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A new community process is soon to launch which will give local people the chance to see how money can be spent on environmental improvements across a number of fixed locations in West Lothian. The new process will expand on existing work from West Lothian Council's Housing Service to engage residen

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has repeated its call for the abolition of the five-week wait and the introduction of a non-repayable assessment period grant for everyone claiming Universal Credit to stop people from being swept into serious debt. The recommendations come in a new report from the cha

The Scottish Government has announced that Best Start Foods payments will increase this month. The payment supports low-income families to buy healthy food for children under the age of three, and forms part of the Scottish Government’s national mission of eradicating child poverty.

Planning has been submitted for a residential development at Telford Drive, Edinburgh on behalf of Port of Leith Housing Association.

Swan Group has submitted revised plans to build more homes on a brownfield site in the Royston area of Glasgow. Having been previously granted permission for 100 houses at the site bounded by Darnick Street, Royston Road and the adjacent railway, the developer has now applied to build 136

Plans have been unveiled to demolish a former foundry building in Glasgow to make way for a ten-storey block of flats.

Stephen Milne, director of strategic projects at CENSIS, who is involved in a £12.5 million initiative led by Blackwood Homes and Care which aims to create three ‘communities of the future’ in Glasgow, Dundee, and Moray, explores how technology and innovation could help to pav

Homes for rent developer and operator Moda Living has joined main contractor Robertson to marked the topping out of the final block in the first phase of its development at Springside in Edinburgh; the brand’s first urban village in the Scottish capital. On track to complete in autumn, th

The developer behind numerous residential developments in Glasgow has unveiled plans for a £10 million+ 34-property project on the city’s south side.

Glasgow City Council has received plans to convert the floors of historic city centre buildings into a large serviced apartment complex. Change-of-use and listed building permission is being sought in relation to the Category B and C Listed former Cleland Testimonial building, George Hotel and Comme

Projects supporting carers and disabled people are among nine initiatives that are set to share £1 million of funding from the Scottish Government to tackle loneliness and isolation as a result of the pandemic. It comes as part of a £10m commitment to support a new five-year social isola

The work of the Edinburgh Poverty Commission has been shortlisted for a national award as the city aims to end poverty in Scotland’s capital by 2030. The group, which worked together throughout 2019 and 2020, is in the running for the ‘Community Involvement’ category of the Local G

Residents, businesses and community groups are encouraged to give their views on how flood risk can be managed across the Scottish Borders as part of a joint consultation with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The flood risk management plans are aimed at protecting communities at th

Osprey Housing is working with Moray-based housebuilder Tulloch of Cummingston to develop 76 new homes as part of a major project in Lossiemouth. The initial phase of this venture represents a £2.85 million undertaking for Osprey — the group’s largest new-build project yet —

Alistair Cant, the long-serving director of Lister Housing Co-operative in central Edinburgh, has announced his retiral, which will take place later on this year. He has been at Lister for 32 and a half years and has been a constant part of the success of Lister, the first registered housing co