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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.

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