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Angus Council is to take ownership of Invertay House and the surrounding grounds in Monifieth to develop new affordable homes. Agreed by the communities committee earlier this year, the development is included in the Angus Strategic Housing Investment Plan, which is a five-year plan setting out

The Scottish Government’s Private Rented Sector Resilience Group should include a role for tenant’s unions, the Scottish Greens have said. The party’s co-leader Patrick Harvie raised the issue in the Scottish Parliament after he said the insecurity of the private rented sector

HMRC was wrong to refuse a backdated claim for child tax credits for asylum seekers who had been granted refugee status, a judge in the Court of Session has ruled in the first successful social security test case for asylum seekers and tax credits in the UK.

North Ayrshire Council has approved a number of funding proposals totalling around £70 million that will help drive its post-Covid-19 regeneration and recovery ambitions. Cabinet members approved over £14m of council investment in Recovery and Renewal projects that will support communiti

Plans to build 185 new homes in a West Lothian village have been granted conditional approval. The new homes will be developed at a site on Barbuchlaw Burn and land south of Craiginn Terrace in Blackridge, south of Craiginn Terrace.

Scottish Water Horizons has launched a new service to support housing developers with remediating unvested water and waste water assets across Scotland.

Oil and gas company Harbour Energy is delivering life-saving change for vulnerable people in the north east of Scotland thanks to a significant donation to local charity Aberdeen Cyrenians.

A new report detailing the scale of the task faced by Dundee agencies tackling local child poverty is to be considered by councillors. The city is setting itself the ambitious goal of matching the Scottish Government’s overall national target of reducing child poverty to less than 10% of

Businesses and community groups located across Scotland’s inhabited islands are now able to apply for grants of up to £150,000 through the new Island Communities Fund (ICF) for projects focussed on supporting sustainable island economies and the journey towards net zero. The fund is back

Wheatley Group chief executive Martin Armstrong has revealed plans to step down next summer. Mr Armstrong, whose public-sector career across the UK spans a quarter of a century, had intended to step down last year. However, at Wheatley Board’s request, he stayed on to lead the group’s re

The combined impacts of Brexit and Covid, and a general overheating of the market, are leading to materials shortages and consequent delays in progressing developments, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF).

Thenue Housing’s long-serving head of finance John Russell has announced his retirement. John will retire in August after 25 years at the Association.

Wellhouse Housing Association (WHA) has unveiled its vision for the future with plans to bring almost 200 new homes to the area as well as investing over £3 million in its existing properties over the next four years. Director Martin Wilkie-McFarlane said he is looking to build on th

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has been recognised as a UK leader for equalities and diversity in the workplace, ranking 63rd in the latest Top 100 Inclusive Workplaces Index published by the National Centre for Diversity. Providing homes and a range of support services to more than 4,000

A plan to demolish an empty block of flats at St Ninians to build eight new cottage flats has been conditionally approved by Stirling Council. The local authority revealed plans last year to redevelop the derelict site at 24 Glasgow Road into new one and two-bedroom flats.