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A landlord who did not secure the deposit from two Glasgow students has been ordered to pay them £2,800 after a tribunal ruling. Ajitpal Dhillon was taken to a housing tribunal by Laura Pollock and Rhona MacKintosh following a dispute over an Argyle Street flat.

Legislation to increase the transparency of land ownership in Scotland has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament. The Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land regulations pave the way for the creation of a public database that will provide key information about those wh

The Scottish housing market began 2021 on a weaker footing, despite the sector being allowed to remain open during the current lockdown, with Scottish surveyors reporting activity lower than in December, according to the January 2021 Residential Market Survey from RICS.

With spring nearly among us, green spaces across Inverclyde will once again play a central role in helping to support local communities during another lockdown.

The decision by the UK Government to freeze Local Housing Allowance rates could put tenancies at risk across Scotland, housing minister Kevin Stewart has warned. Mr Stewart has written to the UK Government his expressing disappointment at secretary of state for pensions Thér&eg

Cairn Housing Group has appointed Sean Connor as their new director of customer services to complete a reshaped executive team.  Mr Connor will join Cairn in April from Wheatley Group, and will lead an ambitious team with responsibility for delivering modern, customer focussed services across S

Tenants of Grampian Housing Association will have their rents frozen for the next year following the decision of the Association’s board not to apply a rent increase on the 1 April 2021. The freeze will also apply to service charges and owners’ management fees. Tenants and othe

Glasgow West Housing Association (GWHA) has broken ground at its latest Dover Street development.

Ruchazie Housing Association, one of many small community-based housing associations in Glasgow, has supported its tenants throughout the year and continues to deliver crucial support in this second lockdown period. Since March last year, the Association and its community partners which include Glas

Spring blooms are about to banish the lockdown winter blues for 60 tenants of Linstone Housing. Crocus bulbs handed out in the autumn are set to put a spring in their step when they flourish in a few short weeks.

The Tenants Information Service (TIS) has been awarded registered charity status.

Shocking new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) shows that Universal Credit will fall below its 2013 value in real terms if plans to end the £20 uplift are not reversed.

Moniaive Initiative is celebrating after its first Community Affordable Housing Project won the award for 'Best Long-Term Empty Homes Restoration Project' at the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership Annual Awards Ceremony on February 2. There has been a record number of empty homes brought back into use

The Place, Home and Housing Portfolio at the Improvement Hub (ihub) has published new reports to guide future improvement work following two investigations on housing, homelessness and health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scottish Borders Council’s executive committee has reviewed the progress made in the third year of the council’s five-year Local Housing Strategy, which sets out the council and partners’ approach to delivering high-quality housing and services to meet local needs. The Scottis