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Two benefits that provide extra money to families with the cost of healthy food and starting school, are turning five years old. Best Start Grant School Age Payment supports families with a one-off payment of £314.45 to help cover the cost of starting primary school, and has provided £33

Residents of Dundee now have another opportunity to voice their opinions and help shape the future of development in the city.

Moray Council is renewing its efforts to tackle poverty, which is rising in the region faster than anywhere in Scotland.

A plan to tackle poverty across East Lothian over the next four years was approved at a full council meeting yesterday.

Communities across Dumfries and Galloway are looking cleaner and greener thanks to the efforts of a group of residents. Around 30 tenants received training from Wheatley Homes South’s Neighbourhood Environmental Team (NETs) to be assessors with Keep Scotland Beautiful, a leading environmental

CHAP Group has been awarded a significant contract by Aberdeen City Council to design and construct a new affordable housing development in Kincorth.

Demand for rental properties continues apace in Scotland’s Private Rental Sector as legislation to control rents in market hotspots continues through Parliament. According to the latest quarterly report from Citylets, the rate of annual rental growth however continues to ease within major citi

Three community housing initiatives across Orkney and the Hebrides have received backing during the latest round of funding from the Scottish Land Fund (SLF). Awards for projects on Colonsay, Papay, and Harris, which will convert existing buildings into 10 affordable rental units, are among eight gr

Data company Housemark has accelerated plans to provide next generation analytics for the UK housing sector, bringing in technology and data pioneer Andrew Barham as its new chief technology officer. Andrew has almost two decades’ experience delivering technology-fuelled strategic business tra

As most will be aware, the deadline for all Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) to submit their Annual Assurance Statement (AAS) is coming up in October.

Ashleigh Construction (Scotland) Limited has been awarded a contract valued at £50 million for the construction of more than 200 homes at the maternity ward at Ayrshire Central Hospital.

People at risk of homelessness interact dozens of times with public services in health, justice and beyond without getting any support to help them keep their homes, a new report from national homelessness charity Crisis has found. Released today, ‘A Window of Opportunity’ examines peopl

Members of the public are being given a second opportunity to offer their thoughts on updated proposals to create a new Purpose-Built Student Accommodation-led mixed-use development in Glasgow city centre.

A £425,000 fund designed to support projects and ideas which benefit the environment and local communities has opened for its fifth round of applications.

Scottish benefits claimants are being reminded to take action as a key date approaches for the switch to Universal Credit. Advice Direct Scotland, which runs the national advice service advice.scot, said that households should prepare for changes as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) continu