Covid-19

New recommendations to be made by the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) must avoid looking at homelessness in isolation from the wider housing system, according to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF). Submitting comments to HARSAG, which was reco

As Scotland’s largest local authority landlord, North Lanarkshire Council has responsibility for 36,500 households, almost a third of which were forced to shield the moment the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Many of the affected tenants already had support systems in place, but as 6,500 did not the co

Linstone Housing has revealed the extent of its support for tenants during the coronavirus health emergency. The Association said it was undertaking many "unprecedented measures" and thanked its tenants for their "many acts of kindness which have kept communities going".

Building standards managers have highlighted an increased demand for site inspection work as the sector begins to ease out of lockdown, according to the head of the Scottish Government’s building standards division. In a letter to local authority chief executives, Stephen Garvin said it is lik

City of Edinburgh Council’s housing, homelessness and fair work convener, Councillor Kate Campbell, outlines the phenomenal response from organisations working to prevent homeless during the pandemic. The council’s homelessness service has been working with the Scottish Government, third

More than £78 million is to be invested into the construction sector as part of a new Return to Work package to help stimulate Scotland’s economy following the coronavirus pandemic.

Funding put in place by North Lanarkshire Council to assist people facing rent arrears during the coronavirus outbreak has helped more than 1,000 council tenants. The council made £300,000 worth of funding available to help tenants whose financial circumstances have been disrupted during

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in care homes have raised “serious human rights concerns” under Article 2 of European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the right to life, the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has stated. The intervention came in response to a letter from Scottish La

Pensioners in isolation during the coronavirus lockdown have been able to tuck into a weekly nutritional meal generously donated by a local Bield community group. Tenants at Bield’s sheltered housing development, Greenacre Court in Bannockburn, have been served soup and snacks every Tuesday fo

Children eligible for free school meals will be among those who continue to be supported over the summer through a package of £27.6 million of additional funding from the Scottish Government.

South Lanarkshire Council has secured funding from the Renewable Energy Fund (REF) to support community groups in the area. 

An initiative which matches business offers of support to schools, charities and local community groups in need has made 42 connections in Scotland since the start of the COVID-19 crisis.

Aberdeen Cyrenians has pressed ahead with expansion plans to deliver more crucial services for vulnerable people despite the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The charity, which works with people who are homeless, fleeing abuse, or battling alcohol, drugs and mental health issues, have designed an

An engaging animation by the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has proved such a success that it has been adapted and released by other major organisations across the UK and Europe.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has written to the UK Government calling for the suspension of the benefit cap and the removal of the spare room subsidy as part of urgent action to support housing tenants affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to the secretary of state for work and pension