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A Holyrood committee returned from the February recess yesterday to begin a short inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Housing to 2040 strategy.

The Lintel Trust Big Band Jam Night, which was revived for one night only in November, has been captured in a newly released video. Held at The Record Factory in Glasgow in honour of Alasdair McKee, the night also raised £2500 for local charities Mind the Men and Lifelink.

East Lothian Council’s spending plans for the year ahead have been approved, with a focus on protecting essential public services as far as possible in an adverse financial climate. Councillors met yesterday to consider the 2024/25 budget, with difficult decisions required to plug a £17.

Anti-poverty charity the Trussell Trust has urged Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to take urgent action to increase long-term support for people struggling to get by on Universal Credit after it published new research that reveals the devastating consequences of the inadequacy of Universal Credit

People who receive Universal Credit, tax credits and certain benefits and are responsible for paying for a funeral are being urged to apply for help from the Funeral Support Payment. The Funeral Support Payment provides eligible people with financial support to help pay for a partner, child, pa

Wheatley Group has helped tenants save more than £122,000 on their energy bills over the last six months.

A community in Dumfries and Galloway has benefited from a fund which they’ve used to install new picnic benches at a local park.

A new Housing Professionalism Commitment that aims to encourage housing organisations to publicly demonstrate how they will support ongoing education and continuing professional development (CPD) at all levels in their organisation has been launched by CIH Scotland.

An open letter from Shelter Scotland demanding that First Minister Humza Yousaf declare a housing emergency and deliver an action plan to end it has attracted more than 10,000 signatures. The housing and homelessness charity presented the letter and the full list of signatories to the Scottish Gover

Milnbank Housing Association has submitted its development plans after taking over the old Haghill Primary School site in Glasgow’s East End. Under plans for 43 flats and four townhouses, part of the facade of the school will be resurrected while a three-storey central portion o

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation report into Hammersmith and Fulham Council, finding that failures throughout a number of cases left residents “feeling anything but secure in their homes” and causing wellbeing and financial consequences for those residents.

Springfield Properties is "confident of meeting market expectations" for profitability and debt reduction for the full year to May, the housebuilder said today in its first-half trading update.

A report into North Lanarkshire Council's housing strategy has highlighted investment of £34 million to improve the quality of homes, £15m in benefits generated for tenants by housing income maximisers and delivering 539 new build homes – an increase of 150 in the previous year. Th

Moray Council is hosting a further exhibition on the developing plans for housing near Dallas Dhu, Forres.

More than 80 new council homes are to be bought at two sites in East Kilbride and Hamilton. South Lanarkshire councillors agreed to the purchase of 49 homes at Brackenhill Farm, Hamilton, and 40 homes at Jacktonhall, Jackton, East Kilbride, at a cost of £17.8 million.