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Households in the UK are set to be £1,000 worse off next year due to the tightening of living costs, caused by rising energy prices, alongside a shortage of workers and supplies caused by Covid and Brexit, according to a new report by the Resolution Foundation. The think-tank warned that highe

Four more energy firms GOTO Energy Limited, Daligas Limited, Pure Planet and Colorado Energy have ceased trading with more than 280,000 customers impacted.

Following a detailed selection process, Charing Cross Housing Association has appointed West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) as the preferred transfer partner. Charing Cross, based in Glasgow, conducted a strategic options appraisal to explore the best future shape of the organisation to do m

Link Group has been shortlisted in two categories at the CIH Scotland Housing Awards. Speaking of the achievement, David Mackenzie, managing director of Link Housing, who started with the organisation in September, said: "It is exciting to be in the running for such prestigious sector awards.

Elspeth Millen, a long-standing servant of housing in the Govan community, has been presented with her British Empire Medal. Elspeth Millen received her BEM from Lord Provost Philip Braat at the City Chambers in Glasgow.

Homeless Project Scotland has revealed that it has helped more than 50 rough sleepers on the streets of Glasgow city centre in the last two weeks. A number of these individuals experiencing homelessness were recently released from prison and said there is an issue with men being released late in the

The Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust (TGDT) has secured £507,000 from Social Investment Scotland (SIS) to help build affordable housing on the site of the former Tomintoul Secondary School.

A new report by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and the Centre for Homelessness Impact highlights that money spent on housing support could be used more effectively. The report has suggested that The Exchequer could save £1.9 billion a year by moving recipients of Housing Benefit (HB)

Plans for thousands of affordable homes are likely to be dropped as billions of pounds are set aside to fix the building safety crisis, UK builders have warned. Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest provider of affordable housing, told The Guardian it is set to build 1,800 fewer affordable p

Construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall Group plc will this week launch a technology platform that uses machine learning to provide social housing landlords and tenants with real-time, actionable insights to help them ensure their properties are healthy, legally compliant and more energy-

Kingdom Housing Association’s payroll team has won the coveted In-house Payroll Team of the Year award at the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals Annual Excellence Awards.

Wellhouse Housing Association announced has announced that a window replacement programme worth almost £250,000 is now underway.

Plans for a Scottish community to buy the UK's most remote pub have moved closer to completion after the Scottish Land Fund (SLF) granted funding to support the scheme. The Old Forge Community Benefit Society (CBS) has been awarded £508,000 to support the purchase and redevelopment of the pub,

Ariane Burgess MSP, convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee Agenda, is urging Scottish residents to have their say on short-term lets legislation. Scotland has some of the most beautiful natural scenery in the world. It is no wonder that plac

Cruden Homes has submitted plans to build 52 new affordable flats in Livingston on the site of the former St Columba’s Church in Craigshill. If permission is granted, once completed, the one and two-bedroom homes will be given to a housing association.