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Suspending local connection referrals could increase demand for housing and homelessness services in some areas, CIH Scotland has warned. Currently, if a person or household presents as homeless in an area where they do not have a local connection they can be referred to another local authority area

Construction of Irvine harbourside’s multi-million-pound council housing development is set to get underway today.

Blackwood Housing and Care has been awarded £430,000 which will enable it to adapt homes and directly improve the lives of people with disabilities across Scotland, enabling them to live as independently as possible. The funding from the Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council, and the

Kingdom Housing Association has been recognised as a Carer Positive Employer by Carers Scotland.

Glasgow City Council has rejected plans submitted by Wheatley Group to demolish 12 lock-up garages and build seven mews-style homes in the city's West End. The planning application concerned the rear of 7 Lowther Terrace at Redlands Lane, just off Great Western Road.

Councillor Evelyn Tweed has announced her candidacy bid to succeed Bruce Crawford MSP as the standing party representative in the Scottish Parliamentary Elections 2021. Currently, SNP councillor for Trossachs and Teith at Stirling Council since 2017, Ms Tweed worked for 25 years as a senior hou

Persimmon is to start work on 86 new homes on the grounds of the former Cleland Hospital in Wishaw in the coming weeks after it completed the purchase of the site from NHS Lanarkshire.

Homelessness charity Street Soccer Scotland has today announced Scotland captain Andy Robertson as an official ambassador. The Liverpool defender joins the legendary former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who became the charity’s first ambassador in 2010.

South Lanarkshire Council has launched an online consultation concerning the setting of council house rent. 

Clowes Developments (Scotland) has submitted plans to build 73 new homes next to the former BMK carpet factory in Kilmarnock. The homes at the site on Barbadoes Road will comprise of three and four-bedroom properties.

Angus Council has been shortlisted in the Housing and Regeneration Category of the SURF Awards. These are the same national awards that the council won two years ago in recognition of its highly praised housing project at Academy Court in Forfar.

As the Scottish Government share details of what its new disability benefits will look and feel like for those who interact with the new benefit system, cabinet secretary for social security and older people Shirley-Anne Somerville explains how a series of policy position papers will set o

Finance secretary Kate Forbes has urged the Home Office to include social care workers on a list of under-filled jobs in its new points-based immigration system. In a letter to home secretary Priti Patel, Ms Forbes said adding social care workers, many of whom are on the frontline of the c

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has received clarification from the Scottish Government regarding the detail of funding announced in its £24 billion Draft Infrastructure Investment Plan (IIP) 2021–26. The IIP includes plans to invest over £2.8bn in

The Social Housing Resilience Group (SHRG) has agreed to consider the need for further communication or guidance for housing providers on service delivery, in light of recent announcements from the First Minister.  Providing an update on the group's latest meeting, the Scottish Federa