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The number of households that have been hit by the benefit cap since the beginning of pandemic has increased by 128%, according to official figures.

Lovell Homes, the housebuilder behind a 133-home development in Kinghorn, has donated furniture used in show homes to a local women’s charity that helps those suffering domestic abuse.

Stirling-based procurement services provider PfH Scotland, which represents 95 social housing providers across Scotland, has appointed 25 contractors to its new £0.25 billion Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing 2 (EESSH2) framework.

With times tough as the country continues to battle the ongoing pandemic, Dalkeith-based Melville Housing Association has made donations totalling £2,800 to charities that help struggling households. Seven organisations, spread across Midlothian and beyond, have each received cheques for &poun

Port Bannatyne residents are delighted that their community share offer has raised £92,385 in just over a month. The monies will be used to allow the village to complete the purchase of the Anchor Tavern and the former off-licence at 34 Marine Road which will become a flexible community hub sp

Housing First has delivered almost 250 Glasgow tenancies for people experiencing homelessness within the city. Former bar worker, Fraser, is starting a new life in a secure settled tenancy after experiencing homelessness on and off since his teens. Four weeks ago, the 44-year-old got the keys to a f

Housebuilder Dandara East Scotland has donated £1,000 towards Social Bite’s ‘Festival of Kindness’ campaign. The Edinburgh-based homeless charity aims to provide 300,000 meals, gifts, and essential items to those in need throughout Scotland and the UK.

Energy suppliers will undergo financial stress testing from January to measure their resilience against a range of scenarios in a raft of new measures announced by Ofgem today to boost financial resilience in the energy sector. Where stress testing reveals weaknesses, Ofgem will agree an improvement

Perth & Kinross Council has launched a new consultation to ask people what their priorities are for local housing over the next five years. The views of residents will help shape a new Local Housing Strategy (LHS) for 2022-27. The consultation is now open online at the council's Consultation Hub

Midlothian Council has agreed that proposed annual housing rent increases be deferred for 2022/23. This follows on from last year's deferral due to the Covid-19 pandemic impact of the 3% rent increase proposed for 2021/22.

East Lothian Council has pledged to ensure rent levels remain affordable for tenants as councillors agreed to updated financial and capital strategies for the next five years. The financial strategy aims to support an extensive transformation programme that protects essential services in the fa

Homeless charity Rowan Alba has launched its annual Christmas appeal in a bid to boost the core services which reduce reliance on accident and emergency wards and shorten hospital stays. This covers their temporary accommodation, permanent supported housing, outreach services and the new Rowan Alba

Council house tenants in Moray are being consulted on proposed rent changes.

Cunninghame Housing Association held charity events at its Long Service Awards celebration night in late November 2021 which raised a total of £5,259.50 for its two charities The Salvation Army and North Ayrshire Foodbank. The Association presented a cheque for £2,000 along with toys to

Osprey Housing has been awarded £340,000 by the Scottish Government to help replace electric storage heaters in 61 properties with more sustainable air source heat pumps. The grant has been made under the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme’s Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund