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Members of the Craigmillar community banded together to help the Hays Community Pantry meet the increased demand for its services. Places for People Scotland and Community Renewal Trust teamed up with Morrisons supermarket to host a community food drive on Friday 28 July. The proceeds of the drive &

Members of the Living Rent tenants’ union dropped a banner at Victoria Street in Edinburgh to call for the council to keep its commitment to regulate short-term lets (STLs) in the city.

A Glasgow community is going green thanks to an environmental week of action by Wheatley Homes Glasgow. Children from Just Be Kids nursery joined staff from the social landlord and local community groups to plant trees near Cleeves Road, Nitshill.

Businesses across Scotland are being called on to vie for work worth up to £100 million to support the country on its net zero journey. The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) is urging firms of all sizes to apply for its latest framework, offering property refurbishment and modernisation spec

Caledonia Housing Association has published its first Climate and Sustainability Strategy which sets out how it will tackle climate change and meet the Scottish Government’s net-zero target by 2045. Spearheaded by the board of Caledonia Housing Group, which includes Cordale Housing Association

The current framework for regulating social landlords in Scotland was introduced in 2019. Since then, tragic incidents here in the UK and worldwide events have changed how RSLs are expected to operate, possibly forever. So in this episode, we’re asking whether the way RSLs are regulated should

The Homeless World Cup has forged a ground-breaking partnership with Heriot-Watt University and Oriam to tackle the pressing challenges of social exclusion and deprivation head-on.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published the findings from its thematic review of social landlords’ Annual Assurance Statements highlighting a range of positive practice in how landlords prepared their Statements. All social landlords are required to submit an Annual Assurance Statem

Grampian Housing Association has delivered 25 new affordable homes in Elgin to meet the growing demand for properties. Tenants are enjoying settling into their new energy efficient homes which have been developed in partnership with Moray Council and Barratt & David Wilson Homes North Scotl

Sustaining Dunbar’s Pledgehog Project is now being supported by housing developers Taylor Wimpey and the Dunbar Shed in their work to help the hedgehogs of Dunbar. Taylor Wimpey has incorporated ‘Hedgehog Highways’ into the site plans at Dunbar’s new ‘Belhaven Way&rsquo

Community groups will be boosted in their valuable work with grants totalling more than £4500 from South Lanarkshire Council's Hamilton Area Committee. The council’s Community Grants scheme includes provision for funding playschemes operating over the school holidays and, through this, s

Residents living in some council homes in North Lanarkshire will be asked to participate in a face-to-face survey in the coming weeks, to give their views on the quality of the housing services they receive. The independent survey aims to gather essential feedback on various aspects of housing servi

New Gorbals Housing Association’s milestone Crown Street development has won the Architecture: Affordable Housing Gold award at this year’s Scottish Design Awards.

Saltire Facilities Management has been awarded new contracts by Prospect Community Housing to coincide with the end of a current five-year deal.

UK ministers are considering the benefits of 40-year fixed mortgages for first-time buyers who can't afford short-term mortgages. Long-term fixed-rate mortgages offer borrowers the chance to pay at one interest rate for the entire term of the loan ensuring buyers can afford their mortgage payments d