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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.

Non-urgent repairs for council homes in South Lanarkshire are to be temporarily suspended to tackle a backlog in empty properties.

Television presenter and award-winning designer Anna Campbell-Jones will be the star guest at this year’s Green Home Festival, which starts in 50 days as part of the official Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The co-host and judge of hit BBC Scotland show Scotland’s Home of the Year has been an

Proposals for a new residential development on the outskirts of Airdrie have been submitted to North Lanarkshire Council. McTaggart Construction is seeking approval for 62 new council homes on a vacant site off Airdriehill Street on the northern edge of the town.

Energy regulator Ofgem is consulting on turning its voluntary Code of Practice on force-fitting pre-payment meters (PPMs) into a mandatory part of supplier conditions.

Veterans Housing Scotland tenant Dorothy Steel will this month celebrate her 70th anniversary as a tenant of the organisation. To celebrate, the Edinburgh-based charity has confirmed that she will no longer be required to pay any rent.

The UK's lowest-income households will need an extra £593 this winter to avoid excess deaths as a result of fuel poverty, the CEO of one of the UK’s largest energy suppliers has suggested.

Link Group is being featured on ITN Business programme Brighter Futures. The news-style programme highlights services provided by LinkLiving, a trauma-informed health and wellbeing charity based in central Scotland.

An inspiring charity is doing its bit to help parents pay for school uniforms in a link-up with Cadder Housing Association. Glasgow’s Kindness Project undertakes a range of efforts to help those less fortunate in the city. And one of its latest ideas is to offer a “school clothing pantry

There were 23,512 all-sector new build homes completed in Scotland in the year to end March 2023, according to quarterly statistics on housebuilding and affordable housing supply published yesterday by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.

A consultation offering the chance to help guide the future development of Drumchapel is now underway.

The Centre for Homelessness Impact and The Orwell Foundation have announced Daniel Lavelle and Freya Marshall Payne as joint winners of the inaugural Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness.

Barratt Developments Scotland has donated £30,000 to help provide support for children and adults impacted by food inequality.