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Angus Council is launching a Community Resilience Fund targeted at supporting resilience community groups and the vital work they do during and preparing for winter and times of extreme weather, and which will help them to respond to emergencies in their communities.

Community food groups across Argyll and Bute have benefitted from a share of £57,453 after councillors agreed to provide them with unspent monies from the Scottish Government’s LACER Fund (Local Authority Covid Economic Recovery).

Angus Council is looking for those within the Brechin community most affected by Storm Babet to be at the heart of the challenging decision-making process about the area when it comes to its recovery and regeneration, housing decisions and future flood prevention.

An online survey has been launched to seek people’s views of ‘rightsizing’ - often called ‘downsizing’.

The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has found serious failings in one of Fife Council’s Gypsy/Traveller sites. The Regulator took action to investigate after residents of the Tarvit Mill Gypsy/Traveller site reported serious concerns about a lengthy delay to the redevelopment of the site, ser

New pictures have revealed how the northern entrance to Aberdeen will be transformed by a new housing development.

Link has published its third annual report demonstrating its sustainability credentials across its business. The Sustainability Report 2023/24 outlines Link’s performance under the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria set out in the Sustainability Standard for Social Housin

The former Free Church of Scotland site on Ayr’s Kirkholm Avenue could make way for a new housing project.

A revised financial forecast for the Highland Council, taking account of already agreed savings and other measures, suggests a remaining budget gap of £38m-£54m over the coming three years. As part of the council’s Medium-Term Financial Plan, agreed in February 2024, the council ag

Angus Council is inviting tenants to have their say in the annual rent review to ensure their voices are heard and to help shape key decisions around rent levels and service improvements.

Dumfries & Galloway Council has launched its budget consultation for 2025/26. The consultation runs for more than five weeks until midday Friday 6 December.

West Lothian Council have given a cautious welcome to plans for 332 new homes on the edge of Bents and Stoneyburn, which councillors previously rejected.

An independent coffee shop in Glasgow has been in touch with Scottish Housing News seeking help in its efforts to give back to the local community.

Private rent increases could be tied to inflation and apply to rent increases in between tenancies under fresh proposals from the Scottish Government.

Plans for a mixed-use development that includes a 60-bed care home in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh have now been approved by council planners.