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Rosie Gollan, an Edinburgh-based solicitor at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, looks at the Building Safety Bill and its implications in Scotland. Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the UK Government has been reviewing and taking steps to reform our building and fire safety regimes. 

The Scottish Government must match Chancellor Rishi Sunak's reported extension of the stamp duty holiday beyond March if there is to be a level playing field in the property market from April to June, according to a property and lettings firm. David Alexander, joint chief executive officer

Midlothian Council has agreed to purchase a house to support children aged between 5 and 12-years-of-age who are unable to live in a family setting. The house, which will be able to accommodate three children, will offer a nurturing and therapeutic environment to support the children to build safe a

Western Isles Council (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar) met yesterday to consider its 2021.22 budget. Recommendations before the Policy and Resources Committee include retaining Council Tax for the Western Isles at the 2020/21 level of £1,193.49 at Band D, the lowest in Scotland.

MSPs from across Scotland will recognise the impact of the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) network in Scotland in a special members’ business debate at Holyrood today. Lodged by Christine Graham, MSP for Constituency Member for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, the debate will reco

Greenspace Scotland is seeking to commission an artist/artistic partnership to engage creatively with communities to co-design an artistic statement and concept to inform the development of a National Covid Memorial in Pollok Country Park, Glasgow and that could be utilised by communities

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has found that a local authority acted unlawfully in failing to provide assistance to a homeless Sudanese refugee living in Scotland.

More than 200 people experiencing homelessness died during 2019 in Scotland, where the homeless death rate was higher than England and Wales. Experimental statistics published today by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) estimated that 216 people experiencing homelessness died in 2

In a petition for judicial review of the City of Edinburgh Council’s decision to refuse a fresh homeless application, the Court of Session has held that the council acted unlawfully. Mr Dafaalla, represented by Shelter Scotland, is a 62-year-old refugee from Sudan. He had previously made a hom

Councillors have given the green light for Calvay Housing Association to build 37 new flats on brownfield land at Barlanark.

Turner Property Services Ltd has secured a new contract for the provision of reactive repairs with Maryhill Housing for an initial period of three years. Turner Services have been providing Maryhill Housing with an interim reactive repairs service since July 2020, having taken over from MPS. The new

Private rented sector (PRS) and urban regeneration specialist Sigma has started work on its first Scottish PRS development with 75 new homes to be delivered at Bertha Park.

Aberdeen City Council has lodged detailed plans to build 212 homes for rent on the site of the former Kincorth Academy.

hub South West Scotland and Cruden Building are starting work today on a new affordable housing development in Larkhall on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council to support the local housing strategy.

It is highly likely that COVID-19 has exacerbated existing structural inequalities in Scotland, according to the Scottish Parliament's Finance and Constitution Committee’s budget report published today.