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One homeless person is dying while sleeping rough in Glasgow every month, a charity has revealed. The manager of The Lodging House Mission, which hosts the Glasgow Winter Night Shelter, said the popularity of drugs such as valium and opiates could be a contributing factor for the rising number of de

Glasgow City Council has appointed Professor Brian Evans as its first City Urbanist to enhance the city’s approach to place-making and connectivity. A professor in urbanism and landscape at The Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh School of Architecture, and one of the UK's leading urbanists, th

Glasgow City Council has approved planning permission in principle for a Queens Cross Housing Association-driven project for a new 600 home development in the north of the city. Outline planning permission has been granted to transform the Hamiltonhill area into a 21st Century suburb close to the ci

Cllr Susan Aitken and Linda Malone, chairperson of New Gorbals Housing Association New Gorbals Housing Association welcomed Susan Aitken, the leader of Glasgow City Council, when she visited their brand new housing development to help handover keys to new tenants.

Plans by private housing provider Serco to evict hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees in Glasgow were known by senior managers at Glasgow City Council for months, according to reports. The Home Office contractor issued the first in a series of lock-change orders at emergency accommodation through

Almost £8 million is to be allocated for the repair of the private sector housing stock and adaptation works for disabled people in Glasgow for the financial year 2018/19. Approved by a Glasgow City Council committee yesterday, the funding from the council's Private Sector Housing Grant (PSHG) prog

Some of the Glasgow City Council staff and councillors who are raising funds for Social Bite and taking part in Sleep in the Park Glasgow City Council staff have raised more than £11,500 in sponsorship to help homeless people.

Glasgow City Council has unveiled proposals to demolish a former rehab centre in Springburn to make way for more than 700 new homes. Under the plans, the former Phoenix Futures unit in Keppochhill Road as well as the surrounding former blaes recreation pitches and part of Cowclairs Park will be tran

More than two thirds of residents in Glasgow, Stirling and Perth want protected space for cycling, according to the UK's most comprehensive assessment of cycling in cities. The Bike Life reports, which are produced by Sustrans in partnership with Glasgow, Stirling and Perth and Kinross councils and

Committee convener James Dornan MSP The Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee will take evidence from local authorities, housing associations and energy efficiency experts tomorrow as it continues its examination of proposed legislation which sets a new target relating t

Billions of pounds may be needed to maintain tenement buildings throughout Glasgow after a new report revealed that thousands of blocks are in ‘critical disrepair’. According to the report, around 46,600 tenement flats, which were built before 1919, have been deemed dangerous and need structural

An initiative to take over and upgrade homes in Govanhill then make them available for social rent is on track for its completion in 2021. Of 700 targeted properties in the Property Acquisition & Repair scheme, around half have been inspected and 246 properties have been brought into Govanhill H

A Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) that would see almost 8,500 new affordable homes built in over the next five years has been approved by Glasgow City Council. The plan for the years 2019/20–2023/24 outlines Glasgow’s plans and priorities around affordable housing in the city to create

CCG (Scotland) Ltd has completed Phases 4 & 5 of the multi-award winning Anderston Regeneration Masterplan, a landmark housing project in Glasgow. Delivered on behalf of Sanctuary Scotland and supported by funding from the Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council, the new development revital

James Kingsman in his new flat in Glasgow Fifty-four long term homeless people in Glasgow have been handed the keys to "a whole new life" thanks to a Housing First approach to addressing homelessness.