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In 2018/19, 1,822 homeless applications were recorded as having been from people leaving prison, which represents five per cent of the total. It is likely that this figure does not represent the full scale of the problem, with applicants often unwilling to reveal their background. With discussion ar

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has requested that social landlords submit a new monthly landlord information return to help build an understanding of the impact of coronavirus on landlords’ services.

Shelter Scotland is calling for the UK Chancellor to boost social security payments to ensure the nation’s 340,000 private renters don’t end up mired in debt and at risk of homelessness.  

The Social Housing Resilience Group (SHRG) has continued to deal with the significant challenges the coronavirus outbreak is causing. 

Age Scotland has called for older people to receive fair and equal access to medical treatment after figures showed that care home residents have accounted for a quarter of all Scottish coronavirus deaths. The National Records of Scotland found that 237 deaths (24.6%) o

Waiving the immigration health surcharge is the helping hand that migrant NHS workers really require, argues Mark Lazarowicz. The current coronavirus crisis has highlighted the reliance that the national health service, along with other public services, places on migrants and other ethnic minority d

SHARE’s annual conference took place at Peebles Hydro Hotel in March and was a fantastic celebration of housing and the role of committee/board members.

Apache Capital Partners and alternative real asset investment firm Harrison Street are to fund a landmark build-to-rent (BTR) development in central Edinburgh.

The Scottish Government has temporarily changed eligibility for a number of social security benefits to help people who are impacted by coronavirus.

Wheatley Group has helped hundreds of families in Glasgow enjoy a happier Easter as staff from Glasgow Housing Association (GHA), Cube and Loretto Housing distributed hundreds of chocolate eggs to people in their communities. Cube environmental staff bought more than 500 chocolate eggs and deli

The sector should be assured that the housing market will return at some point, as it always does, writes Eric Curran. Property professionals who have been in the front line for a long period of time tend to become slightly battle-hardened and take the view that, whatever crisis comes around th

To mark its fourth week of working from home/lockdown, Homes for Good has launched its own Homes for Good Heroes awards which will be presented fortnightly during the current crisis and monthly after that. The first Hero to be nominate

Paul Brown and Ben Christman from the Legal Services Agency (LSA) discuss the impact of the current public health emergency on human rights.

A scheme to provide vital food supplies for vulnerable people has delivered more than 500 meals to homes in the Inverness area over recent weeks and is asking businesses to get in touch if they can provide personal protective equipment for the volunteers providing this vital lifeline. Inverness Food

Eleven iPads have been donated to Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership care homes throughout the city to help residents to stay in touch with family and friends. Danny Brown from technology company Zonal had the idea to reach out to the Partnership to see h