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Kenny McLean Around £280 million has already been spent transforming large areas of vacant derelict land in Glasgow into new housing developments in the past five years.

Living Rent, Scotland's tenants' union, has appealed to Glasgow renters to help tenants speak with a "collective voice", the Evening Times reports.

Councillors in East Lothian have given the go-ahead to plans for 120 new homes in Ormiston, of which 30 will be affordable housing. The plans were originally turned down by councillors in January 2015, but that decision was overturned on appeal by a Scottish Government Reporter.

The Seaton tower blocks in Aberdeen The number of high rise flat fires in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in eight years.

Businesses and homes have been saved, and new jobs created in Campbeltown with the completion of an ambitious £350,000 buildings restoration project. Property owners and Argyll and Bute Council have worked together to secure funding and organise repairs that will keep 10-20 Longrow South home to a

Rory Mair Citizens Advice Scotland has called for a halt to the accelerated roll-out of Universal Credit, publishing new figures which show the system risks leaving thousands of Scots in poverty and debt.

Wheatley Foundation launch My Money, a new service which will help disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Glasgow manage their money. Glasgow city Council Leader, Councillor Susan Aitken attended the photocall. Thousands of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Scotland’s biggest city wi

The UK government has confirmed it is to close 10 job centres across Scotland, including six in Glasgow. The Department of Work and Pensions has said it will save £140 million a year by merging 68 "smaller jobcentres" into larger ones.

Mhairi Hunter Around 70 people took part in the first summit of the new Glasgow City Council administration, which focussed on homelessness and rough sleeping.

It’s been a successful few weeks for Glen Oaks Housing Association, who have won or been shortlisted for several awards.

Residents at a Bield care home in Fife were visited by two adorable Shetland ponies, thanks to Therapy Ponies Scotland.

Katy Dickson

A major homelessness summit is being convened in Scotland's largest city by Glasgow City Council today. Housing Minister Kevin Stewart will attend the summit, which will be chaired by Councillor Mhairi Hunter, City Convenor for Health and Social Care Integration.

Entrepreneur Josh Littlejohn, who founded Social Bite – a growing chain of sandwich shops run as a social business – will receive an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh today.