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Ninety struggling households from across the Lothians, Edinburgh and Lanarkshire are £645,000 better off thanks to the hard work of a life-saving welfare benefits advice service. Melville Housing Association’s two dedicated welfare benefits advisers helped tenants claim benefits worth an

Late last week, local people in Craigmillar and Niddrie came together to switch on the community’s Christmas lights.

Glasgow City Council has been awarded – and accepted – £2.242 million for community projects in the city from the Scottish Government's Place Fund. The projects supported by this funding are:

People living in four of Dundee’s highest tower blocks have welcomed the start of a £1 million-plus lift replacement programme.

The tenant of a property on a country estate in the Scottish Borders has lost an appeal against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision not to make a determination of rent before the Upper Tribunal for Scotland, after the Tribunal found that it was temporarily not possible for the FTS to make such

Clackmannanshire Council expects just over £29 million in Scottish Government funding for housing investment over the next four years, according to a new report.

Residents and interested parties are being invited to have their say on the latest housing developments in the Garnock Valley. A total of 14 new homes will be built across four sites at Laburnum Avenue, Beith, and Newhouse Drive, Kilbirnie.

Charis has launched two Winter Warmth bundles to be distributed through its Charis Shop platform. The bundles contain a range of energy efficiency measures, heated wearables and soft furnishings that will help housing associations, charities, local authorities and advice centres keep families and in

Work has started on a key redevelopment project in Paisley, comprising 48 new, energy-efficient flats for social rent in the town’s East Lane.

Scottish Borders Council’s Housing Support Service has been awarded Grade 5 (Very Good) ratings from the Care Inspectorate for the way in which it supports the wellbeing of people who access their service and also the effectiveness of the team’s leadership. The positive feedback is the r

The Highland Council is inviting all tenants to have their say on the rent levels for the year ahead. The council is encouraging everyone that lives in a council house to take this chance to have their say, the results of this will have a direct impact on the services the council is able to deliver

Parents across Scotland are facing the “heartbreaking” decision to cut back and clothes and hobbies for their children because of soaring energy bills.

Link Group, one of Scotland’s largest housing and support organisations, has launched its second Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, which continues to place sustainability at the centre of its services. The report highlights the extent to which Link is taking care to maximise

Home building sector representative body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the appointment of Kevin Murphy as its new head of planning. With a career spanning more than 20 years, Mr Murphy joins from Persimmon Homes where he was planning manager, leading on planning applications, undertaking pr

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published a statement which updates its thematic report on homelessness services in Scotland that it published in February 2023. In February, the Regulator highlighted that some councils were finding it increasingly difficult to fully meet their statutory dut