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The Scottish Government's Social Security Bill has been strengthened by a round of amendments at committee level. Amendments brought forward by Social Security Minister Jeane Freeman allow for people to receive short-term assistance payments while redeterminations or appeals are undertaken.

Work to restore and transform the last remaining example of Gorbals tenemental architecture into flats and community facilities has begun.

Stirling Council has approved a 3% rise in Council Tax as part of a budget package it says will safeguard vital services and invest almost £26 million of capital programme resources in enhancing the area. Councillors met yesterday to decide the revenue and capital financial plan for the year ahead

Aberdeen City Council could take high rise residents to court if they continue to block access to council workers to make fire safety improvements, the Aberdeen Evening Express reports.

Perth councillors have approved plans for 50 new affordable homes for sale on a 10-acre plot near the southern edge of the city, the Evening Telegraph reports. A&J Stephen won outline planning consent for the development five years ago and has now received approval from Perth & Kinross Counc

Cairn Housing Association have celebrated their recognition as one of the 50 best not-for-profit employers in the UK. The association, which manages over 3,500 homes across Scotland, was ranked 42 by Best Companies at an award ceremony in London.

Nancy Burtwhistle Housing Options Scotland will host Nancy Birtwhistle, winner of season five of the BBC's Great British Bake Off, at a luxurious afternoon tea in May.

Edith Young Edith Young, a long-serving member of the Board at Shire Housing Association, has died suddenly.

Residents in North West Glasgow went east for the evening as they came together to celebrate Chinese New Year.

The Highland Council has agreed to use City-Region Deal funding to part fund new mid-market housing projects throughout the Highlands. The affordable housing projects will be developed by Albyn Housing Society and Highland Housing Alliance in Ullapool, Fort William, Alness, Inverness, Aviemore, Gran

Dawn Muspratt, founding chief executive, Our Power and Clyde Valley Housing Association resident Sheena Macvicar Edinburgh-based not for profit energy provider Our Power has stepped up its fight against fuel poverty with the launch of a new ethical energy tariff.

Kevin Stewart MSP with David Zwirlein and Angela Linton from Hillcrest Minister for local government and housing, Kevin Stewart MSP, was in Dundee yesterday to visit the site of a new affordable housing development which will bring 163 new homes to the city.

Homes for Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to extend the Help to Buy scheme to capitalise on new figures which revealed that the number of first-time buyers in Scotland is at the highest level for a decade. Data published by finance and banking industry trade body UK Finance showed the

Delegates contributing to the Q and A session Tenant delegates from all over Argyll attended a successful Tenants’ Conference hosted by Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) in Inveraray last week which focused on three participative strands.

A corporate resources manager from Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has achieved a Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management from the Qualifications Company Ltd. Angus Smith was presented with the award by HHP chair Norman MacLeod at HHP’s Board meeting last week.