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Scotland's housing minister has admitted that newly released annual homelessness statistics showing a record-breaking 10,110 children are living in homeless accommodation and an increase in the number of homeless applications as "deeply concerning".

Stevenston Community Council has created its own development plan for their local area. Local Place Plans provide communities with an opportunity to feed into the planning system with their own ideas and proposals for the development and use of land.

A group of staff have been recognised for more than two decades of working in the care sector in Scotland.

Fife Council's Independent Living Advice Hub (ILAH) officially opened its doors on Friday, 20 September, in Kirkcaldy's High Street. The hub is designed to give people in Fife a single place to go for advice and support on how to live independently, with a range of services all working together to m

There’s just six weeks to go until Share’s ever popular Corporate Governance and HR Conference will take place.

Councillors in Falkirk are to consider a new financial strategy on 3rd October as the organisation aims to address the significant five-year budget gap.

Conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland is in discussions with Perth and Kinross Council about new arrangements for the management of 20 homes that it owns in Dunkeld. The National Trust for Scotland, the conservation charity which cares for and shares Scotland’s heritage, has bee

Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership has appointed Pat Togher as its new chief officer. Pat is currently chief officer for the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB) and Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).  Prior to that, he was assistant chief officer at Glasgow's HSCP.

Proposals for a tax on developers to raise funds to fix building safety issues in Scotland have been published for public consultation.

Glasgow City Council has approved the disposal of land in Maryhill to Maryhill Housing Association, and land in Gallowgate to Wheatley Homes Glasgow to allow progress on the delivery of regeneration in both areas. The land in Maryhill - at Kilmun Street, Sandbank Street, Fearnmore Road and Cumlodden

Reidvale Housing Association has unveiled its first plans to remain independent and deliver improved properties for hundreds of tenants over the next three decades.

The 35th AGM of Yorkhill Housing Association was held in the Overnewton Centre on the 19th September with members and guests celebrating the success of 203/24 and looking forward to the coming years.

Social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has written to secretary of state for work and pensions Liz Kendall to urge the UK Government to reverse the cut to Winter Fuel Payment. Ms Somerville called on the UK Government to take action to address the root causes of fuel poverty and volatile e

A Holyrood Committee has raised concerns about a lack of detail in a Bill which proposes a move away from a crisis management approach to a preventative approach to homelessness in Scotland. The Social Justice and Social Security Committee has been scrutinising the homelessness and domestic violence

Moray Council is seeking views on its updated Developer Obligation Supplementary Guidance.