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Places for People has continued its support of local food banks with £8,500 of funding to help provide individuals and families with essential items over the winter period.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has strong leadership and sound financial management but it now needs to deliver its plans to reform local services, keeping residents better informed on performance and progress, according to the local authority watchdog.

One of the most significant and sustainable urban expansions of Edinburgh in a generation is a step closer to reality following the submission of a major planning application to the City of Edinburgh Council.

Members of the public are being invited to offer feedback on plans to redevelop the bingo hall located on Leith’s Manderston Steet.

Councillors at the City of Edinburgh Council have today given their unanimous approval for a major planning application redeveloping the Ocean Terminal centre at Leith waterfront.

The Scottish Government’s “brutal” cut of almost £200 million from the affordable housing budget is “the wrong choice” and must be reversed, a leading anti-poverty charity has told MSPs.

A consultation to transition the ending of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 is too complex, unwieldy, costly to implement and would not be beneficial to tenants or landlords, according to a lettings and estate agency. The proposal – which has a deadline of 15th J

The company behind plans to build 140 homes on a city centre site in Aberdeen has requested an extension to an affordable housing waiver in order to progress with the development. Site owner Telereal Trillium was granted planning permission in principle to deliver dozens of apartments at t

The Scottish Housing Regulator has updated its list of individuals it will select from when making statutory appointments to social landlords following an open selection process.

The chief executive of the City of Edinburgh Council has announced that he is to retire. Andrew Kerr, who turns 65 in March, has informed council leader Cammy Day of his plans to leave his post on 14 June.

Angus Council has put forward plans for 21 new council houses on the site of razed blocks of Arbroath flats. The local authority said the Fraser Path site will become a high-quality development of flats and cottages, including sought-after one-bedroom homes.

The Scottish Government has pledged to provide “every possible support” for those impacted by the collapse of Stewart Milne Group (SMG) while a union has threatened to take legal action against the company.

The Housing Ombudsman has ordered the English housing association Clarion to pay £10,800 in compensation to households after it made four findings of severe maladministration across three cases.

Share’s Senior Officers’ Network aims to bring together leaders from the housing sector to connect, share experiences, and support each other through the unique challenges they face.

A life-saving defibrillator has been installed at Earlsgate, Scone, the Co-Housing Community managed by Kingdom Initiatives, part of the Kingdom Group. Residents at Earlsgate and the adjacent Barron House raised money for the defibrillator through fundraising events including extremely successful an