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The Scottish Housing Regulator has improved its website to make it easier for people to access information about social landlords.

An independent advisory group has been set up to provide expert economic advice to the Scottish Government in response to the coronavirus crisis. The group will provide urgent advice on the private sector and business aspects of the Scottish Government’s economic response.

More community food projects will receive funding to provide emergency free meals to those most in need during the coronavirus pandemic.

LinkLiving, which supports those with experience of trauma and disadvantage, has revealed the significant toll that the current COVID-19 crisis is taking on the people it supports and has responded with a new campaign. The charity has revealed that some of the 1,500 people they support have coronavi

Queens Cross Housing Association is encouraging young residents and families in North West Glasgow to apply for its young people’s grant scheme during the national lockdown.

More than £215 million has been awarded to over 18,000 Scottish business ratepayers in just two weeks to help firms combat the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, new figures have revealed.

Hundreds of people are being helped via a new Glasgow phone line launched for city residents who are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scottish Borders Council and the new South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) are to work together to support the region’s economy to respond to the impact of COVID-19.

A food distribution network to support Edinburgh’s most vulnerable citizens is set to be rolled out thanks to a new partnership between the City of Edinburgh Council, third sector organisation EVOC and the wider community and voluntary sector. The plans will see over 3,000 emergency food parce

Developers have made a new move towards creating a major housing and leisure development at a former oil fabrication base at a disused Ardersier site.

Official guidance for social landlords on how to navigate the coronavirus pandemic has been updated by the Scottish Government.

The Scottish Government has a “moral obligation” to follow World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance and implement contact tracing and testing for coronavirus, according to Neil Clapperton. The Grampian Housing Association (GHA) chief executive has written to ministers in the hope that co

Two Scottish housing associations are among the list of successful applicants from an Energy Saving Trust scheme to help people in vulnerable positions heat and power their homes.

The website of our sister publication Scottish Construction Now last month clocked up record traffic, for the third consecutive month, as readers flocked to the site to keep abreast of developments during the coronavirus shutdown.

Scotland’s home building industry has welcomed comments from finance secretary Kate Forbes on which sectors she anticipates being first back to work once the lockdown is ended. Talking to the BBC earlier this week, Ms Forbes referenced construction and manufacturing need, saying that “..