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Housing associations are "extremely worried" about the "alarming" prospect of being unable to maintain and upgrade their homes should the Scottish Government impose a rent freeze beyond March next year. A combined rent freeze and moratorium on evictions to help people through the cost cris

The leader of the City of Edinburgh Council Cammy Day has welcomed an announcement by the Scottish Government that it intends to introduce a bill to give councils the powers to introduce a visitor levy. The bill, which is expected to be laid before parliament early next year, forms part of the Scott

Housing association Hyde Group has won £10.8 million in damages and costs from a contractor after a dispute over defective cladding. Construction firm Mulalley was ordered to pay damages and costs to group subsidiary Martlet Homes in a case relating to tower blocks in Gosport, Hampsh

The Scottish Procurement Alliance is inviting its public sector partners to a pre-tender engagement workshop to discuss proposals for its upcoming ASC1 Asset Safety & Compliance framework. The workshop will be held in its Livingston office on Thursday 15th September at 9:30am.

Taylor Wimpey has lodged an appeal with the Scottish Government after its plans to build 50 homes in Monifieth was rejected by Angus Council. The housebuilder submitted a planning application for the Victoria Street development last October.

The leader of Dundee City Council has encouraged people to “come out in their droves” to support the teams taking part in the Street Soccer Nations Cup. Councillor John Alexander was speaking as Street Soccer Scotland announced the 16 players that will make up the Team Scotland squad at

Residents of two developing Liveable Neighbourhoods in the north and south of Glasgow are being invited to comment on visualisations which show how their area could look in the future. Glasgow City Council is seeking feedback from communities within the Ruchill to Cowlairs and Langside to Toryglen L

North Lanarkshire Council has reaffirmed its commitment as a landlord by signing the Scottish Housing Regulator’s Assurance Statement, a move the local authority said will ensure tenants and residents have improved access to housing performance information. The statement, which is readily

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will set out a raft of actions today in a Programme for Government designed to help people through the cost emergency, including an increase to the Scottish Child Payment and a rumoured rent freeze for tenants. Reports in the Daily Record today suggest Ms Stu

Scotland's salmon farmers have repeated calls for greater investment in rural housing to ensure workers in the industry are not priced out of communities. Ahead of the publication of the Scottish Government’s spending plans this week, trade body Salmon Scotland, which represents salmon pr

Fife Housing Group continued its commitment to ‘Giving Something Back’ with a fun-filled community event to celebrate the recipients of the £20,000 of grants they are distributing this year. Set up last year to recognise and support some of the incredible organisations making a dif

Propertymark is calling on both letting and estate agents from across the country to share their thoughts and experiences as it looks to scope out the extent of the issue of short-term lets through its online survey. The membership organisation for estate agents said that while the rise of the short

Almost 2,000 people turned out to enjoy activities at Queens Cross Housing Association’s Gala Day. Hosted at The Firhill Complex, the first Gala Day since 2019 saw attendees enjoy a range of sports, entertainment, food stalls, arts and crafts activities and fairground rides.

Bield has been awarded funding that will get older tenants involved in shaping new digital services, enabling them to live as independently as possible. The housing provider has successfully secured £75k in funding from the pioneering TAPPI project (Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is today launching 'Our Advice Adds Up', a new campaign encouraging people to seek advice as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets. This autumn consumers are set to face a huge increase in energy bills, soaring inflation and the impact of hig