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Homelessness duties provided by Glasgow City Council and the City of Edinburgh Council are to be monitored by the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) amid concerns that demands for services now exceed their capacity to respond.

Dundee firm George Martin Builders has submitted plans to build twenty new flats on vacant ground beside Arbroath’s Webster Theatre.

New analysis from IPPR Scotland has revealed that for the same price as a council tax freeze - which will do little to help the poorest households - the Scottish Government could have boosted the Scottish Child Payment (SCP) and lifted more children out of poverty.

The Independent Living Fund, which supports disabled people, is to reopen to new applicants after receiving £9 million investment as part of the 2024-25 Scottish Budget. The funding forms part of the £19.5 billion budget for NHS recovery, health and social care and will support around 1,

New tenants Douglas and Helen Mathie are settling in and looking forward to spending their first Christmas in their new council home.

The 13th annual Scottish Empty Homes Conference will take place in Glasgow on Thursday 29 February. Held in The Studio on Hope Street, the conference will bring together housing experts, public servants, and others to discuss the role of empty homes in Scotland.

Royal Bank of Scotland joined forces with Social Bite to host a Christmas dinner for people who’ve experienced homelessness.

Crisis, the national charity for homeless people, has received a £500 donation towards its Crisis at Christmas campaign from independent housebuilder Dandara.

Scotsman Developments Ltd has announced the next phase of its proposals for a mixed-use development at the former Madras College campus site on Kilrymont Road in St Andrews.

Plans for a three-storey residential roof extension to Campbell House in Glasgow have been granted full planning permission.

Springfield has received planning approval for 39 affordable homes in Aberlour as part of an invaluable investment for the village.

The Scottish Government's plan to cut its housing budget by around £200 million next year will have "devastating" consequences for social housing supply and homelessness support, ministers have been warned.

Scotland's housing market exhibited a complex trend in October 2023, distinguished by a modest annual increase in average house prices, juxtaposed with a monthly decrease and a significant decline in residential sales volumes.

Money to help with heating costs is on its way to around 400,000 people on low incomes through the Scottish Government benefit Winter Heating Payment.

Moray Council has been praised by the Scottish Government for reducing the amount of time taken on planning application decisions.