Perth & Kinross Council

Organisations across Scotland will mark Challenge Poverty Week with a series of events for residents.

Perth & Kinross Council’s Housing Service is set to publish its Annual Assurance Statement, confirming to tenants that it is meeting national regulations and requirements. The Housing Service is responsible for delivering high-quality services for all tenants and other customers. The state

Perth & Kinross Council will work to deliver over 1,000 new affordable houses across the area over the next five years, under a plan to be considered by councillors. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2026/27 – 2030/31 sets out the investment priorities of the council and its

Councillor Grant Laing has resigned from his post of leader of Perth and Kinross Council for personal reasons. He will continue to sit as an independent councillor.

Perth & Kinross Council continues to deliver high-quality housing and homelessness services that have a hugely positive impact on families and households across the area, a senior councillor has said. Housing and Social Wellbeing convener, Councillor Tom McEwan, highlighted the wide range of ach

Every month in Perth and Kinross, over 700 mattresses are thrown away — adding up to around 8,400 each year.

Scaffolding is set to go up around a landmark block of flats in Perth as the local authority embarks on a crucial programme of structural maintenance to ensure they remain wind and watertight, warm, damp-free, safe and secure. The work is necessary to extend the life expectancy of the buildings so t

Donations for people affected by the devastating fire in Perth are pouring into The Salvation Army after the church and charity assumed a recovery role from Perth & Kinross Council and The Salutation Hotel. The Salvation Army’s headquarters in South Street is just a few hundred yards from

A chihuahua was rescued from a building destroyed by fire in Perth last month – after surviving for nearly two weeks in the damaged tenement. The puppy called Vilo, which means “to live” or “to thrive and flourish” in Slovakian, was feared killed in the Scott Street fir

A group of residents displaced by the fire in Perth city centre in the early hours of Saturday 14 June have been able to return to their homes. The fire destroyed 41 Scott Street and ongoing demolition work means it is unsafe for residents and businesses nearby to return to their homes and premises.

A special event to help residents affected by the blaze at Scott Street in Perth city centre will take place at Perth and Kinross Council headquarters tomorrow. Running from 1pm to 7pm, the drop-in session will allow residents directly or indirectly impacted by the blaze and subsequent road and buil

An entire residential building in Perth city centre needs to be immediately demolished in the aftermath of a fatal fire, engineers have said. Emergency services were alerted to the blaze in the early hours of Saturday, June 14, when patrolling officers spotted flames engulfing the four-storey reside

A man has tragically died and an eight-year-old girl is among several people injured following a devastating flat fire in the early hours of Saturday, June 14, in Perth city centre. Emergency services were alerted to the blaze at around 1.50am, when patrolling officers spotted flames engulfing a fou

Over 260 new affordable homes for rent were added to the housing stock in Perth and Kinross in 2024/25, a report to councillors has said. Members of the Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee will be told that 243 new houses for affordable social rent were delivered in Perth and Kinross, along with

Perth and Kinross Council has extended its funding to the energy charity SCARF for the financial year 2025/26. In addition to the ongoing free home energy advice service available to all homes, a new initiative aims to target properties with poor energy performance to combat fuel poverty and reduce