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Shetland Islands Council’s Housing and Trading Standards teams have been notified of a scam ‘council housing repairs’ phone call received by a tenant.

A new service for all of Falkirk Council’s 16k tenants has been launched that aims to tackle problems with rat infestations in council homes and gardens.

The first meeting of a sub-group set up to address the housing problem facing the Highlands and Islands took place in Inverness this month, with members agreeing to challenge the norms and bring about changes that will better support the housing needs of the region. The 12-member sub-group was set u

King Tut's is one of five new Best Bar None Glasgow venues signing up to support vulnerable people involved in begging. The iconic live music venue has pledged to display QR codes on their premises which enable customers to donate to Street Change Glasgow.

North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (NAHSCP) is now funding a new debt advice service, which will be delivered by CHAP for the next two years through their base at the Michael Lynch Centre for Enterprise in Ardrossan.

Potential changes to the council tax system could see those in the highest value properties asked to pay more if they can afford to. A joint consultation with COSLA is seeking views on plans to increase the amount paid by people in bands E, F, G and H. This aims to address criticism that the system

The Scottish Government is at risk of missing a key target of building 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, according to new analysis from Scottish Labour.

The Highland Council has appointed urban regeneration specialist Threesixty Architecture to assist in the preparation of the town centre masterplan for Fort William.

A groundbreaking ceremony for a new housing development on Dundee's Kingsway officially kicked off construction following a visit by Cllr Mark Flynn, convenor of City Development, last week. Cllr Flynn and Robert Patrick, land director of Persimmon North Scotland, jointly broke ground for the n

Aberdeenshire Council's Housing Service is looking for volunteers for tenant working groups to look at future priorities to be included in the Housing Revenue Account business plan. The council plans to run a series of working groups over August and September that will involve tenants and other serv

West Lothian Council has updated its Housing Capital budget with £164 million now set to be invested over the next five years towards the creation and acquisition of new council homes and the ongoing maintenance of quality standards across existing housing stock. Within the updated Housing Cap

After touching on the use of data in a previous episode regarding Fit Homes, the Scottish Housing News Podcast returns to the issue by further considering other ways in which data analysis is helping inform decision-making across all areas of social housing from creating sustainable communities to a

Falkirk Council has handed over the keys to brand new homes in two new developments. Tenants are now enjoying bright new energy efficient homes in a £4.6 million project at Persia Court in Bainsford consisting of 19 new homes, and in a £4.5 million project at Torwood, where there are 24

Colleagues and tenants from Fife Housing Group met with the minister for housing, Paul McLennan, during his visit to the organisation’s brand-new development in Glen Albyn, Kirkcaldy, which consists of 49 energy-efficient affordable homes. The tour included a walk around the development where

JR Scaffold Services has secured an initial two-year contract with Home Fix Scotland to supply ad-hoc scaffolding services across Inverclyde.