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Heriot-Watt University has been announced as a recipient of a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize in recognition of the work of its Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities Research (I-SPHERE), an institute that has brought new impetus to UK and international efforts to address extre

Flats contained within the old Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh have been sold to investors in Hong Kong months before they were available for purchase by domestic buyers. Prospective buyers in Hong Kong were given the opportunity to buy a “very limited selection” of homes in the new

Scottish Forestry has reprimanded Downfield Golf Club in Dundee after it "unlawfully" cut down trees in an area which was set aside for housing.

Revised plans to demolish a former night club and music venue in Edinburgh in order to build flats are set to be approved by councillors.

A derelict Dundee pub is to be demolished and replaced with new homes under plans submitted with the local authority.

With two weeks remaining of its Winter Warmer Appeal, hub West Scotland (hWS) is calling for companies to provide Glasgow children living in poverty with new warm winter jackets and wellington boots.

A proposed partnership between Glasgow City Council and Govan Housing Association will aim to tackle the condition of pre-1919 housing in the Ibrox and Cessnock areas of the city. Glasgow has 76,000 pre-1919 homes - around 23% of the city's housing stock - and 70,000 of these are tenement flats

Glasgow City Mission has confirmed it is continuing to plan for the opening of the city’s Winter Night Shelter on December 1 after politely declining an offer for funding to open a week early.

Over 160 staff from across The Kingdom Group gathered at The Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline on Friday for the biennial Staff Conference, making it the biggest event of its kind in the Association’s 40-year history. The theme of the conference was ‘Celebrating Success’ an

A new film from Scottish rapper and anti-poverty campaigner Darren ‘Loki’ McGarvey celebrates 80 years of Citizens Advice in Scotland. The film was screened last night for the first time at a reception in the Scottish Parliament.

Social housing providers in Scotland can apply for funding to help tenants access the benefits of ebikes. The Transport Scotland eBike Grant Fund for 2019/20 has provided over 100 e-bikes to 19 organisations across Scotland with over £273,000 awarded so far.

A number of community housing projects and charities are celebrating after successfully securing funding from Nationwide Building Society’s Community Grant Fund. Nationwide is supporting Scottish charities tackling the many issues associated with housing, and therefore made £500,000 avai

Landlords in Scotland are committing to continuing to rent private properties signalling confidence in the sector, according to the latest survey results from SafeDeposits Scotland. The not-for-profit tenancy deposit protection scheme surveyed its landlord members last month and found that 88.57% co

Property management company Newton Lettings has taken the first step in its expansion plan with the purchase of Glasgow-based Kite Lettings. Three-year-old Kite Lettings has a portfolio of 45 properties owned by over 13 clients, all based in Glasgow’s city centre and West End.

Demolition work has begun on a tenement building in Glasgow's Pollokshields area after it partially collapsed in a fire. The fire on Albert Street was believed to have started in Strawberry & Spice Garden grocery below the flats around 11.30pm on Sunday.