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A plan to continue the development of the Dundee Federation of Tenants’ Associations (DFTA) over the next two years will be noted by Dundee City Council's neighbourhood services committee when it meets today. With a long-standing and successful working relationship with Dundee City Counci

I would like to address the matters raised in the recent Scottish Housing News coverage of the Scottish Housing Regulator’s work. We do not tolerate bullying. We work to be an effective, open and transparent regulator. We have a clear and appropriate route for anyone who wishes to raise a conc

Work is under way to build 55 affordable and stylish new council homes on the site of a former primary school in Dumbarton.

The Scottish Government should create standards for temporary accommodation based on advisory standards published by CIH Scotland and Shelter Scotland, a national survey has found.

A new dementia care development containing a care centre, assisted living homes and student accommodation is to be built in Craigmillar.

The Scottish Government has appointed Harper Macleod to help administer all of its shared equity home-buying schemes – including the newly announced First Home Fund. The firm has provided property law services to Scottish Government on a range of shared equity schemes since 2007, during which

Scottish Green MSP Andy Wightman has successfully raised £10,000 to defend a constituent who is being evicted from the home he has lived in for 27 years. Mr Wightman launched a crowdfunder before Christmas to raise the cash needed to pursue a legal case on human rights grounds to halt the evic

Age Scotland, the national charity for older people, is seeking the views of people over the age of 55 about their housing and household energy needs.

CCG (Scotland) has welcomed 12 new employees this month including six trainees in the area of assistant site management. CCG and its subsidiary group of companies have also retained the prestigious Gold Investors in Young People accreditation for the firm’s programme of training and staff deve

The Scottish Government has launched a new website as a resource for following progress and joining in with some key strands of the continuing transformation of Scotland's planning system and national policy. The Transforming Planning site is structured around the substantial work to come over the n

In this blog, the Scottish Government reveals that the early engagement period for the 4th National Planning Framework is now under way.

The Scottish Government will fail to deliver universal superfast broadband to domestic and non-domestic premises by the end of 2021, it confirmed yesterday.

Kirkcaldy councillors are set to consider moves to increase town centre residential opportunities as part of a new economic action plan for the Mid-Fife area. Members will be asked to provide their views on the draft action plan that covers the Kirkcaldy, Cowdenbeath, Glenrothes and Levenmouth areas

Homelessness campaigner and Social Bite co-founder Josh Littlejohn MBE has been shortlisted for this year's Robert Burns Humanitarian Award (RBHA). Part of the annual Burns an’ a’ that! festival celebrations, the RBHA is supported by South Ayrshire Council and Scotland's Winter

Ofgem is consulting on issuing nine energy suppliers with final orders due to them being in breach of the requirement to be Data Communications Company (DCC) users. The suppliers are Ampoweruk Ltd, Better Energy Supply Limited, Daligas Limited, Enstroga Ltd, Entice Energy Supply Limited, Euston