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Home-Start Aberdeen, a family charity based in Aberdeen, has secured a £ 163,000 grant from the National Lottery Community Fund. Home-Start Aberdeen plans to use the Improving Lives grant to fund two new members of staff.

Affordable flats will be built on the former Burgh Yard site in Galashiels which was previously earmarked for a hotel.

Scottish medical professional bodies are calling for a legal requirement to be introduced for housing developers to be liable for upgraded healthcare facilities in a bid to prevent existing surgeries from being overwhelmed by new patients.

Caledonia Housing Association (CHA) has named a new Perth development after the son of the previous landowner. The Crieff Road development of high-quality affordable homes will be known as Steven’s Place in memory of the son of Carol and David (Dave) Scott, a former councillor for Perth and Ki

Updated plans for the redevelopment of the former Marks & Spencer store on Sauchiehall Street are being brought forward for public consultation.

Glasgow City Mission has marked the 100th night since this season's Overnight Welcome Centre (OWC) opened on 1 December.

The next phase of redevelopment work to deliver new housing and amenities for the Gowkthrapple community is set to begin.

One-third of domestic energy consumers did not manage well financially during the winter, new research shows.

An award-winning youth music project is celebrating meeting a fundraising milestone which will allow more people to take part. Ensemble, run by Wheatley Care, sees young people with experience of homelessness and mental health challenges paired up with professional musicians to write and record orig

Crofters across Scotland will be able to apply for larger sums of money to upgrade their housing under the Croft House Grant.

Details of the rent increases which Scottish social landlords will apply in 2023/24 have today been published by the Scottish Housing Regulator.

A revised Housing Allocations Policy has been approved by Aberdeen City Council that will see the Choice Based Lettings (CBL) approach replace the current system.

The UK Government is being urged by the Scottish Government to invest in public services and deploy its full range of powers to tackle the cost of living crisis, supporting people and businesses. Deputy First Minister John Swinney has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt ahead of h

Council tax in Aberdeenshire will rise by 4% in the coming year, as Aberdeenshire Council agreed its full 2023/24 budget last week.  Papers with saving proposals were posted online last week by the council, which outlined a range of financial savings across all services to bring spending in lin

A consultation by the Single East Ayrshire Register for Community Housing (SEARCH) partners – namely Atrium Homes, Cunninghame Housing Association, East Ayrshire Council, Riverside Scotland Housing Association and Shire Housing Association, on proposed changes to the Common Allocation Policy