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A new standard for 'zero carbon' social housing, a quarter of a million-pound investment in electric vehicles and the restoration of peatlands are to be among the first projects launched as part of Renfrewshire Council's £1 million investment to tackle climate change.

A group of veterans have moved into brand new properties specially created for Armed Forces personnel at Osborne Terrace in Cockenzie, East Lothian. The site is the former East Lothian Council Groundcare depot, which now provides a two-storey flatted block, with six two-bedroom flats including three

Moray Council has agreed a multi-million-pound investment plan for the upcoming year and freeze Council Tax at 2020/21 rates in a budget worth over £215 million.

A five-year plan which sets a net-zero target for Aberdeen City Council assets and operations has been approved.

Homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland is making a concerted effort to completely eliminate rough sleeping in Edinburgh, by providing bikes to its volunteer support teams, so they can see more people in any given period of time. By the charity's own estimations, rough sleeping in the cap

Thousands of families are now receiving their first Scottish Child Payment. As of Sunday 28 February 52,000 applications had been approved.

Terra Firma Chambers is launching a spring webinars series with two events looking at the ways in which communities can now use the law to require the transfer of land and other property to them. There are an increasing number of community groups making applications under these provisions, which rai

A housing association is to begin work on opening the UK’s first LGBT+ affirming retirement community after securing a £5.7 million loan from the Mayor of London.

Work to improve housing in Govanhill is to continue with an additional £7.66 million of funding from the Scottish Government.

Two long-serving members of staff at Elderpark Housing have retired after amassing a remarkable total of 76 years’ service to the Association between them. Shirley McKnight and Terry Frew have retired after spending the vast majority of their working lives with Elderpark.

Wheatley Group is helping young people kick start their career by recruiting more apprentices in May. The group will be recruiting up to 15 school leavers to its award-winning Modern Apprenticeship programme – with more to follow later in the year.

The fund management business established by Places for People has completed the construction of the first two development sites in Scotland and acquired a further site in January.

An Isle of Bute native has played a major part in providing vital housing services to individuals in the community throughout the pandemic. Debbie Stewart spent 38 years at The Glenburn Hotel before switching career path to join Bield five-months-ago and is now responsible for running housing d

Plans have been drawn up for a new block of 35 flats on the site of a vacant warehouse in Partick.

Councillors have approved plans for 37 new homes to be built in the Aberdeenshire town of Oldmeldrum, with land to be set aside for 12 affordable homes as part of the application.