' Byrehill Grange development in Kilwinning by Chris Logan, ma

Claims by the Scottish Government that progress is being made towards ending homelessness and building social housing look like an attempt to gaslight the Scottish public, Shelter Scotland told MSPs in Parliament yesterday. The housing charity made the claim after new figures showed local government