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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.

George Street in Edinburgh is set to welcome a hospitality newcomer later this year as RÌGH Properties announced the arrival of its new serviced apartments development.

The majority of funders using the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing (SRS) have said it has improved their relationship with housing associations, as the number of ESG reports in the sector rises by a third, according to a new survey.

‘Building Resilience in Challenging Times’ was the theme of the day at the annual Regeneration Conference held by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) last Friday 23 June. Attended by over 100 delegates, the particular focus was on how community-based hou

Social enterprises in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray can now apply for a share of a £2 million funding pot designed to support the third sector with the transition to net zero. The Social Enterprise Just Transition Fund, backed by the Scottish Government, offers between £20,000 and &p

Plans by the Home Office to house around 1,000 asylum seekers on a ship in Leith are to be "strongly opposed" by the City of Edinburgh Council. Council leader Councillor Cammy Day said he was shocked to be informed by UK Government officials that MS Victoria is to be repurposed for as

A significant project to improve the standard of properties in Kilmarnock is underway through CCG Asset Management (AM) for Atrium Homes. Thirty-five households will benefit from component replacements including kitchens, bathrooms and other works needed to bring the properties up to the 21st Centur

Over the past year, 105 community-based projects have secured grants of £5.7 million towards projects valued at a total of £15m, facilitated through the work of the Highland Council’s Community Regeneration Team. The most recent work of the team has been preparing for and promoting

The Old Train House – a Victorian renovation in Edinburgh which was once a train station – has been crowned the winner of 2023’s Scotland’s Home of the Year in the finale of the BBC Scotland series, filmed at Glasgow’s House For An Art Lover. A new, sixth series, of the

Scottish Borders Council will this week be presented with three reports which will give an update on the progress made through the Anti-Poverty Strategy. This includes an update on the Cost of Living response, the progress made in delivering the Anti-Poverty Strategy Action Plan, which was adopted b

The red carpet was rolled out to welcome special guests to Saracen House, Possilpark to mark two special showings of a new BBC documentary, Karen’s Dunbar’s ‘School of Rap’, showcasing her heartwarming journey into community activities through the pandemic. The documentary sh

Rural Stirling Housing Association has unveiled four new homes in the Stirlingshire village of Strathblane.

The Wee House Group observed a huge milestone in its calendar this week by celebrating 10 years in business and marked the occasion with a family-friendly birthday bash at its head office in Cumnock with staff, sub-contractors and their extended families.

It’s all change at East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) as the director of finance, Paula Oliver, retires after 29 years. Paula Oliver was only the Association’s seventh staff member and has seen it grow from just 200 homes into the group it is today, not just a housing association bu