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Scottish Housing News’ new Charity Spotlight feature will highlight the vital work of charities across Scotland each Friday. To feature your local charity, whether housing-related or not, send your story and images to us at newsdesk@scottishnews.com. Sight Scotland has launched its new &l

Horizon Housing Association has boosted its campaign for the creation of more accessible housing with the launch of a new industry award. The new award for 'Excellence in Accessibility and Inclusion' will form part of this year's Scottish Home Awards, sponsored by Ross & Liddell.

Researchers are calling for urban development and land professionals to take part in a project to help shape the way places are created for better population health. The research programme, run by six universities including the University of Stirling and the University of Bristol, is looking for peo

Abronhill Housing Association has unveiled a new director to succeed current director Stephen Macintyre who is set to retire. Chair Craig Burns said that Audrey Murphy has joined the Cumbernauld-based association effective from 10th January 2024.

Shelter Scotland has appointed four solicitors to its specialist housing law team.

A homeless man who was arrested and detained by the Metropolitan Police is to receive compensation and an apology for the "inhumane" actions of the force.

In December, Glen Oaks’ successful goConnect project and Weekeday WOW factor worked in partnership to provide some Christmas festivities to tenants.

Almost 50 new homes are planned for Dundee that will help to tackle the city’s “housing supply crisis”.

As freezing temperatures hit Scotland, new analysis has found that 38% of households in Scotland have described their energy bills as unaffordable and a further 51% describe them as only ‘somewhat affordable’.

A 6% increase in council housing rents throughout Perth & Kinross has been recommended for 2024/25 after a record number of council tenants had their say in a consultation. with tenants which gathered almost 3,000 responses, a 6% rent increase is being recommended in line with their vi

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth time in a row since the introduction of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022.

A report released today by the Centre for Homelessness Impact sheds light on the challenges faced by refugees being resettled in the UK.

Tenants’ union Living Rent has called for further protections for tenants as the Scottish Government seeks consultation regarding measures to transition away from emergency legislation.

Langstane Housing Association has announced its partnership with data and insights company Switchee and Union Technical to deliver a cutting-edge solution for insulating its challenging granite properties. This collaborative initiative is made possible through a fully funded ECO4 grant by Scottish G

Tender prices for social housing in Scotland started to fall in the second half of 2023, a report by the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has found.