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In an effort to combat child poverty, Aberdeen City Council and NHS Grampian have affirmed their mutual commitment in a jointly produced Child Poverty Action Report, approved by the Community Planning Aberdeen committee this week. The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 places a duty on local authorit

A new method for allocation of Aberdeen's council housing that allows residents to make informed decisions on where they live has been introduced. Choice Based Lettings (CBL) allows applicants to view all available properties online from Aberdeen City Council and place bids for those that they wish

The Albyn Housing Society, in partnership with Lairg and District Community Initiatives (LDCI), has unveiled plans for a £2.3 million rural housing project in Lairg, Sutherland. Funded by a coalition of the local Development Initiative group, the Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal, the Hi

Fife Council's plans to regenerate council housing in the Law and Henryson Road areas of Touch in Dunfermline are coming a step closer. Tenants and residents in the area are being invited to take part in information and engagement sessions to hear more about the plans which could eventually involve

A private landlord who was removed from the landlord register because her local authority did not consider her a fit and proper person has successfully petitioned for judicial review of an Upper Tribunal decision upholding that decision.

Councillors have appointed Mike Newall as the new chief executive of South Ayrshire Council. Mike will take over the helm from current chief executive, Eileen Howat, who has been in the role for the last 10 years.

Councillors have upheld a decision to reject permission for a North Kelvinside mews development.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has launched a survey about the housing needs and future aspirations of local households.

Persimmon Homes has donated over 3,000 tiles to South Lanarkshire College to support the next generation of construction workers. The housebuilder made the donation at the college’s East Kilbride Campus. Persimmon’s regional apprentice manager, Ian MacPherson joined construction curricul

The transition to net zero, resilient communities and places, and the wellbeing economy are at the heart of the new five-year strategy for Scotland’s historic environment sector. Launched by Christina McKelvie, minister for culture, Europe and international development, and led by Histori

The chairman of Springfield Properties has challenged Stirling Council on the "considerable delays" by planning officials to progress housing at Durieshill. Attending today’s Stirling Council meeting, Sandy Adam made a bold visual statement with an eight-foot figure of a sn

Scotland’s Council Tax Reduction scheme supported 454,350 households in March this year (compared to 462,670 in March 2022) as the total weekly income forgone by local authorities reached £7.364 million (compared to £6.829m in March 2022).

The falling rates of social housing new build approvals and starts should mean a greater emphasis on the role acquisitions can play in boosting new supply, the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) has argued. This week’s latest Scottish Government statistics, repor

A Tenants Support Fund of £500,000 is to be established to help East Ayrshire Council’s tenants facing the financial burden of the cost of living crisis. Agreed at a recent meeting of the council's cabinet, the fund will help to prevent homelessness by sustaining tenancies and will allev

The Prince of Wales visited Tillydrone Community Campus yesterday to launch Homewards – a programme that will demonstrate it is possible to end homelessness, making it rare, brief, and unrepeated.