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A Lovell housing development site at Kirkhill in Broxburn has received a Bronze award at the Considerate Constructors Scheme’s National Site Awards in Scotland. The development of 230 new homes, which is being built by partnership housing provider Lovell on behalf of West Lothian Council, rece

The Scottish Government has published new guidance for local authorities which has been welcomed as an "important first step" to addressing the shortage of wheelchair accessible housing in Scotland.

The Scottish Housing Regulator today published an engagement plan for every social landlord across Scotland. This marks the first of the changes introduced under the new Regulatory Framework which went live today. The Regulator also published a summary of its engagement plans for social landlords th

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has successfully prevented the eviction of a client and his family from social housing after raising an action for interdict against their landlord. GLC was consulted by a man who was facing homelessness because decree for eviction had been granted against his partner for

New legislation that criminalises psychological domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour has come into force today. An awareness campaign to increase the public’s understanding of the legal nature of domestic abuse and to encourage victims of abuse to seek help has also been launc

Catherine Marnoch, finance manager with Kingdom Housing Association, who started with the association in September 1985, has decided to retire after over 33 years of service. When Catherine started with Kingdom, the association did not have any homes in management and she has witnessed its growth an

A community in Cardonald is celebrating the start of works to create the Halfway Community Park. The project is being led by Southside Housing Association, with support from a range of funders to deliver the £2.2m project.

Aberdeen City Council has said it will review its practices after a padlock was placed on the door of a flat while an undiscovered dead man lay inside. Michael Stewart, 32, was discovered dead in his property on Friday 8 March by police carrying out a welfare check at the request of his mum. He had

A new report has called for consumer services to make it easier for vulnerable customers to register for and access support across different sectors. The Making it Easy: Simpler Registration for Consumers in Vulnerable Situations report has been published by Citizens Advice Scotland.

A Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association sheltered housing complex in Keith held a party to mark the retirement of its much-loved sheltered housing manager. Residents, staff and friends of Taylor Court got together to say goodbye to June Maver and held a special afternoon tea at the development.

Retirees in Greenock recently donned their party hats as they celebrated the 20th anniversary of their Bield housing development.

Citizens Advice Scotland has launched a new DWP-funded service to support people during their initial application for Universal Credit. The "Help to Claim" service, launched today, offers support tailored to the individual claimant either face-to-face, over the phone or online through webchat. It wi

Protesters who set up tents in George Square to protest the treatment of homeless people in Glasgow have been threatened with eviction by Glasgow City Council. Up to a dozen people are currently camping out in protest of the council "leaving people to die in shop doorways", protest organiser Jason M

Plans to build more than 220 flats and houses on the site of the former St Stephen’s High School in Port Glasgow have been approved. River Clyde Homes is developing the site between Kilmacolm Road and Southfield Avenue.

Link Group’s development in Dunbeg has benefited from £8 million of funding delivered by Allia Impact Finance through a Scottish Charitable Bond. The loan will be used to partially fund Dunbeg Phase 3, which will deliver 300 properties with 261 for social rent and 39 for Shared Equity.