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Living in unsuitable temporary accommodation, such as B&Bs, for long periods of time is destructive, demoralising and prevents people moving on from homelessness, according to a new report. Published today by Crisis in Scotland, ‘A Life in Limbo’ marks the launch of the charity’s new campa

(from left) Melville Housing chief executive, Andrew Noble; Melville Housing development manager, Neil Edgar and Graeme Shanks, senior project manager for Taylor Wimpey East Scotland Melville Housing Association is to deliver 21 high-quality affordable homes thanks to a £2.8 million deal with homeb

Kingdom House Kingdom Housing Association has been shortlisted for a number of important awards in the housing sector - including five shortlistings in the Chartered Institute of Housing of Scotland Excellence Awards.

Stacey Hogg, the tenant of the 1000th new council house was presented with the keys to her new home by Councillor Stephen Curran, cabinet member for customer and housing services. Also pictured is her four week old baby daughter Kali. Midlothian Council has reached a milestone in its affordable hous

Linda Lee (left) receiving her long service award from Bield chair Susan Napier Dedicated staff members have been honoured at Bield’s 2017 AGM for their service to the housing and care provider for Scotland’s older population.

Members of Hawthorn Housing Co-operative in Possilpark celebrated their 30th anniversary with a community cinema experience on Scottish Housing Day last week. Patrons to the cinema enjoyed popcorn and images of the area from over the last 60 years. These images showed the transformation that the com

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has today announced £90,000 to support pilot projects to assist people wanting to build their own homes with a new Challenge Fund. Speaking at the closing event of the Festival of Architecture in Edinburgh, Mr Stewart will confirm the new fund will be open for applica

More than 40 homes have been unlocked in by East Dunbartonshire Council's Corporate Fraud Team. Throughout 2016/17, the team received 248 reports of alleged fraud; up 27% on the previous year.

Angus Council is placing more choice in the hands of people looking for social housing after agreeing to move from a register based on a traditional points-based allocation to a system of choice based lettings. Instead of matching people to available properties the decision by the local authority’

(from left) Aaron Hughes, Ann Budge, Gary Locke, Josh Littlejohn, Simon Murray, Leeann Dempster and Brandon Barker Edinburgh’s biggest football clubs will come together on December 9 to Sleep in the Park and raise money for homeless people across Scotland.

John Cole CBE Housing minister Kevin Stewart has announced two leading experts as the chairs of the groups that will take forward a review of Scottish building standards in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

A development of 115 new homes in the Leith area of Edinburgh has been granted planning permission with a number of the units designated for affordable housing. The approval of Barratt Homes’ planning application will result in a mix of one, two and three bedroom apartments and colony homes to the

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter Glasgow City Council has been criticised in the Scottish Parliament, after it emerged that the extent of the combustible cladding used in the city should be known by Friday.

Thirty new legal members and 19 ordinary members have been appointed to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland and assigned to the Housing and Property Chamber. The announcement follows a recruitment round by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland (JABS), which invited applications from any suit

More than 600 new homes will be built by Angus Council and local housing associations in the county over the next five years, with the support of a £25 million Scottish Government funding package. The announcement this week came as the council’s communities committee approved the Local Housing St