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New Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) president Lara Oyedele has unveiled more about her presidential campaign which seeks to raise awareness of the importance of racial diversity within the leadership of the housing sector. Drawing on Lara’s lived experience as a black woman in t

Active loans and investments at leading responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS) reached more than £41 million across 201 social enterprises, community organisations and impact-led businesses over the past year (2022/2021) according to its latest Impact Report. The latest

Bellway Homes has launched a consultation concerning plans to build new homes on the outskirts of Penicuik, Midlothian. Pre-application discussions for The Brae at Auchendinny include provision for a possible primary school on 28ha of fallow land bounded by established woodland.

Scottish Enterprise has launched a Green Heat Hub Grand Challenge to encourage innovation around the green heat solutions of the future, from heat pumps to battery technology, that will lead to the creation of a centre and focal point for collaboration. The project invites consortia groups across in

Shire Housing Association’s Modern Apprentice Jayden McWilliam won an award for “Best Presentation” in the local Developing the Young Workforce Community Challenge. Apprentices from employers across Ayrshire were invited to enter the challenge run by Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce&rs

A network of places will offer a “warm welcome” across South Lanarkshire as the cost of living crisis bites this winter. The move is the latest by South Lanarkshire Council to help local residents cope with rising costs, especially from energy bills, and was supported by all political gr

The Annual Performance Report which provides a summary of East Renfrewshire Council's performance for 2021-22 has now been published. The report focuses on the council's five strategic outcomes:

Homeless Project Scotland (HPS), the charity which operates Scotland's busiest outdoor soup kitchen, has called for help to find a building as winter approaches. The charity runs a soup kitchen under a bridge in central Glasgow three nights a week, serving hundreds of meals to people experiencing ho

A £1 million fuel support programme to help hard-pressed households in Glasgow was launched yesterday. The Glasgow Fuel Support Project will help individuals and families with top-up payments, advice and assistance.

Housing associations have joined letting agents and bodies in expressing fears that the Scottish Government’s rent freeze proposals, which are being introduced to the Scottish Parliament today, will “jeopardise” affordable housebuilding and result in a reduction in the nu

Delighted new tenants are moving into 22 redeveloped homes in Greenock – after Blackwood transformed a failing care home. The revamped MacLehose Court building on Eldon Road includes much-needed new accessible properties which will enable people with a range of mobility issues to live more ind

A new licensing scheme for short-term let hosts which aims to ensure consistent safety standards while reinforcing the positive reputation of Scottish tourism and hospitality opened on October 1. The Scottish Government said the licensing scheme was developed in response to concerns raised by reside

Loreburn Housing Association marked the completion of 75 new homes at Heathhall, Dumfries with a small-scale open event last week. The new homes, a mix of one, two, three and four-bedroom properties, provide a range of wheelchair-accessible bungalows, amenity bungalows and general needs housing and

A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in Scotland paints a bleak picture of a nation in crisis mode after the fiercest attack on our standard of living in a lifetime. The report, which includes heart-breaking testimonies from thousands of families struggling to come to terms with the exte

Changes to local services in West Lothian are inevitable unless the Scottish Government provides the council with adequate levels of funding, according to the leader of West Lothian Council. Over the past 16 years, West Lothian Council has had to make savings of nearly £151 million due to insu