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Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has today outlined six key reforms to Universal Credit to help struggling people who have turned to the charity for help.

More than 1,000 emergency food parcels were handed out on average every day in Scotland over an 18 month period, new figures have shown.

Aberdeenshire Council has appointed Paul Macari as its new head of planning and environment. Mr Macari previously served for three years as the council’s principal developer obligations officer.

Ofgem has opened an investigation into Utilita’s compliance with the pre-payment meter price cap and has issued Gnergy Ltd with a notice of failure to comply with a final order over unpaid Renewables Obligation payments. Ofgem launched the investigation into Utilita to determine whether it bro

Shetland Islands Council has urged local landlords to make sure they meet their obligations to tenants in their properties following recent changes to the Scottish landlord registration scheme.

The majority of Scottish landlords (99.9%) comply with tenancy deposit laws, however, at least 290 landlords failed to protect tenancy deposits since 1 December 2017, according to new research by SafeDespotits Scotland. SafeDeposits looked into published cases heard by the First-tier Tribunal for Sc

Today we take the unusual step of publishing an editorial on Scottish Housing News. We do so for the sake of clarity as we publish a story revealing that a complaint alleging bullying by the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has been made to the First Minister. This complaint is unrelated t

A retired housing director who requests to retain his anonymity at this stage has revealed to Scottish Housing News that he has lodged a complaint regarding alleged ‘bullying’ by the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) with the cost of expensive interventions being passed on to th

Eildon has obtained planning permission for revised proposals for Tweedbridge Court in Peebles.

Plans have been submitted to transform a dilapidated Montrose textile factory into 26 flats for social rent. The former Chapel Works, also known as Paton’s Mill, was founded in 1795 as a linen and rope works and has been on the buildings at risk register for a number of years after closing in

Osprey Housing Group has been recognised for best practice at the prestigious TPAS National Good Practice Awards. The ceremony was held at the Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews and was organised by the Tenant Participation Advisory Service in Scotland.

Homelessness charity Simon Community Scotland has launched a powerful new film to raise awareness of its Nightstop project.

A total of 3,320 families in Scotland claiming help with housing costs are £64 a week worse off because of UK welfare cuts, new data from the Scottish Government has revealed.

Hundreds of thousands of Scottish adults are struggling to pay rent or mortgage costs, a new survey by YouGov for Shelter Scotland has found.

West Lothian Council has announced a new £4 million plan to help tackle the increasing problem of homelessness amongst young people. The council will develop a new 12-person supported housing unit in Deans, Livingston, to replace the existing homelessness facilities in Newlands House, Bathgate