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Scottish Borders Council (SBC) and partners are working together to provide information and advice to residents on the Department for Work and Pensions’ roll out of Universal Credit (UC) Full Service in the Borders, which began yesterday. The roll out of UC is taking place in stages across the UK

The Scottish Government has announced a consultation on tougher building safety standards to coincide with the first anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people. Vigils are set to take place across Scotland today and this weekend to commemorate those who lost their lives in the dis

Pictured: Tenants Derek Ritchie and Shaun Smith with Albyn Housing vice-chair David Cameron Albyn Housing Society has taken handover of a new development of affordable homes in Aviemore, delivering progress on its commitment to bring 750 new homes to the Highlands by 2020.

Pictured: Tenant Catriona Dunbar and daughter Islay look on as Barry Jarvis officially opens Osprey's new development in Fochabers. Osprey Housing Moray is celebrating a double first with its new £1.23 million development in Moray.

Pictured (l-r): Support and care managers Heather Simpson and Shona Laird being congratulated by Kingdom Group chief & KSC board director Bill Banks Staff at Kingdom Support and Care CIC (KSC), who support 250 vulnerable people to live in the community in Fife and Falkirk, are celebrating attain

Irvine Housing Association and McTaggart Construction have broken ground at Tarryholme, Irvine to deliver 87 new affordable homes.

The head of Angus Housing Association has called on Dundee City Council to “up their game” when it comes to the quality of landscaping maintenance they carry out in Whitfield and other residential parts of the city.

Mark Ruskell More than half of houses in parts of the East Neuk of Fife are classed as second homes, The Courier reports.

A new pledge to tackle domestic abuse in housing has been signed by more than 100 organisations in its first two weeks, including more than half a dozen Scottish housing organisations and councils. The Make a Stand pledge was developed by CIH in partnership with the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (

Construction has begun on a new mixed tenure development in Dundee which includes 30 properties for rent through Angus Housing Association.

Construction company Cruden Building has donated £1,250 to Ibrox Primary and Nursery School to create an outdoor learning space for the children and to improve their shared playground space.

Pictured (l-r): Biddy Kelly, Fresh Start; Tom Logan, Recycling First; Heather Zajac, SCHA Scottish Churches Housing Action (SCHA), in association with Recycling First, Fresh Start and East Lothian Council, has launched a new venture to provide starter packs to people who become or are at risk of hom

Trainee electrician Phillip Heather, a graduate of Kingdom Housing Association‘s Fife Works Construction Academy, has won Fife College’s apprentice of the year award in the Year 1 SVQ Electrical Installation. At 29 years old, Phillip, from Leven, was the oldest person to participate in the const

Community groups have been invited to attend Scotland's first Custom and Self Build Expo in Glasgow for free. The event, taking place at Glasgow's Lighthouse on Wednesday 20 June, has been organised by the National Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA), the Right to Build Taskforce and Wood for

New government statistics reveal there were 11,677 affordable homes approved in 2017/18, 14% more than the previous year and the third consecutive annual increase since 2014/15.