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Home Group has introduced new measures to support its most vulnerable customers after speaking to over 30,000 of them during lockdown.

The Scottish Government heard yesterday how Govan has put its people first as it tackles the coronavirus health emergency. Housing associations and community groups were working flat out to ensure isolated and vulnerable members of the community received a helping hand like never before.

Gorbals residents are to benefit from over £140,000 of funding to support the coronavirus response in the area after a successful bid to the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities Fund. New Gorbals Housing Association, which submitted a partnership bid with other key local organisa

A new community food distribution hub has opened its doors in Galashiels.

A masterplan for the mixed-use transformation of Candleriggs Quarter in Glasgow’s Merchant City has gained planning approval.

Ryder Architecture has developed proposals for a new residential and mixed-use development in the heart of Glasgow city centre.

Artisan Real Estate has submitted a major planning application to the City of Edinburgh Council for 126 distinctive and spacious apartments in Corstorphine reaffirming the developer’s continued commitment to investing in the city.

A local authority has become the first in Scotland to adopt a “radical” economic model to plot a way forward now and post COVID-19.

The development of Scotland’s new National Planning Framework (NPF) provides a unique opportunity to plan, prepare and provide a route map for a different Scotland in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Royal Town Planning Institute in Scotland.

Despite the current uncertainty in the Scottish housing market caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and a significant drop in transactions, average prices are expected to remain stable, according to Rettie & Co. In its Spring 2020 forecast, the property specialist said transactions activity is likely

Angus Council leader David Fairweather visited one of the two new Humanitarian Aid Angus Response Team (HAART) food and supplies distribution centres this week which have been set up to support the citizens of Angus throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Cllr Fairweather

The proportion of advice issued by the Citizens Advice network relating to employment has doubled between March and April, and quadrupled since February, new data reveals.

Martin Gavin, Homeless Network Scotland’s head of external relations, looks at how to frame discussions about what happens next, so that the best ideas surface quickly. Since the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) recommendations were submitted in 2018, centred around rapid

Wheatley Group contractors and suppliers have donated almost £34,000 to the group's EatWell service, helping the group support vulnerable people across Scotland during the pandemic. The service has delivered over 13,000 emergency food packages across the 17 local authority areas

Hillcrest has hailed the work of its finance team during the current coronavirus pandemic.